Managers
Special purpose acquisition vehicle HF2 Financial Management is to acquire a majority equity interest in ZAIS Group Parent (ZGP).
ZGP is the sole member of ZAIS Group, an investment management firm focused on specialised credit investments with approximately USD5.0 billion of assets under management as of 30 June 2014.
The transaction will facilitate the public flotation of ZAIS and provide the company with significant equity capital to accelerate its strategic growth initiatives and capitalise on current and future market dislocations. The investment is designed to align the interests of the company's current owners, management team and key employees with HF2's
Octopus Investments has launched a GBP50 million joint fundraising by the five Octopus Titan Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs).
The latest fundraising, which offers the opportunity to invest into all five Titan VCTs, provides investors with exposure to a portfolio of early stage high growth businesses, helping to meet the demand for access to the new generation of successful entrepreneurial businesses in the UK.
Octopus is offering a two per cent discount on initial management fees for those who invest in the Titan VCTs before 11 November.
The Octopus Titan VCTs invest in early stage companies that have the
Guernsey’s financial services regulator approved 42 new investment funds during the second quarter of this year, bringing the total number of additions in the 12 months to the end of June to 131.
Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) show that 33 new funds were approved during the third quarter of 2013 and 30 during the fourth, along with 26 during the first quarter of 2014 and 42 during the second quarter.
The GFSC approved two open-ended funds, 17 closed-ended funds and 23 non-Guernsey open-ended schemes between the start of April and the end of June. Taking
Ridgemont Equity Partners has closed a majority equity investment in The Cook & Boardman Group, a distributor of commercial metal and wood doors, door frames, door hardware and related products.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Cook & Boardman is headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and operates 20 locations across eight states. The company serves the non-residential construction market, including the education, municipal, healthcare, commercial, office, multi-family, and hospitality sectors.
“Our partnership has spent a number of years carefully evaluating investment opportunities in the building products industry, and we believe that Cook & Boardman represents
Private equity firm HIG Capital’s Brazilian affiliate has completed investments in Grupo NZN and Click Jogos, two players in the digital media space in Brazil.
As part of the transaction, NZN and Click Jogos will merge.
Founded in 2000, NZN is among the top 10 most accessed web properties in Brazil, with nearly 30 million monthly unique visitors. The company is a digital content leader in technology, software guides, game reviews, general curiosities and TV show news. Its portfolio of websites includes Baixaki, Superdownloads, TecMundo, Mega Curioso, Baixaki Jogos, Minha Série and Em Resumo.
Founded in 2004, Click
HIG Growth Partners has sold a majority of its affiliate’s investment in SpotXchange to RTL Group.
SpotXchange is a video advertising platform offering premium publishers holistic yield management in order to maximise revenue for desktop, mobile and connected TV inventory while driving down operational costs.
The company was first to market with its real-time bidding solution for video advertising and has continued to enhance its programmatic publisher solutions to ensure transparency, brand safety and real-time control for its partners.
“HIG has been an exceptional partner to SpotXchange as we have grown and expanded our market offerings,” says Mike
Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire All Metro Health Care Services, a provider of home and community based services in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
All Metro was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Lynbrook, New York. It provides primarily non-skilled personal care aide services, including light housekeeping, homemaking, bathing and grooming to seniors and high needs individuals.
“We believe that All Metro is well positioned to serve as a value-added provider in its core states due to its high quality reputation, its broad geographical footprint and its leading presence in the New York specialty
Alceda Fund Management has been granted a licence to act as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the Luxemburgish Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
The licence will enable Alceda to work with initiators of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) covering both traditional open-end equity and bond funds as well as closed-end real asset funds.
In March 2014, Alceda Asset Management GmbH had been granted a licence to act as AIFM by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Alceda manages and handles the administration of the funds issued by the Aquila Group and acts as AIFM and
Nexxus Capital, through Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund III, has partnered with Grupo Chartwell and Walton Street Capital to form Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, a platform to operate and acquire hotels in Mexico.
As of 30 June 2014, Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe’s operating portfolio includes 13 hotels of which six are its own, four are owned by third parties and three are in development stage for a total of 3,292 current rooms plus 443 rooms under development.
The company’s hotel platform includes the brand Krystal consisting of four hotel sub-brands: Krystal Grand (5 star luxury), Krystal Resorts (5 stars),
GSV Asset Management and Gentry Financial Group have launched GSV Financial Group, which will operate four principal businesses previously managed under the Gentry brand.
The four brands are:
• GSV Ventures (formerly Gentry Venture Partners LLC)
• GSV Securities (formerly Gentry Capital Advisors LLC)
• GSV Equity (formerly Gentry Venture Management LLC)
• GSV Investment Advisors (formerly Gentry Private Wealth Management LLC)
As part of the transition, Gentry Financial Group, the parent company for these businesses, will re-brand as GSV Financial Group.
According to Larry Aschebrook, Gentry’s founder and CEO of GSV Financial Group, the alignment with GSV
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