Managers
Aquiline-backed ClearCourse has acquired Hart Square, a provider of specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and digital consultancy services for charities, not-for-profits (NFP) and professional membership organisations across the UK. The acquisition aligns closely with many of ClearCourse’s existing businesses who have clients in these sectors and reinforces the Group’s commitment to the space.
Since its foundation in 2009, Hart Square has become a market leading technology consultancy to the NFP sector. Its clients include professional membership bodies, trade associations, charities, voluntary organisations, healthcare and education bodies. Hart Square educates and provides independent advice to its clients on the positive impact
CVC Capital Partners’ (CVC) CVC Fund VII is to acquire the Greek, Croatian and UAE businesses of D-Marin, an operator of yacht marinas in the Mediterranean and United Arab Emirates (UAE), from Turkish conglomerate the Doğuş Group.Headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, D-Marin, under concessions or management agreements, is an international operator of premium yacht marinas in Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Turkey and the UAE, with several new locations identified across its current geographical footprint and beyond. All marinas in Turkey (Turgutreis, Didim and Göcek) will remain under the ownership of Doğuş Group while managed by D-Marin.
István Szőke, Partner at CVC
Pathway Capital Management has closed on a USD1 billion private credit fund. Pathway Private Credit Fund II will provide debt financing in support of acquisition, recapitalisation, refinancing, and growth capital transactions sponsored by leading private equity firms.
To date, Pathway has committed more than USD5.7 billion to private credit opportunities since it began investing in the asset class in 1994, and has created more than 90 customised programs for its investors since its inception. Pathway has committed more than USD85 billion across a wide variety of private market strategies since its inception in 1991.
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has held the final close of its flagship US fund, HarbourVest Fund XI. The fund closed above its USD2 billion target at USD2.61 billion.“We continue to see strong demand for primary partnership funds, especially among US investors that are new to private markets, and global investors seeking exposure to North American assets,” says John Toomey, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners. “HarbourVest’s access to attractive managers, combined with our more than 35 years of portfolio construction experience and expertise, provides our investors with fully diversified, comprehensive fund portfolios that help meet their return objectives.”
Clean energy solutions provider, Logan Energy, has secured GBP1 million investment from Kelvin Capital via its International collaboration with Henan Lanxing Power Equipment Co Ltd (Lanxing) to build on its hydrogen technology capabilities and develop operations in the Chinese market.This joint venture with Lanxing will kick off in 2020 and will see Logan Energy perform similar business functions in China to its current hydrogen tech activities throughout the UK and Europe.
Lanxing has invested in Logan Energy’s integration expertise to develop the hydrogen market in China because there is currently no other hydrogen tech specialist like Logan Energy in the
Funds managed by private equity firm Harvest Partners have made a substantial strategic investment in MRI Software, a specialist in real estate software solutions.
ClearCourse has acquired Hart Square, a provider of specialist Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and digital consultancy services for charities, not-for-profits (NFP) and professional membership organisations across the UK.
The Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF) has reached a Net Asset Value of GBP100 million in just seven months following launch in June 2019.The Fund has consistently outperformed its objective of UK CPI +3 per cent over the medium term, through its strategy of investing in renewable energy and infrastructure asset-owning companies. Total return to 31 December 2019 was 14.75 per cent, with a maximum drawdown of just 4.19 per cent since inception, materially lower than Global Equities, Infrastructure indices and other Global Listed Infrastructure Funds.
Foresight’s two OEICs are managed by the award-winning Foresight Capital Management team.
Private investment group Floreat has invested in Air Lease Corporation’s (ALC) new asset-backed securitisation (ABS).Known as Thunderbolt III, the newly-formed entity (Thunderbolt III Aircraft Lease Limited) will purchase a portfolio of 19 commercial aircraft on operating lease to 18 airlines in 15 countries. The airlines are diversified globally and over half are national flag carriers. Names include Vueling, Air France, China Airlines and Aerolineas Argentinas.
The structure includes two series of fixed rate notes and equity certificates. Floreat is the largest single investor in the equity certificates, with USD25 million invested.
Floreat invested following a robust review and
NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund has invested GBP250,000 in healthy snacking brand Real Handful. The funding will allow the business to invest in product development as well as its sales and marketing activities to develop its commercial offering and expand its team, creating 14 new jobs in the Manchester region.
Real Handful is a healthy snacking brand that produces a wide range of naturally flavour infused fruit, nut and seed snacks. Products are vegan friendly, high in fibre, and (plant) protein, free from gluten and refined sugars.
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