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Anacapa Partners, a private equity firms focused on acquisitions in the lower middle market, has completed a growth investment in I4PRO Informática LTDA (I4PRO). The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 2005, I4PRO is an end-to-end enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for the insurance market in Brazil. It provides a suite of products designed for insurance workflow processes, including selling, underwriting and administering policies, collecting premiums and processing claims. I4PRO provides customised implementation of these products and facilities ongoing updates for maintenance and regulatory compliance. The company also offers modules for specialty business lines, such
By Paul Bryant – “We had a hunch that small and mid-cap managers had more ‘juice to squeeze’ from their deals and deliver higher returns than large-cap managers. But we didn’t have hard evidence to back that view up,” says Dr Andrea Carnelli Dompé, vice president at Pantheon, an investor with USD46 billion of assets under management in private equity, infrastructure and real assets.
“As we already had an extensive database of deal data, it just made sense to review that critically, and test to see if our hunch was right.”
Pantheon analysed 2,237 buyout deals from around the world,
AMP Capital has raised a record USD6.2 billion for its fourth infrastructure debt strategy, which includes the final close of the AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV), co-investment rights and separately managed account commitments.
Central to the fundraise is the final close of the IDF IV, which reached its hard cap of USD4.0 billion, surpassing its USD3.5 billion target. An additionalUSD1.0 billion was secured in co-investment rights and a further USD1.2 billion from investors wanting access to AMP Capital’s infrastructure debt deal capabilities.
This is AMP Capital’s largest ever closed-end fund and is believed to be the largest
Private equity funds globally have maintained a high level of performance so far in 2019, despite falling from the record level seen in 2017, according to the latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report from eFront.
Returns reached 1.437x in Q2 2019 – a net excess performance of 0.101x when compared to the ten-year average of 1.336x.
Investment risk fell between Q4 2018 and Q1 2019 – at 1.308x, the current level is close to the lowest points seen over the past 10 years.
For time-to-liquidity, the downward trend initiated in 2015 reached a bottom in 2018, and since
Orrick announced has appointed John Donaleski as a partner in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice in New York. He joins Orrick from White & Case.
Donaleski advises on financings, mergers and acquisitions in connection with a broad array of energy and infrastructure assets, including conventional and renewable power, oil and gas, and LNG, as well as telecommunications infrastructure. He has significant experience in syndicated debt financings, including term loan B, mezzanine and holdco financings, with a particular focus on acquisition financings for private equity M&A transactions in the E&I sector.
“We have a robust transaction pipeline across all
Middle market private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners is to acquire Innophos Holdings (Innophos), an nternational producer of essential ingredients, for USD32.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately USD932 million, including the assumption of debt.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by Innophos’ Board of Directors.
The offer price represents an 18% premium to the 30-trading day volume weighted average closing share price of Innophos’ common stock ended September 9, 2019, the last trading day prior to published market speculation regarding a potential transaction involving the Company.
“After careful consideration and a thorough
Middle market private equity firm Centre Partners has made an investment in Wisconsin Cheese Group Holding (WCG), and affiliates, a manufacturer of branded and private label Hispanic foods, including cheeses, desserts, meats and spices. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Founded in 1985 and based in St. Paul, Minnesota, WCG maintains an attractive portfolio of trusted, authentic Hispanic food brands, including La Morenita, El Viajero, Reynaldo’s, El Chilar, Lisy, and Orale!, alongside extensive private label capabilities. The Company has nationwide distribution with a strong presence within the mass, club, grocery and specialty / bodega channels and has built an outstanding reputation
LeapFrog Investments has appointed Dr Nitin Nowjee as a Director of Investments for Financial Services in Africa. He is based in London.
The news comes after LeapFrog successfully raised USD743 million for its third emerging markets fund, announced in May 2019, an impact investing record.
LeapFrog companies currently reach 188 million people across 35 emerging markets. Most are accessing quality insurance, savings, pensions, credit, remittances or healthcare for the first time.
Nitin brings a wealth of sector and country experience to the role. He was previously Head of Strategic Investments and Business Development for Fintech at the pan-African
A new EUR81.9 million project will help more than 1 million vulnerable small-scale farmers in Chad improve their incomes and food security and boost an underperforming agricultural sector hampered by recurrent droughts and rain-fed farming practices.
The Strengthening Productivity and Resilience of Agropastoral Family Farms Project (RePER) includes EUR49.3 million grant and EUR5.3 million loan from IFAD, as well as cofinancing from the Green Climate Fund grant (EUR17.1 million), the Government of Chad (EUR7.6 million) and by the beneficiaries themselves (EUR2.6 million).
The project was launched at a start-up workshop involving project participants, government officials, development partners, farmers’ organisations
SkyKnight Capital (SkyKnight), a San Francisco based private equity firm, has made an investment into AeroCare Holdings (AeroCare), a provider of home healthcare solutions focused on patients with chronic respiratory conditions.
AeroCare management and existing shareholders, including Peloton Equity, SV Health Investors, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s AIP Private Markets, will remain invested as part of the transaction.
Founded in 2000 by CEO Steve Griggs, AeroCare has established itself as one of the nation’s leading home health distribution platforms, focused on providing the highest quality service and equipment to patients with chronic respiratory conditions. With an extensive network of
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