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The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in fire protection service provider Basic Fire & Safety (BFS) as an add-on to its fire and life safety platform, Performance Systems Integration (PSI). Based in Portland, Oregon, PSI is a leading provider of fire and life safety services in the Pacific Northwest. The company provides customers with fire and life safety services including system inspection, service and monitoring, equipment sales and cylinder repairs as well as installations for new construction and retrofits.BFS provides customers in Washington state with a variety
Legal firm Sidley Austin has added two new investment funds partners to its team based in New York.
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Docupace, a maker of cloud-based wealth management software, has secured a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity investment firm.
This investment enables Docupace to expand its product and service offerings to its broker-dealer, registered investment adviser (RIA), and insurance firm customers, as well as with the financial advisors affiliated with these businesses.
Docupace also announced the appointment of David Knoch, former president of 1st Global, to the role of chief executive officer, effective immediately.
The investment and leadership FTV Capital brings to the company will help Docupace accelerate its client-centric initiatives of expanding its capabilities
Tikehau Capital, an alternative asset management and investment group, has appointed Neil Parekh as head of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
In his new role, Parekh will be responsible for deepening investment capabilities and growing the business of Tikehau Capital in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, working alongside the existing management team of the firm in Asia. Parekh will be joining Tikehau Capital at the end of the second quarter, as a partner, after completing his tenure with National Australia Bank as general manager of Asia where he was responsible for all business, regulatory, and governance matters for the bank’s
Skyway Capital Markets, a Florida-based privately held investment banking firm, has named Barry Shevlin as senior managing director.
Shevlin leads Skyway Capital Markets Technology practice for the middle-market sector, identifying and facilitating customised financial solutions, including restructuring advice, capital raising (debt and equity), and M&A.
Shevlin joins the Skyway team on the heels of a decorated career as the CEO of Vology, an IT Services company he founded in Palm Harbor, Florida in 2002. There, Shevlin ran an operation supporting more than 5,000 customers worldwide, overseeing rapid sales growth and product expansion from a startup with USD1 million in revenue
These are understandably uncertain times for all market participants, including the global private equity industry, as the impact on supply chains and business revenues across all sectors begins to take effect from Covid-19.
Alternative investment manager Constitution Capital Partners, focused on North American private equity and private credit, has held a final close of Ironsides V at USD1 billion.
The fundraise is CCP’s largest to date, exceeding its target of USD600 million, an increase from predecessor Ironsides IV, which closed at USD755 million in December 2016.
“This latest fundraise is a testament to our team’s demonstrated track record of investing across market cycles and sectors,” said Daniel Cahill, CCP managing partner.
As with its predecessor fund, Ironsides V will focus on investments in primary funds with commitments between USD400 million to USD2 billion,
New York-based healthcare private equity firm Consonance Capital Partners has held a final close of Consonance Private Equity II at its USD856 million hardcap.
Fund II, which will focus on investments in US healthcare companies in the lower and middle markets, closed on 8 April 2020 at its hard cap in under three months from its initial close.
The fund received support from existing investors as well as from a select number of new limited partners.
Investors in the fund include insurers, endowments, foundations, family offices, asset managers, funds of funds, pension plans, and strategic healthcare providers in the US
ADM Capital, a Hong Kong-headquartered investment manager specialising in Asia Pacific credit and sustainable investment, has raised USD630 million in new assets, taking its total under management to USD2.4 billion.
These funds will be invested in the Asian private credit markets and will target mid-sized companies.
Neil Harvey, former CEO of Hong Kong and Greater China and head of Asia Pacific Asset Management at Credit Suisse, joins the Asia Pacific private credit team in Hong Kong as executive chairman. Harvey has been engaged to align ADM Capital for an anticipated expansion in the Asia Pacific private credit industry. The
Silver Cloud Investments has been launched by a former managing partner at the UK sell-side M&A house Cavendish Corporate Finance, Joe Stelzer.
Silver Cloud Investments will provide capital investment to businesses across its target sectors with a flexible approach, helping management teams to either stabilise previously growing businesses and/or support the growth of companies with strong and scalable business models in the current difficult business climate.
Silver Capital Investments will consider a variety of ownership structures for both owner-managed businesses or companies that have been considered non-core and divested by larger companies. The firm is primarily targeting four core business sectors:
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