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Gibraltar law firm ISOLAS LLP has welcomed significant new changes to the jurisdiction’s Limited Partnership Law, published by Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar (HMGoG), as the jurisdiction commits to the future of its funds industry.Read the full story at Hedgeweek…
Arlington Capital Partners (Arlington) has formed BlueHalo a provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community through the combination of AEgis Technologies, including its previously integrated acquisitions Excivity and EMRC Heli (“AEgis”), an Arlington portfolio company, and its recently announced acquisitions of Applied Technology Associates (ATA), and Brilligent Solutions (Brilligent).BlueHalo is purpose-built to provide industry leading capabilities in the domains of Space Superiority and Directed Energy, Missile Defense and C4ISR, and Cyber and Intelligence. The Company is an end-to-end lifecycle partner delivering technical expertise from R&D through deployment. BlueHalo seeks to deliver advanced engineering to address
ARQIS has supported the Munich-based multi-family holding Liberta Partners in the acquisition of Kienzle Automotive. The transaction was carried out via Liberta Partners Fund II in the course of a succession partnership. The transaction is expected to be completed in early November.
Kienzle is the leading German provider of sales and related services for networked devices and systems in the automotive aftermarket sector. In the area of data management and fleet telematics, Kienzle works with established software developers to create customer-specific evaluations and readout options. The medium-sized company is based in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
“The name Kienzle has
Keyrock, a digital asset market maker building scalable, self-adaptive technologies to support efficient markets, has raised EUR4.3 million to accelerate its growth. The Brussels based business secured investment from SIX Fintech Ventures and MiddleGame Ventures. Existing investors Volta Ventures, Seeder Fund and TNN Patrimony are also taking part in the round. Capital markets worldwide are on the verge of tremendous innovation and potential disruption. Through the ICO frenzy, the blockchain has proven to be an efficient way to create digital assets. The resulting assets are easily exchangeable 24/7, worldwide, and completely fractionable. Capital markets incumbents are now heavily investing to apply
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in Cheshire-based employment specialist Ellis Whittam (EW) to Marlowe plc. The exit follows a successful four-year partnership that saw EW accelerate organic growth and expand its position as a leader in high quality subscription-based compliance services.
Founded in 2004 by solicitor Mark Ellis, EW provides employment law, HR and safety services to over 35,000 UK employers.
LDC made a significant minority investment in EW in 2016, giving the business the financial firepower and support to drive forward its growth strategy. Since then, EW has grown organically, investing heavily across its
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and equity investment in Micro Precision LLC (MPI) to support the acquisition of PRL Inc (PRL). Headquartered in South Windham, Connecticut, MPI is a tier-one, Level 1/SUBSAFE supplier of critical components and assemblies for the United States Navy’s Virginia and Columbia class submarines, as well as a prime contractor to other governmental agencies and first tier military contractors. MPI is a portfolio company of Compass Partners Capital, a Stamford, Connecticut- based investment firm.
PRL is a leading supplier of high-tech alloy castings, close tolerance machined components, and nondestructive testing and upgrading services. PRL will
Sidetrade, an Artificial Intelligence platform dedicated to accelerating company revenue and cashflow, has partnered with Hyman Capital to help the firm’s clients and private equity contacts to adjust quickly to the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of cashflow generation.Covid-19 has generated exceptional cash tensions, with agreements made every day to defer certain payments by one or two months, or sometimes longer. Faced with the challenge of late payment, private equity funds have found it hard to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on their portfolio companies, with zero cashflow visibility due to the limited information available to them.
The economic damage is
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 16 attorneys as partners of the firm, effective 1 November.The new partners illustrate the characteristics that have established Ropes & Gray as one of the world’s premier global law firms. They are proven industry leaders with deep knowledge of our clients’ businesses, and deliver exceptional results on our clients’ most important and complex matters. They are also devoted stewards of the firm and committed to the communities we serve.
“During such an unprecedented year, the making of new partners is a wonderful moment to pause, celebrate and look to the future
Finance industry network 100 Women in Finance will be hosting the largest ever international meeting of female investment managers and asset allocators during Global FundWomen Week in November, with the intention of facilitating capital introductions for women.
“The pandemic, coupled with technology, is acting as a great leveller in improving access to capital introduction opportunities for women managers,” said Ulrika Robertsson, co-founder and COO of Impactus Partners and Chair of 2020 Global FundWomen Week.
The virtual event will take place from 9 to 13 November, replacing previous in-person regional conferences, and will be hosted on capital introduction tech platform iConnections,
You wouldn’t buy a house without looking around it, or a car without test driving it. Consumer tech such as apps are often free to download. With software being such a vital part of any financial organisation’s infrastructure, Jamie Nascimento, co-founder at alternative asset management platform LemonTree Software, asks why it should be any different.
Buying business software is all about solving problems. When a vendor offers you a trial of their software, you get to see if it does indeed solve a problem and importantly, how it is solved. You can use personalised potential scenarios, positive, negative or unique,
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