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Deepbridge Capital, a tax-efficient investment manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) provider, has exited its holding in iPipeline Holdings, with iPipeline being acquired by Florida tech-holding firm, Roper Technologies, for USD1.63 billion.
iPipeline is a provider of cloud-based software solutions to customers in the financial services and life industry.
Deepbridge was the initial EIS investor in Resonant Software Inc. which subsequently merged with iPipeline Holdings Inc. in 2017.
Deepbridge’s investors in Resonant Software Inc., and subsequently iPipeline Holdings Inc., will receive a return on investment of up to 3x.
Ian Warwick, Managing Partner at Deepbridge Capital, says:
Private equity investor CVC Funds is to acquire a minority stake in mobile marketing company ironSource for over USD400 million.
“As one of the world’s most respected private equity firms, CVC has a track record of successfully partnering with companies to drive global growth,” says Tomer Bar Zeev, CEO and Co-Founder of ironSource. “As such they are the perfect partner for this next phase in our journey, as we continue to scale internationally, engage with A-class partners and invest heavily in building out our offering for game developers.”
Profitable from almost day one, ironSource has grown rapidly since its
CBPE Capital is to invest in Centralis Group (Centralis), partnering with management to support the firm’s expansion plans. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Centralis offers a full range of corporate services (incorporation, corporate secretarial, accounting, management, tax compliance, payroll and HR activities), treasury services and debt administration services to its global client base. The company has established itself as a leading provider with the experience and expertise to provide a customer-centric and tailored service to its clients. The group, which employs almost 150 experienced professionals, is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in eight additional countries globally.
Ares Management Corporation (Ares) and Fidante Partners (Fidante) have established a strategic joint venture to coordinate the marketing and investment management of retail and institutional investor capital from Australia and New Zealand for Ares’ various Credit, Private Equity and Real Estate strategies.
To support the joint venture, the two companies have formed Ares Australia Management (AAM), which will act as the investment manager for new investment vehicles specifically structured for investors in Australia and New Zealand.
AAM will be well positioned to benefit from the long-term trends and structural advantages driving increased demand for alternative investment products in the
Are LPs looking to move tactically out of certain PE investments to free up liquidity ahead of concerns over a market slowdown? And if so, is this creating a good opportunity for Secondary investors to pick up LP interests at a healthy discount?
Both General Partners and Limited Partners in private equity funds increasingly see the merits to using the secondaries market, which continues to deepen and provide various liquidity solutions. Last year, market volume grew to USD79.7 billion and is “on track to reach USD100 billion this year”, according to Cari Lodge (pictured), Head of Secondaries at Commonfund Capital.
PitchBook, a data provider for the private and public equity markets, has entered into an agreement with Liquidnet’s RSRCHXchange a marketplace and aggregator of institutional research, to offer PitchBook clients access to RSRCHXchange’s extensive marketplace of institutional broker research in 2020.
RSRCHXchange’s virtual library will be accessible through PitchBook’s Research Center, which includes PitchBook’s best-in-class research on private asset classes and emerging technology sectors as well as Morningstar equity research. Together, PitchBook and RSRCHXchange will create one of the most comprehensive online research marketplaces covering both the private and public financial markets. Additionally, this integration enables RSRCHXchange providers to easily extend
Ocorian, a provider of trust, administration and fiduciary services, has expanded its senior team in London with appointment of a Business Development Director and Head of Client Services.
Kristina Rowe brings over 20 years of financial services experience to Ocorian, joining from State Street where she worked in the private equity and real estate fund administration business, as well as the EMEA Strategy Chief Administrative Office. As Director, Head of Client Services (UK) she is responsible for delivering services to corporate and institutional clients, alternative investment funds, corporate trustee clients and private clients.
Rowe says: “I’m delighted to have
Global law firm Goodwin has opened a new office in Luxembourg. Together with Goodwin’s existing London-based Luxembourg desk, the new office will serve as a single solution for the firm’s global clients raising and deploying capital in Europe.
“With a market-leading funds practice in the United States and Europe, and now an on-the-ground presence in Luxembourg to augment our well-established, London-based Luxembourg desk, Goodwin is uniquely positioned to serve multi-national financial institutions, fund sponsors and asset managers looking to do business in this favoured international jurisdiction,” says Rob Insolia, Chairman of Goodwin. “As the firm at the confluence of capital
RedBird Capital Partners (RedBird) and Reverence Capital Partners (Reverence) have closed on their acquisition of Vida Capital (Vida), an alternative asset management platform specialising in non-correlated investment strategies.
Vida’s President and CEO, Jeff Serra, along with members of the management team, invested alongside RedBird and Reverence in the transaction. The proposed transaction obtained the necessary regulatory approvals and received overwhelming support from the investors in Vida’s various funds.
Serra says: “Our management team and employees are extremely pleased to have reached the closing of this transaction. We have been looking forward to this day and to working with our
Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, an private equity firm focused on making direct investments in unconventional oil and gas assets in the US, has held the final closing of Kimmeridge Energy Fund V at its USD800 million hard cap.
Fund V was twice the size of Fund IV and oversubscribed. Inclusive of prior fundraises and co-investments, Kimmeridge has raised approximately USD2.8 billion of limited partner commitments since the firm’s founding in 2012.
Fund V is focused on continuing Kimmeridge’s strategy of directly acquiring and developing unconventional assets in top-tier basins. The fund received support from institutional investors including endowments, foundations,
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