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The Kempen Global Impact Pool has broken the EUR100 million barrier in assets under management. Launched in January 2018, the pool invests exclusively in funds that make a positive contribution to society and climate and in doing so aims to earn a financial return in line with the market. Kempen launched the Global Impact Pool in 2018 to introduce impact investing to its clients. The pool invests in high impact funds that aim to make a positive contribution around four themes: affordable and good healthcare, reliable financial services, a more sustainable food chain and affordable and clean energy in countries that
Bloc Ventures Limited (Bloc), a venture capital company focussed on early stage European deep technology investment, has raised over GBP20 million in equity funding from UK industry leaders. The latest funding round was led by Michael Spencer’s investment company IPGL Limited and supported by a number of other industry leaders including Warren East, Christopher (Jock) Miller, Gavyn Davies, Stuart Roden, and Stephen Catlin, who also serves as a non- executive director on the Bloc Board. As part of the round, Samantha (Sam) Wren, CEO of IPGL, also joins as a non-executive director.
Bloc was founded by CEO Bruce Beckloff, CTO David
Duff & Phelps has acquired Lucid Issuer Services, Lucid Agency and Trustee Services Limited and Fluyd (Lucid Companies), European providers of securities solicitation and loan and bond services solutions. The deal builds on Duff & Phelps’ business services offering following the firm’s 2019 acquisition of Prime Clerk.
“This transaction further expands Prime Clerk’s securities solicitation global presence, with the addition of Lucid Issuer Services, Europe’s leading restructuring and liability management agency platform,” says Shai Y Waisman, Head of Business Services at Duff & Phelps and CEO of Prime Clerk. “It also enhances our service offerings with Lucid Agency and Trustee Services,
After a decade of investor caution towards Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), is the recent switch to net labour inflows to the region heralding a newborn appetite from international LPs
While CEE fundraising levels are still far from the levels seen before 2008, a fresh study by CMS shows that private equity investments reached a record high of 318 deals in emerging Europe in 2019, accounting for 16 per cent of all deal-making there.
Patron Technology, a live event technology specialist and a portfolio company of private equity firm Providence Strategic Growth, has acquired GrowTix, a Salt Lake City based ticketing and registration company with a large clientele in the convention and fandom event space. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The addition of GrowTix solidifies Patron Technology’s prevalent position within the convention industry. Patron Technology’s start-to-finish platform, including ticketing, event operations, experiential marketing, cashless payments, and mobile app solutions, already successfully supports numerous iconic events within this space, like New York Comic Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, Star Wars Celebration, and
State Street Corporation has entered into a new partnership with iCapital Network to combine State Street’s registered transfer agency and private market fund administration capabilities with iCapital’s platform technology and distribution network.Historically, private market funds, such as private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure have been available primarily to institutional investors. However, high-net-worth investors and family offices are increasingly seeking access and exposure to these alternative asset classes to achieve portfolio goals of diversification and income. This partnership aims to support State Street’s clients as they navigate this complex market.
This collaboration will allow State Street’s alternative fund manager
As the consultancy.eu website reported last May, private equity buyout deals in the healthcare sector rose to USD63 billion in 2018, a near 50 per cent year-on-year increase, with North America leading the way. And in Europe, PE healthcare specialist investor Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO Capital Partners) are tapping in to investor demand; its GHO Capital Fund II, which closed in November 2019, attracted EUR975 million, some 50 per cent larger than its inaugural fund in 2015.
Active Partners, a consumer-focused investment firm, has held the final close of AP III, a GBP100 million fund focused on category-defining, high-growth consumer brands emerging from the UK and Europe.Active Partners invests in the iconic brands of tomorrow, backing outstanding businesses with exceptional levels of customer engagement that are poised for rapid growth. AP III will build on the firm’s success partnering with founders to build valuable, high-performing and sustainable businesses that consumers love.
The consumer market is undergoing a period of unprecedented change; unlike earlier generations who drew comfort from big brands, a new generation of consumer (Millennials
Hg, a specialist private equity investor focused on software and service businesses, has finalised an agreement for an investment in Intelerad Medical Systems (Intelerad), a global provider of medical imaging software and enterprise workflow solutions. The terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, following satisfaction of customary regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1999, Intelerad is a medical imaging software provider that specialises in diagnostic viewing, reporting and collaboration solutions for radiologists. Headquartered in Montreal (CA), Intelerad has over 400 employees located in various offices in Canada, the United States,
IK Investment Partners (IK), a pan-European private equity firm, has acquired a minority stake in private higher education specialist Groupe EDH (GEDH), which controlled by Quilvest Capital Partners and Amin Khiari. A pioneer in the field of communication (EFAP), cultural management (ICART) and journalism (EFJ), GEDH, which has been managed by Amin Khiari since 2014, secured investment from Quilvest in 2017 to support its growth plan and in particular its external growth operations. GEDH has since completed the acquisitions of the Brassart and Aries schools, both specialised in the field of digital creation, and now combined under the BRASSART brand with a
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