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General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, has appointed Vittorio Colao as a Special Advisor. Colao, former Group Chief Executive of international communications company Vodafone Group, will advise General Atlantic and its portfolio companies as the firm continues to execute on its global growth investing strategy.
During his over 20-year tenure with Vodafone Group, 10 of which he served as Group Chief Executive, Colao held numerous executive positions and led its significant growth into one of the largest telecommunications groups in the world. He played a central role in the transition of Vodafone from a consumer-focused mobile operator to an
FRP Advisory (FRP), a specialist business advisory firm, has advised Alchemy Special Opportunities (Alchemy) on a multi asset-based refinancing of Anglian Home Improvements Group Limited (Anglian), a UK-based suppliers and installers of windows, doors and other home improvement products.
This investment supports the growth ambitions of the business, allowing it to address current demand and future market opportunities.
Following a competitive process, which was managed by the debt advisory team at FRP Advisory, Arbuthnot Commercial ABL provided a highly attractive financing structure incorporating term loans and a revolving facility, covering receivables and inventory.
Tom Cox, Partner in the
Global private equity activity decreased by 1.8 per cent year-on-year to USD550.6 billion in transactions, according to Bloomberg’s final Q2 2019 league table reports, which represent market leaders across a broad range of deal types, including M&A, Equities, loans and bonds transactions over the last quarter.
However, the United States continued to be the most acquisitive country in H1 2019, accounting for 45.5 per cent of the global private equity volume. The acquisition of GLP Pte Ltd’s Urban infilllogistic assets by Blackstone Group for USD18.7 billion was the largest private equity deal in the region.
Private equity activity for EMEA-based targets meanwhile reached
By Elizabeth Pfeuti – As institutional investors, such as pension and sovereign wealth funds, build internal teams and grow increasingly sophisticated, they are wanting a more direct role in how their assets are allocated. Nowhere has this trend been more apparent than in the rise of co-investments with private equity partners.
In the last three months, major investors including some of the largest pension plans in the US have outlined their ambitions in this area.
Commenting on its newly inked partnership with GCM Grosvenor, chief investment officer of the USD31 billion South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission Geoffrey Berg said
Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has appointed Catriona Buckley as Institutional Business Development Director, effective 1 July 2019.
Buckley has over 15 years’ experience building relationships and developing new business opportunities with global institutional investors.
She joins Gresham House from Fidelity International, where she was responsible for manager research and field consultant engagement with global and domestic investment consultants in the UK, and for direct client relationships in Ireland. More latterly, Buckley held the position of Investment Director in the Fixed Income team at Fidelity working with global distribution channels to define and execute commercial strategy.
Before joining
Seventure Partners, provider of financing in life sciences and associated industries, has launched Sport & Performance Capital, a new fund dedicated to supporting innovation in the sport and wellness industries.
With a final target of EUR80 million, the venture fund will invest in startup companies and growing SMEs furthering physical activity to help promote health and physical fitness.
The Fund will help to provide a legacy from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which is supported by Groupe BPCE, Seventure Partners’ ultimate parent group. At first close, Caisse d’Epargne, also part of Groupe BPCE, is a cornerstone investor, alongside other French
Global investment bank GCA Altium has advised Apiary Capital on the merger of its portfolio company G3 Comms with Connect Managed Services, to create one of the UK’s largest customer experience and unified communications managed services providers, with annual revenues in excess of GBP55 million.
Headquartered in London, Connect Managed Services (Connect) is a leading customer experience, unified communications and digital transformation provider for global enterprises. The company partners with Genesys, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Avaya and Cisco to offer digital solutions, with clients including Johnson & Johnson, BP & Diageo. LDC backed a buyout of Connect in 2014 and
Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised Falko Regional Aircraft Limited (Falko), an aircraft operating leasing and asset management company, on the launch and final closing of Falko Regional Aircraft Opportunities Fund II at USD650 million.
The fund, which has been established as a Jersey Expert Fund, surpassed its original fundraising target of USD600 million and will make equity investments in new and used regional aircraft leased globally. It received commitments from a diverse group of institutional investors, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, wealth managers, endowments, family offices, a fund of funds and a sovereign wealth fund
The Czech investment company Jet Investment has agreed to dispose of 100 per cent ownership in the company Benet Automotive to the Japan-based multinational company Teijin Limited, a specialist in the development, manufacturing and sales of technologically advanced materials and products.
The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
The sale marks a further successful divestment for the Jet 1 portfolio following last year’s sales of the companies Less & Timber and Kodarna Plus.
“The sale of Benet to a strategic partner brings a rather quick exit from our investment into the project within less than two years. While
Dott, the European micro-mobility company, has secured a EUR30 million Series A funding round co-led by existing investors the EQT Ventures fund (EQT Ventures) and Naspers, a global consumer internet group. Other investors include existing investors Axel Springer Digital Ventures, Felix Capital, FJ Labs, U-Start Club and angel investors.
Dott is currently operating in Brussels, Paris and Lyon, with a first pilot in Milan as well. The new round of investment confirms the strategy initiated by Dott’s French co-founders Maxim Romain and Henri Moissinac: along with a strong collaboration with municipalities and local mobility ecosystems, design vehicles specifically for sharing,
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