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Avista Capital Partners (Avista), a private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare, is to acquire Solmetex, a provider of amalgam separators and other waste compliance products to the US and Canadian dental industries. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
For over 25 years, Solmetex has been an innovator in waste solutions, with a primary focus on ensuring dental practices remain compliant with the ever-changing regulatory landscape. The acquisition will enable Solmetex to continue its commitment to deliver best-in-class, environmentally responsible dental waste technologies and programs to its physician partners and the communities they serve, while fuelling investment in
Allianz Global Investors has held the second close of the European Private Credit II (EPC II), having raised EUR290 million of commitments in 2020.
AllianzGI’s second corporate private debt fund open to third party investors, EPC II attracted commitments from German, French, Austrian and Italian insurers and corporate pension funds alongside Allianz group entities.
EPC II provides investors the opportunity to access pan-European mid-market direct lending through a senior only debt strategy. It predominantly targets transactions in France and Germany, with diversification achieved through investments across Continental Europe. The strategy’s focus lies on privately negotiated and structured loans for
3d innovations (3di), a data management solutions company, has acquired Charlotte-based Investment Data Licensing Advisors (IDLA), a market and investment data licensing advisory firm serving the US market.
The acquisition follows demand from investment firms and market data vendors for more bespoke and creative solutions that leverage best practices when managing data selection, usage risk and costs, and sees the firm expanding its global reach. As part of the agreement, John White, IDLA principal, will lead the company as newly appointed 3di CEO.
IDLA provides investment managers and other market data consumers with a comprehensive, integrated data solutions program
Crown Agents Investment Management (CAIM) has appointed former JP Morgan Asset Management and World Bank RAMP executive, Roberts Grava, as Chief Executuve Officer (CEO).
Grava brings over 25 years of global institutional asset management experience to CAIM, including a wealth of expertise working with central banks, national pension funds and sovereign wealth funds in the management of their reserves and national wealth.
Grava has held several senior roles in public and private sector institutions, including Head of Official Institutions, Institutional Solutions and Advisory at JP Morgan Asset Management, Head of Quantitative Strategies, Risk and Analytics at the World Bank Treasury,
Amundi Private Equity Funds (Amundi PEF), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amundi, has launched a new Diversified Infrastructure Strategy.
This new strategy is intended for institutional investors who do not have the in-house resources and experience required to invest directly in Infrastructure, using a diversified and scalable approach, and in particular, for those investors who prefer to invest through seasoned specialists, given the asset class’ increasing complexity. Through direct investments or a robust selection of third-party infrastructure funds, the strategy offers strong diversification both in terms of sectors and geographies, with a focus on Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, primarily core/core+ assets
By Jeffrey Stevenson, managing partner at private investment firm VSS – There are several reasons to be optimistic about 2021. Vaccines are starting to be made available and are expected to save lives, raising hopes that the US economy is poised to re-open next year. The US presidential election has largely been decided which has taken some uncertainty out of the markets.
These positive developments have already helped stimulate the resurgence of private equity in the third quarter of 2020, when USD148 billion in transactions occurred that surpasses last year’s third quarter total by 10 percent, according to a new
TA Associates has completed an investment in leading pet food marketer and manufacturer, Mid America Pet Food, manufacturer of VICTOR Super Premium Pet Food.
Joining TA as an investor is Rx3 Growth Partners, a growth equity fund founded by Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
TA and Rx3 acquired their stakes in the company from Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm that invested in Mid America Pet Food in 2014. Financial terms of the transaction have not disclosed.
Introduced in 2007, VICTOR offers super premium pet food in a variety of recipes to appeal to both
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in the global financial services industry, including related technology and business services companies, has appointed Edward Creasy and Valerie (Val) Soranno Keating to the firm’s Advisory Council.
Both Creasy and Keating currently serve as Chairs to LMP portfolio companies.
“Lovell Minnick is intensely focused on working closely with our portfolio companies and providing them with the resources that will position them for long-term, sustainable success,” says Steve Pierson, Managing Partner at Lovell Minnick Partners. “Our Advisory Council offers valuable guidance and unparalleled expertise to our portfolio company management teams
Irish Funds has welcomed completion of a key financial services bill that has been in the works for over five years and is expected to create 3,000 jobs by 2025 while attracting up to EUR20 billion per annum in global private capital.
The Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020, passed in the Dáil, is set to accelerate Irish fund industry growth, help firms facilitate the green recovery, and open the door for new global private fund market entrants to domicile in Ireland as a key base for European capital raises.
Firms will now have the potential to expand their
IQ-EQ has supported Belfast-based Cordovan Capital Management with its first institutional fund.
Cordovan Capital Management is one of Northern Ireland’s most active private equity investors, having made nine portfolio investments since 2016. Focusing on Northern Ireland but investing selectively elsewhere in the UK and Ireland, Cordovan’s investment approach is to provide buyout and/or growth capital to profit-generating small businesses that are poised to scale.
As an emerging manager that has previously invested via a syndicate model, Cordovan has realised two distributions to its investors from its existing portfolio and anticipates further returns in 2021. It is now set to
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