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Ancala Partners (Ancala) has appointed Enrico Loewenthal as Vice President.
Loewenthal joins the investment team at Ancala as part of its continued expansion into mid-market infrastructure opportunities in Europe. In his new role, Enrico will assist with sourcing, analysing, executing and asset managing of investments in Europe.
Spence Clunie, Managing Partner, Ancala Partners, says: “I am delighted to welcome Enrico to the team. His strong skills in sourcing, analysing, executing and managing investments, particularly in the energy market, will make him an important member of the team going forward.”
Prior to joining Ancala, Loewenthal spent five years at
Chicago-based alternative in investment firm Victory Park Capital (VPC) has appointed John Martin as senior advisor. Based in Chicago, Martin will support VPC’s private credit strategies, leveraging his thirty years of experience in the investment industry.
“Victory Park Capital has built a world-class private credit business with a highly talented and dedicated group of individuals, and I have an immeasurable amount of respect for the firm,” says Martin. “I look forward to working closely with this accomplished team to create sustainable value for the firm’s clients.”
Martin served as managing partner and co-CEO of Antares Capital, LP, a private
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in HealthTech BioActives (HTBA).
HTBA is a Spanish manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, flavourings and sweeteners for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic industries, as well as ingredients for human and animal feed with a total sales of EUR51 million in 2018. T
he company’s products, derived from citrus and vitamin B12 derivatives, sell in more than 90 countries worldwide. HTBA is a carve-out of Ferrer, a well-known international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.
The deal includes the 140
EdtechX Holdings (EdtechX), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) seeking to acquire a target in the education services and education technology industry, is to merge with Meten Education (China) (Meten).
Meten and its digital platform Likeshuo are a market leader in English Learning Training (ELT) in China. The combined entity (New Holdco) will operate as Meten EdtechX and focus on providing English and future skills training for a growing market of Chinese students and young professionals. Meten EdtechX intends to pursue expansion plans including market consolidation in China and the roll out of Meten’s existing omni-channel distribution platform, combining digital delivery
Macfarlanes has advised Muzinich & Co, the corporate credit management specialist, on a leverage facility for its first European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF), Muzinich Firstlight Middle Market ELTIF.
This fund invests mostly in syndicated loans and private debt instruments, and may also invest in bonds and junior investment opportunities. As an ELTIF, it is only able to leverage certain types of investment and is subject to both a 30 per cent borrowing restriction and a 30 per cent encumbrance restriction. This has led to the need to create a bespoke but flexible financing structure. It is one of the first
JP Morgan Asset Management has appointed Meg McClellan as Head of Private Credit in the firm’s Global Alternatives group, effective 1 January, 2020, to lead the firm’s major expansion in Private Credit.
In the newly-created role, McClellan will oversee the firm’s Global Special Situations, Infrastructure Debt and Commercial Mortgage Loan businesses and lead the firm’s development of new private credit solutions. She will be responsible for private credit platform growth, both organic and inorganic. McClellan currently serves as JP Morgan Asset Management’s Chief Financial Officer.
With USD146 billion in alternative assets under management, JP Morgan Asset Management has built one
Kevin Boscher, chief investment officer at Guernsey based investment services group Ravenscroft, provides his view on what a majority Conservative Government means…
We now know that the forecasters and markets were right to predict that a majority Conservative government would be elected to drive policy forward for the next few years. In our view, this result will likely mark the beginning of a new phase for the UK economy and sterling assets, determining not only the Brexit outcome but also the end of austerity and the start of a new fiscal expansion. This will have a significant impact on economic growth
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has made a significant minority investment in Nexion, an automotive solutions business, focused on garage equipment, diagnostics, and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) aftermarket solutions.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Correggio, Italy, Nexion manages a portfolio of historic brands, including Corghi, Sice, Hpa-Faip, Mondolfo Ferro, Teco, Tecnomotor, Orlandini, Bright, Stenhoj, Sherpa, Autopstenhoj. The Company specializes in tire changers, wheel balancers, aligners, lifts, diagnostics, and ADAS solutions. Nexion has approximately 2,000 employees and 14 manufacturing and design facilities in Italy, Denmark,
SIS Ventures, Scotland’s leading ‘profit with purpose’ fund, has appointed a new Chair.
David Ovens, Chief Operating Officer at Archangels and current Vice Chair of SIS Ventures, takes over as Chair from Bill Crossan with immediate effect. Bill will remain a member of the Board to support the next phase of growth.
In Ovens’ role at Archangels, he is responsible for the day-to-day management of the business, with additional responsibility for a number of the portfolio companies. An experienced corporate financier, David has previously held roles with Samuel Montagu & Company Limited, Noble Grossart Limited and Noble & Company
Great Point Media (Great Point), a London-based media and investment group and US institutional fund manager MC Credit Partners (MCCP), have partnered to finance film and television programming globally.
Funds managed by MCCP will invest up to USD100 million in the partnership and Great Point has already committed a minimum of USD80 million. It represents the first institutional investment for Great Point’s global project finance fund and will be used to finance larger-scale media projects.
Commenting on the investment, Robert Halmi, Chairman of Great Point Media, says: “Since 2013, Great Point Media has produced, financed and distributed more than USD600m
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