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Liberty Hall Capital Partners (Liberty Hall), a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry, has appointed Kevin Vicha to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Bromford Industries (Bromford), a supplier of complex, close tolerance engine components, fabrications and assemblies for the global aerospace and defense and power generation industries.
GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management solutions provider, will seek to upsize its Term Loan by USD85 million to enable the repurchase of certain fund investments and rights to future carry associated with Mosaic (collectively, the Mosaic Assets).
Based upon values as of March 31, 20211, GCM Grosvenor will repurchase assets and carried interest at net asset value of approximately USD238 million (consisting of fund investments valued at USD87 million and unrealized carried interests net asset value of USD150 million) and rights to additional future carried interest associated with USD423 million of carry dollars at work, for an
Investment management company Everwood Capital, through its Fund V, and renewable energy multinational the Prodiel Group, have teamed up to create DVP Solar, a company focusing on developing large-scale photovoltaic projects.
This new firm, in which each of the two companies holds a 50 per cent stake, has been started with the goal of providing a comprehensive response, throughout the value chain, for international growth of photovoltaic solar power, focusing particularly on the leading European markets and selected Latin American markets.
DVP Solar Chairman Ángel Haro says: “DVP Solar is backed, on the one hand, by the
Accelmed Partners (Accelmed), a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in US commercial stage, lower middle market HealthTech companies, as expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of two industry veterans. Eric Tansky, former Managing Director in Oppenheimer & Co’s Medical Technology practice, has joined the firm as General Partner, and Stephen Rubin, former co-head of Proskauer’s Private Equity Group, as Partner.
“Eric and Steve are both deeply experienced and well-respected in their fields, are of high character, and, most importantly, share Accelmed’s commitment to seeking to provide strong risk-adjusted returns to investors by capturing dynamic HealthTech
Firms falling within the remit of the FCA’s new Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) cannot afford to be passive. They need to set themselves on the right path now if they are to meet the January 2022 compliance deadline. Some firms have a long road ahead as the new rules mean a ten-fold rise in their capital requirements.
“This regulation is meant to simplify the current regime,” explains Priya Mehta, Head of FCA Advisory and Regulatory Reporting Services, Buzzacott. “At the moment, we have multiple versions of these regulations which worked together and have been imposed on different types of
By A Paris – January 2022 may seem far away but the preparations financial services firms in the UK need to make to comply with the incoming Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) are considerable and they need to think about it now, if they haven’t done so already. The new rules are going to usher in significant change for a large swathe of firms active in the UK market.
Though there are no industry-wide statistics on how many firms have set plans in motion to ensure compliance, a poll taken during a webinar organised by Wolters Kluwer in April 2021, found 11 percent of attendees
Build-to-rent and PBSA investor Amro Partners has launched a venture capital arm in order to invest in proptech and fintech start-ups that are looking to solve pain points in property deal processes.
Amro’s first investment is in the residential property transaction platform Coadjute, which digitally connects buyers, sellers and professional parties on a single network.
Using blockchain technology, Coadjute is an open network which seeks to allow all parties involved in a property transaction to share information and documents through their existing software, cut costs, reduce the risk of fall-throughs and speed up the process of buying and selling homes.
Following three pilots, Coadjute will use this
The European fund environment is increasingly attracting US private funds looking to invest in alternative assets and deploy capital. In partnership with Intertrust, Private Equity Wire is hosting a webinar to discuss some of the key themes that fund managers should consider when thinking about Europe from an investor perspective.
Browne Jacobson’s Corporate Technology team has advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico), a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Diamond Group (Holdings) Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Agilico specialises in providing leading workplace technology solutions to a customer base of 11,000 including: managed print, information management, agile working and telecoms and IT.
The investment will support Agilico’s strategic plans for expansion and will strengthen its offering in the North region.
Diamond Group which was set up in 1992 and is based in Gateshead delivers bespoke business solutions to a host of SMEs across the
Immersive Labs, the company empowering organisations to measure and improve cybersecurity skills across technical and non-technical teams, has closed a USD75 million Series C funding round led by new investors Insight Partners alongside Menlo Ventures, Citi Ventures and existing investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The investment will accelerate delivery of a progressive new Cyber Workforce Optimisation platform. With cyber risk no longer confined to technical specialists, expert skills are now required across the entire organisation. From crisis management with executives, to secure software development amongst engineers and ensuring compliance in legal teams, the platform will use data insights to understand
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