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Private credit managers will provide more than USD100 billion of financing during 2020 as economic uncertainty and low interest rates are reducing the attractiveness of traditional fixed income assets, according to research published by the Alternative Credit Council and Allen & Overy.
The ACC’s 6th ‘Financing the Economy’ research paper showed that 88 percent of firms expect to continue raising capital for their existing strategies, and 98 per cent of businesses plan to raise capital for some form of private credit strategy in 2021.
According to Sanjeev Dhuna, a London-based Allen & Overy partner and head of the firm’s
Pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to sell its majority stake in 7days, a German supplier of workwear for the healthcare industry, to a consortium of private equity firms, Chequers Capital and Paragon Partners, generating a 3.1x gross money multiple.
Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected by January 2021.
Founded in 1999 in Lotte, Germany, 7days is a leading supplier of modern and innovative medical workwear. 7days designs, produces and offers a wide range of high-quality products ranging from tunics to lab coats to more than 300,000 medical professional customers in
Icelandic airline software vendor Dohop has raised an undisclosed growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).
With this investment, Dohop will be able to accelerate its plans to transform how airlines and other travel providers enable passengers to build complex itineraries as the global travel industry transforms in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dohop’s unique virtual interlining technology allows its airline partners to seamlessly connect with each other, and with other travel providers, without relying on legacy booking systems and complex and inflexible interline agreements. A passenger can find and book an itinerary composed of flight segments from
Vala Capital, an entrepreneur-led venture capital firm, has launched the Vala Sustainable Growth EIS (enterprise investment scheme) targeting small companies focused on sustainable solutions.
The launch comes on the back of ever-increasing demand from investors wanting funds focused on sustainable strategies. A recent survey of high-net-worth investors by Vala and WealthClub showed that 77 per cent believe small, innovative companies have a major part to play in tackling sustainability challenges. Some 60 per cent of investors surveyed said ESG played a part in their investment decisions.
The Vala Sustainable Growth EIS will consist of up to 10 companies and
LBO France has committed EUR5 million in a Series B financing round to ZEPLUG, which installs charging points for electric and hybrid vehicles in co-owned buildings and companies.
The money raised will help ZEPLUG to seep up its development in its markets
This investment marks the launch of Newstone, the first fund dedicated to the French Proptech, led by a team of seasoned real estate professionals that will leverage their industry expertise to support fifteen startups.
LBO France announces the first investment of its NewStone fund in the French startup ZEPLUG (Series B). ZEPLUG was founded in 2014 by
Arendt has acquired a majority shareholding in Mobilu, a Luxembourg company specialising in operational processes, digitalisation and robotised automation.
The acquisition forms part of the ongoing development of the Arendt group business lines that work closely with its legal practice. It arms them with digital and technological solutions capable of responding to the needs of the market – specifically with respect to the digitalisation and robotised automation of operational processes. Among others, Mobilu’s service offering covers digital board management, client onboarding and electronic signature solutions.
“We were already familiar with Mobilu, in that we have worked together for a number
Dot Investing, a fintech startup, has launched an online investment platform that allows individual investors to invest in top private and alternative asset funds, including private equity, VC and hedge funds.
Pan-Nordic digital savings and investment platform Nordnet has listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, generating a market capitalisation based on the IPO price of SEK96 per share of around SEK24 billion.
The offering attracted interest from Swedish and international institutional investors, as well as the public in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Tom Dinkelspiel, chairman of the board of Nordnet and representing the Öhman Group, commented that this listing on Nasdaq aims to democratise Nordnet’s savings and investments.
Nordic Capital has previously invested in financial services companies including Resurs Bank, Nordax Bank, Bambora, Trustly and Max Matthiessen, which it backed in 2020.
AMP Capital has originated and closed a significant investment in a junior HoldCo facility secured against Peel Group’s 37.6 per cent stake in Peel Ports, one of the largest port operators in the UK, on behalf of AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV).
In 2019 Peel Ports handled just under 70 million tonnes of cargo with a 14 per cent market share of the UK’s total port traffic, making it the second largest port group in the UK. Its seven ports serve a broad variety of customers and handle a diversified range of cargoes, from locations in Liverpool,
Private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of Altia-ABM, a specialist investigation and covert operation software business.
Nottingham and Glasgow based Altia-ABM develops specialist investigation software for government departments and law enforcement agencies in the UK, Canada and Australia. The firm, which predominantly works with customers in the public sector, allows police forces and investigation teams to automate processes using technology, which reduces time and money spent on investigations and improves prosecution rates.
Altia-ABM’s investigation solutions include digital casefile and business workflow management software, toolkits to analyse data in financial investigations as well as enterprise application
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