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Mishcon de Reya has advised Bill Toner, CEO, Madeleine Musselwhite, executive director and Nick Thomas, CFO of UK hospitality caterer CH&Co on the secondary buy-out of the firm by mid-market private equity investor, Equistone Partners.
CH&Co, employing nearly 6,500 people, has a prestigious client portfolio, providing catering services for some of the UK’s leading companies, charities and organisations, as well as holding a Royal Warrant for the provision of catering services to HM Queen since 2013. Having grown both organically and acquisitively over the past eight years, CH&Co generated revenues of GBP286 million in 2018.
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Ancala Partners (Ancala), an independent mid-market infrastructure investment manager, has sold its two portfolios of UK solar power plants for an undisclosed sum to funds managed by Arjun Infrastructure Partners (AIP).
The portfolios comprise 21 solar parks located across the UK with a combined capacity of 97MW.
Ancala structured and financed the development of the portfolios in 2016 and has since overseen their operation, including the installation of utility-scale batteries across several of the sites.
Lee Mellor, Partner, Ancala Partners, says: “We are delighted to have led the development and operation of this high quality and diversified portfolio of solar
Union Bancaire Privée has formed a partnership with independent family group Rothschild & Co, which offers solutions in global advisory, wealth & asset management, and merchant banking.
The two family-owned companies will be jointly providing an innovative strategy for both private and institutional clients to diversify their portfolios in the private equity market.
Through this partnership UBP will benefit from Rothschild & Co’s experience in private equity and widen its offering for clients wishing to invest in unlisted companies. Thanks to its cooperation with Partners Group since 2017 and its acquisition of ACPI in 2018, UBP has a diversified range
Outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) clients in the US are increasingly seeking alternative investments to diversify their portfolios and to obtain higher returns than those currently available from public investments.
That’s according to new research from Cerulli Associates which finds that OCIO providers expect allocations to alternative asset classes to grow for nearly all institutional client types while equity allocations are trimmed. When OCIO providers were asked about their anticipated changes to “other” private investment allocations (including real estate, infrastructure, and private debt), almost all respondents indicate that they expect allocations to increase for endowments, foundations, corporate defined benefit (DB)
By Paul Bryant – Bridges Fund Management and others share their views on the growing B Corp movement within the impact-investing arena…
More businesses are formalising their ESG credentials by becoming certified ‘B Corporations’ or ‘B Corps’, where the ‘B’ stands for benefit. And it’s not just a trendy badge or politically correct aspiration.
B Lab, the non-profit organisation behind the movement, has created an impact assessment that measures companies on governance, worker, community, and environment metrics. Those meeting the minimum criteria qualify for certification and are re-assessed every two years. B Lab identifies best practice, creates benchmarking measures and
An asset manager’s decision to change their operating model and outsource their middle office to a service provider should not be made in haste. From building internal consensus to carefully designing an evaluation process, selecting the best fit for an outsourcing partner is a significant investment.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is investing up to RUB200 million in Motorica, a developer and producer of high-tech prosthetic appliances, which employ artificial intelligence (AI).
The transaction is part of the Investment Lift mechanism aimed at stimulating the growth of middle-sized non-resource companies with export potential. It will support Motorica’s business development including the growth of its export potential by increasing the supply of high-tech prostheses to international markets. The investment in Motorica also contributes to achieving the goals set in the annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of 20 February, 2019, including
PHD Equity Partners – the fund management arm of Dow Schofield Watts – has appointed Richard Evans as its new Finance Director.
Evans joins from the London-based boutique advisory firm Strand Hanson, where he was COO. He.has over 30 years’ experience in banking and finance, having worked at BDO, led Brewin Dolphin’s Manchester corporate finance team for over a decade and been part of an FCA team working on the supervision of overseas investment banks.
Evans’ appointment comes as PHD Equity Partners prepares to start fundraising for its third equity fund. The firm, which has offices in the North
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has appointed Nate Sleeper as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and David Novak and Rick Schnall as Co-Presidents, effective 1 January, 2020. Donald Gogel, CD&R’s current Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve as Chairman.
“I have worked closely with Nate, Dave and Rick for two decades and am confident in their abilities to carry the vision and values of the Firm forward,” says Gogel. “Today’s announcement reflects CD&R’s strong commitment to continuity, consistency and constancy of purpose. We have a very experienced group of senior professionals who range in age from their late 30s to 60s,
BigTime Software, a provider of cloud-based software for professional services firms, has closed a USD14 million investment led by Boston-based private equity firm Wavecrest Growth Partners, with participation from MassMutual Ventures and Migration Capital.
Chicago-based BigTime Software provides more than 2,000 professional services firms with an integrated “all-in-one” solution for budgeting, tracking, managing and invoicing within project-based firms. The firm was started in 2002 and bootstrapped by University of Chicago graduate Brian Saunders, who created the firm’s first software product, quickly transforming BigTime into an industry leading SaaS company. The firm has won numerous recognitions including being included in G2
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