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Alternatives allocators, to both hedge fund and private equity style vehicles, have assets ready to deploy as standardisation of ESG standards occurs, according to Jim Neumann, CIO of Sussex Partners.
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Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has announced two senior appointments to the Group’s Private Debt leadership team. James Vella-Bamber has been appointed as Group Head of Private Debt, while Peter Brown has assumed the role of Head of Private Debt in Luxembourg.
Based in Luxembourg, Vella-Bamber will have overall responsibility for the ongoing development of the Group’s Private Debt offering, overseeing relationship management, operations and business development activity. James joined the Group in Jersey in 2016, before relocating later that year to assume the role of Head of Real Assets in Luxembourg. He previously held positions at
Sherpa Capital has acquired a stake in Spanish company CityBike, which was created in 2014 by the Moventia Group and is one of the leaders in the European micromobility market, with a special focus on the operation of public bicycle systems.
Sherpa Capital’s investment in CityBike will further strength the company and accelerate even more rapidly the growth of its international business via the implementation of shared bicycle systems in new cities.
This is the third transaction from the Sherpa Capital Private Equity fund (the third vehicle of the firm after Sherpa Capital I and II), which held a
Horizon Capital has exited Connexas Group to AddSecure, a European provider of solutions for secure data and critical communications.
Connexas provides connected vehicle technology and fleet management solutions in the UK, EU, North America and Australia.
The company aims to empower fleets to become smarter, safer and more efficient using end-to-end technology solutions for delivery management, high definition camera systems and driving performance applications.
Connexas recently won mid-cap Technology Company of the Year at the 2019 UK Business Tech Awards. “Connexas has come a long way with the support of Horizon, evolving from a predominantly legacy hardware-based integrator to a
Invision has sold Vantage Education, a Swiss provider of higher education programmes, to a group of Swiss investors, but the company will continue to be led by the existing management team.
Vantage covers mostly higher and executive education across more than 60 programmes. The educational companies offer high quality education programs in business administration, sales, marketing, information management and tourism management at 13 locations throughout Switzerland.
Over the past seven years, Invision has taken Vantage through a series of consolidation deals, completing five acquisitions. “The unification of various education providers under the umbrella of Vantage proved to be the right strategy to
A Newcastle tech company, whose software allows businesses to create their own mobile apps, has raised GBP1.2m to further develop its product and expand its team.Nutshell Software has secured investment from two funds managed by Mercia – the Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Funds and the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.
Nutshell’s software offers a simple way for businesses to create their own fully functional mobile apps in minutes – with no coding necessary. Launched in 2017, it is already being used by many public and private sector organisations including Network
Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI), through its third fund ADP III, has made a USD56 million investment in Tunisian tomato processing and agri-business, SICAM.Established in 1969, SICAM is a leading producer of canned tomatoes, pepper pastes, and jams and one of the most recognised brand names in Tunisia’s food and agri-industry, with a strong track record of delivering quality products to its customers. Wholly owned by the Bayahi Group, a leading Tunisian conglomerate, SICAM has quickly become the fastest growing player and market leader of the sauces and condiments segment in Tunisia, in part driven by its
The Cayman Islands Private Funds Law 2020, which commenced on 7 February 2020 but will apply to all existing funds from 7 August, will extend the oversight role played by depositaries for many Cayman investment funds, according to INDOS Financial, an independent depositary and oversight group.The new law requires closed-ended investment funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands to register with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and to comply with a number of new operating requirements, including:
• Implementation of appropriate and consistent valuation procedures
• Arranging custody of custodial assets
• Verification of ownership and title of all other
While the US healthcare industry has historically been stable throughout economic cycles, it has a large consumer retail component to it, and “foot traffic” has been meaningfully reduced as a result of the coronavirus.
As such, many sectors within healthcare have been materially impacted.
The more discretionary the service, the more the sector has been hit – with some sectors down over 80 per cent. This trend has been mitigated somewhat by the growth in some sectors like telehealth, but overall, healthcare volumes are down substantially. There are signs over the past two weeks though, that volumes have been creeping
By Audrey Nangle, director of private equity & real assets at MUFG Investor Services – What happens when you take a part of the investment industry that was already changing and subject it to a profound shock? That’s the question that will challenge private markets for the foreseeable future.
The landscape was already in flux when the novel coronavirus came onto the scene. Now, some funds are experiencing or anticipating major financial disruption, while others are finding unexpected gains and opportunities.
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, there were numerous drivers in motion. The playing field had become more competitive and
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