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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has appointed Matthias Tabbert as a Managing Director, responsible for establishing and managing its newly opened office in Frankfurt, Germany.
Tabbert will lead LLCP’s Structured Private Equity origination and investing efforts in the DACH region.
Tabbert is joining as a member of the Firm’s global Originations Group. He will direct the sourcing of new investment opportunities, as well as participate in due diligence and work with our local management teams post-transaction.
Tabbert was a Partner and Investment Committee member at HQ Equita, a Bad Homburg-based private equity firm specialising
The closed-end mutual investment combined fund, VTB Capital’s pre-IPO Fund, has announced an investment of USD9.1 million in Ventra Go! a service that orders temporary staff services of mass professions.
This becomes the fifth company in the fund’s portfolio in which shareholders’ funds have been invested. In December 2021, the Pre-IPO Fund raised a further USD39.2 million) and the fundraise was oversubscribed indicating heavy interest in the product from investors.
Ventra Go! plans to direct the funds received from the VTB Capital Pre-IPO Fund to further develop and improve the platform, scale the service across the regions and improve the
New Water Capital has acquired Chainlogix (CLX), a Troy, Virginia-based provider of engineered components, assemblies and supply chain management solutions to customers across the industrial, lighting and electronics landscape.
CLX will merge with current New Water portfolio company Nelson Miller Inc, a full-service provider of custom engineered components and assemblies for critical applications across Medical, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial end markets.
Established in 1998 as Visiontech Solutions Group (VSG), Chainlogix focuses on providing engineered components and assemblies, as well as full-service supply chain management, for customers across the industrial, lighting and electronics landscape. The company also has an office
The total number of registered Jersey Private Funds (JPFs) has surpassed the 500 mark, according to the latest figures, as the structure continues to assert its appeal for flexible alternative fund structuring.
According to the latest quarterly statistics collated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission and published by Jersey Finance, there were 502 JPFs at the end of September 2021, a number that has risen by 38 per cent compared to the same time the previous year.
Launched in 2017, the JPF structure is tailored to the needs of small numbers of sophisticated investors and offers high levels of flexibility,
Vala Capital is renaming its British Ventures EIS to Better Ventures as it seeks to support start-ups becoming more sustainable – irrespective of the industry they operate in, or products they sell.
Sustainability is a core focus at Vala Capital and it believes that the climate crisis cannot be resolved by half measures. It says that real change only happens when consumers demand it – and when capital is dependent upon it. As a result, Vala will now integrate fundamental sustainability considerations into all its investment decisions across all its portfolios.
The renamed Better Ventures EIS will continue to
Livingbridge, a mid-market private equity investor, has invested in Waste Services Group (WSG), a provider of waste management solutions for Australian businesses.
Led by CEO Matt Tamplin, WSG has demonstrated consistent organic growth and high customer retention driven by its market leading customer service focus. Over the last five years this has been supplemented with strategic acquisitions which have broadened WSG’s service offering and geographic coverage.
The investment marks the fifth investment by Livingbridge Australia since the opening of the firm’s Melbourne office in 2016.
Ares provided a unitranche debt facility to support Livingbridge’s investment. Advisors to Livingbridge
BC Partners Real Estate (BCP RE), the real estate investment arm of BC Partners, has held the final close of its debut fund, BC Partners European Real Estate I (BCPERE I) with total commitments of cEUR900 million for its European value-add investment strategy, significantly exceeding the initial target range of EUR500-700 million.
BCPERE I seeks to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets with significant re-positioning potential, as well as operating platforms with opportunities to drive greater scale. The Fund has successfully deployed c40 per cent of its capital across the UK, France, Germany, and Italy with themes underpinned by ESG initiatives, ranging
In a new Aeon Investments’ survey of pension funds and other institutional investors in Europe and the US, who collectively have around USD436.5 billion in assets under management, nearly one in four (23 per cent) said they have reduced their allocation to traditional fixed income assets over the past 18 months by up to 10 per cent, and half (51 per cent) said they have cut it by between 10 per cent and 15 per cent.
A further 14 per cent have reduced their exposure by more, and just 12 per cent say they have increased it. Other key findings
Apex Group Ltd (Apex), a global financial services provider, has appointed Barry O’Brien as Senior Director, Business Development.
Based in Apex’s Dublin office, O’Brien reports to John Bohan, Co-Founder and Country Head Business Development (Ireland) who he will be working with to drive the firm’s continued growth in Ireland, a key hub for the Group.
O’Brien brings over 27 years of experience working in fund solutions business development and joins Apex from US Bank Global Fund Services where he was most recently Director, Business Development. Prior to its acquisition by US Bank, O’Brien was Head of Fund Client Relations
UMB Fund Services (UMBFS), a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation has been selected to provide fund accounting, investor servicing and tax reporting for Farnam Street Real Estate Capital (FSREC).
FSREC is a full-service commercial real estate investment firm. FSREC launched its first closed-end fund, Farnam Street Real Estate Capital Partners I, LP, on 7 May, 2021.
Founded in Omaha in 1981, The Lund Company – which joined the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance in 2012 – serves as a strategic partner for FSREC and provides property management and real estate services.
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