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ECI Partners has completed the successful sale of Travel Chapter, a platform for high-quality self-catering holiday rentals, to the management team, supported by investment from ICG.
Loomis, Sayles & Company, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has launched the Loomis Sayles Private Credit Group which will be led by new hire Chris Gudmastad, CFA, as head of private credit.
Myles Reinecke, CFA, also joins as senior private credit analyst.
Private credit, a growing asset class increasingly in demand across the global institutional marketplace, will be a key component of Loomis Sayles’ client-based solutions suite going forward. Under Gudmastad’s leadership, the Loomis Sayles Private Credit Group’s objective is to deliver portfolios that seek to maximise current income and total return through diversified exposure to private fixed income
Spouting Rock Asset Management (Spouting Rock), a multi-boutique manager platform providing investment solutions and services, is to merge with Old Hill Partners Inc (Old Hill), an alternative asset manager focused on asset-based lending transactions with small- and medium-sized businesses.
A newly formed subsidiary of Spouting Rock, Spouting Rock Alternative Credit, LLC (SR Alternative Credit), will house the Old Hill asset-based lending business and serve as the investment advisor to Old Hill’s existing funds and other investment vehicles.
The new subsidiary will be operated by former Old Hill employees, Jeff Haas and Peter Faigl as president and chief investment officer, respectively.
The Citco group of companies (Citco) has enhanced its Citco Data Services platform to enable clients to receive data directly via their own cloud provider.
The cloud delivery feature removes a number of steps for clients wishing to access their data, speeding up the process significantly for users and putting them in control of their data.
The upgrade means users of Citco Data Services – the group’s premium, web-based data integration and reporting platform – will now receive their data when and how they want via their own cloud providers.
The enhancement is destination agnostic for clients using Citco Data
Sound Point Capital Management (Sound Point) has closed on a senior secured term loan financing to a subsidiary of Perry Ellis International (Perry Ellis), an owner of several well-established retail brands.
Funding provided by Sound Point will be used to pay down the Company’s existing debt.
The Company has been in business for 54 years and was formerly a public company before a take-private transaction in 2018. Perry Ellis owns a diversified suite of brands which generate ample cash flow through licensing to third-party manufacturers.
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has invested GBP164 million in Borderlink Broadband Limited through its British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (BSIF) strategy to improve digital inclusion in underserved communities in the UK.
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) supported 97 new investment opportunities for its portfolio in 2021, helping to drive value and accelerate sustainable growth in the UK and internationally.
European private equity firm IK Partners (IK) has appointed Pete Wilson as its first UK Mid Cap Partner. In addition, five individuals based across the firm’s Paris, Stockholm and London offices have been promoted to Partner.
Prior to joining IK, Wilson was a Partner and Head of UK Private Equity at 3i Group, where he spent 15 years. He brings substantial experience, having been involved in numerous investments and portfolio companies across a range of sectors, including Aspen Pumps, Civica, Inspicio, SLR Consulting and Audley Travel. A graduate of Warwick University, he began his career as a strategy consultant at
As the world enters a new phase in the global Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of CEOs are ready to accelerate plans for investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in their pursuit for growth.
These findings come from the inaugural EY 2022 CEO Outlook Survey, which recorded the views of more than 2,000 CEOs across the globe on their prospects, challenges and opportunities.
More than half of respondents (54 per cent) will prioritise investment in existing businesses, digital transformation and sustainability, according to the survey. In addition, more than three-quarters (79 per cent) of respondents have adjusted, or are planning
Myzone, a global manufacturer of wearable fitness tracking technology, has secured a USD17.2 million investment from BGF, the UK’s most active growth capital investor, alongside tech entrepreneur Vin Murria OBE, who also joins as Non-Executive Chair.
Created in 2011 by fitness industry expert Dave Wright, Myzone has experienced impressive growth since inception and currently serves over 9,000 facilities in 84 different countries, boasting over two million shipped devices.
BGF invested more than GBP100 million in tech businesses in 2021 and announced seven successful exits in the sector this year. Of the over GBP500 million invested in tech businesses
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