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Cairn Capital Group (Cairn Capital), supported by Mediobanca as its majority shareholder, has agreed terms for a strategic partnership in which Cairn Capital will acquire and merge with Bybrook Capital (Bybrook), a specialist distressed credit manager based in London.
Bybrook, established in 2014, is focused on absolute value stressed/distressed debt and special situations in Europe and has established an outstanding track record since inception. Bybrook currently manages approximately USD2.5 billion on behalf of top tier international institutional investors. Through this transaction, Mediobanca will reaffirm its majority shareholder position with a stake of c64 per cent while the remaining 36 per
Bestport Private Equity (Bestport), and Ethos Partners (Ethos) have solc Nu-Heat (Holdings) Limited (Nu-Heat) to Polypipe Group (Polypipe) for a cash consideration of GBP27 million.
Nu-Heat is the leading supplier in the UK of sustainable underfloor heating solutions, air and ground source heat pumps, and other renewable heating systems.
The company was acquired through an MBO backed by Bestport and Ethos in May 2017, and the business has experienced strong turnover and margin growth in the last three years. Polypipe was attracted to Nu-Heat due to its market leading position with a product set complementary to the Group’s existing portfolio
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), and Liquefy, a Hong-Kong based tokenisation platform, have released a new research paper that provides key insights into the benefits and challenges inherent in bringing a tokenisation approach to a wide range of alternative asset classes.
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Squire Patton Boggs has further expanded its Global Corporate Practice in London with the appointment of partner Julian Thatcher.
Thatcher joins the firm from private equity (PE) investment firm MHMK Capital Group, where he was an executive in a sub-Saharan African PE fund carrying out transactional and legal work alongside origination and business development. He was previously at Macfarlanes LLP.
Thatcher’s practice is focused on PE and M&A, primarily in Africa and the UK. He has advised on transactions throughout Africa as well as the UK, across a number of industries including logistics, financial services, fin-tech and infrastructure, and has
Fecon, a portfolio company of LFM Capital, has acquired the Vermeer forestry mulcher product line and established a global distribution agreement with the company.
This distribution agreement with Vermeer, which will be rolled out on a controlled basis throughout 2021, will provide their dealers access to the robust line of mulching equipment that leverages the best of Vermeer and Fecon mulching technology. This distribution strategy leverages the scope and size of traditional Vermeer dealerships by focusing on market segments with differentiated product needs. Blending the learnings and engineering expertise of both teams provides dealerships and customers with products that are
DW Healthcare Partners (DWHP) a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has completed its investment in Parnell Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd (Parnell).
Founded over 50 years ago in Australia, Parnell is a fully integrated manufacturer and developer of animal health pharmaceuticals focused on the US market.
“Parnell has an attractive position with an FDA approved manufacturing facility dedicated to animal health drugs with a particular focus on sterile injectables,” says Eric Moore, Principal at DWHP. “Alan and Brad have done a great job building a quality and compliance culture at the Company and over the last three years have dramatically transformed the organisation.
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII have launched Volleyball World, a new partnership which will drive innovation, growth and investment in volleyball around the globe.
Volleyball is the fourth most popular sport globally, with more than 800 million fans and high participation, across attractive markets, including Italy, Brazil, Japan, Poland, China and the US. Volleyball was the most watched sport at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, with 2.6 billion viewer hours globally.
Volleyball World will become the commercial entity for the sport around the world, initially for FIVB and aiming at working later alongside other
CEPRES, a provider of investment decision solutions for private markets, and KOP Consultancy, an adviser to Legal, Fiduciary, Trust, Funds, Wealth Management businesses, have joined forces to collaborate on projects for fund services providers in private capital markets in the UK mainland and offshore markets.
With service providers such as fund administrators, custodians or asset servicers looking to cater to their clients’ increasing desire for information to support better investment decision-making and to manage their risk more effectively, CEPRES delivers solutions to solve this big data and investment analytics challenge for their clients. In turn, service providers will be better
Priority Power Management (Priority), an independent energy management services and consulting firm backed by Ara Partners, has acquired Satori Energy Solutions (Satori).
The transaction creates a leading nationwide provider of energy services with significantly enhanced service offering, broadened geographic footprint, and industry expertise.
Satori, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, was one of the first energy service firms to emerge after deregulation and today provides industry-leading expertise and service to more than 55,000 industrial, municipal, and residential clients in 25 states and the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico.
The company’s capabilities span the spectrum of Energy Structuring and Market Intelligence
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has appointed Robbert Bakhuijsen as Head of Investment for Benelux.
Reporting to Onno Scheij, Head of Benelux, Bakhuijsen, 37, will be responsible for the sourcing and execution of new acquisitions in the Benelux region. Bakhuijsen will be mainly focusing on acquisitions of income-generating logistics, light industrial and office assets, from core to value-add in terms of risk profile, as well as development projects to serve Edmond de Rothschild REIM’s discretionary funds and third-party mandates.
Bakhuijsen has worked in the Benelux real estate market for 15 years. He previously worked for six years
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