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North West based multi-family investment office, Arete, has announced that it has led an GBP11.25 million private equity investment round into consumer technology product development specialists Tactus Group, with a GBP10 million (USD13.75 million) investment.
Warrington-based Tactus is a technology expert providing multi-branded IT hardware to global retailers and the public sector. The investment from Arete enabled Tactus to complete a recent landmark acquisition of PC gaming specialist, CCL computers, which sees the group become a GBP125 million turnover business.
This latest deal will see Liverpool headquartered Arete further accelerate its growth ambitions, in a year that has already seen
Affirma Capital has held a first close of its fifth Korea fund, Ascenta V, with an AUM of USD403 million, to invest in buyout and growth capital opportunities in emerging markets including Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Singapore-headquartered Affirma Capital is targeting a final close for Ascenta V of USD636 million by October 2021. Affirma Capital increased the fund’s target size by 40 per cent from USD455 million, despite raising funds during the pandemic, according to the firm.
Ascenta V has received commitments from 14 limited partners so far including Korean sovereign wealth funds and major Korean banks. “We
Regulation and compliance teams within private equity (PE) firms are overloaded with their day-to-day tasks. Relieving some of this pressure will allow them to work on strategic, risk-based matters which will see them being more effective to the business overall.
Outsourcing can help alleviate some of this stress. Andy Welch, managing director, ACA Group (ACA), outlines: “There is significant regulatory and legislative pressure to increase the effectiveness of their compliance programs, manage with fewer internal resources, ensure high-quality results, reduce turnaround times, and lower costs. There are many routine tasks which compliance teams carry out that eat up considerable time.
This past year has proven that general partners (GPs) can retain control and oversight over the various functions within their firm, even while working with outsourced partners. The shift to virtual working demonstrated that the ability to interact and collaborate across an organisation is in no way hampered by being in remote locations. In addition, the focus on data is driving the need for external support in middle office functions.
By A Paris – The case for private equity outsourcing has been bolstered in the past year as general partners (GPs) are having to handle larger volumes of data and compliance teams are stretched to their limit. Industry participants have attested to the growing burden that private equity operations are facing and the potential fragmentation to which they may be vulnerable.
“Technology and data-gathering pain points that are a source of irritation for principal investors in normal times have become a source of critical risk. A patchwork of systems, complicated processes, and fragmented data often require teams to run a gauntlet to
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Michael Gajic as a partner.
Formerly with MinterEllison, Gajic specialises in public mergers and acquisitions and acts for bidders, targets and major shareholders on public M&A transactions, including schemes of arrangement, takeovers (hostile, unsolicited and friendly), takeover defences, take-privates of ASX listed companies by private equity bidders and Takeovers Panel matters.
He has extensive experience in advising in respect of shareholder activism, having advised activist investors on campaigns, as well as advising ASX listed companies on their responses to shareholder activism. Gajic acts for both buyers and sellers on Australian and cross-border private M&A
Next generation City law firm, McCarthy Denning, has appointed Soulla Berger as a partner. The appointment strengthens the firm’s international hospitality practice especially within the area of hotel real estate transactions.
Lakeshore Capital (Lakeshore), a Thailand and Greater Mekong area focused mid- market private equity firm has held the final closing of Lakeshore Capital II LP at its USD150m million hard cap.
The Fund was oversubscribed within 4 months of its official launch last year, finishing above its target fund size and more than double the size of its predecessor fund, Lakeshore Capital I LP. Notwithstanding various fundraising limitations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Lakeshore Fund II saw strong support from a diversified group of both existing and new institutional investors, which includes a mix of pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign
Calixar, a biotechnology company with ten years expertise in the isolation of fully native membrane proteins, is to makes a EUR1 million (USD1.2 million) investment in a new pipeline of complex therapeutic targets and native antigens of high relevance for pharmaceutical companies.
This strategic investment, supported by Bpifrance investment bank, will enable the company to be the exclusive provider and licensor for pharmaceutical companies, with the best native and functional membrane therapeutic targets (GPCRs, ion channels, transporters, receptors and viral targets). It will also help them to discover the best drugs (small molecules and conformational antibodies) and develop the best
Appian Capital Advisory (Appian), an investment advisor to long-term value focused private equity funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, has appointed Richard Johnson as a Managing Director and the Company’s Global Head of Investor Relations.
As Global Head of Investor Relations, Johnson will lead the investor relations team working across Appian’s portfolio, managing relationships with existing investors and attracting new investors to the Company, working closely with the Executive Team to co-ordinate strategic business development. He will advise and work with the portfolio company financial teams to ensure their businesses reach their potential, and will also
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