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European mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) acquire Logent Holding (Logent), an independent provider of customised contract logistics solutions in Sweden and Norway. The transaction is expected to close in June.
Logent has deep operational capabilities across the full logistics outsourcing value-chain, and its services include Warehousing, Transport Management, Ports Operations, Customs Handling and Staffing & Recruitment.
Logent’s customers include small and medium-sized enterprises in the e-commerce, automotive and industrial sectors.
Henrik Lif of Stirling Square says: “Logent is truly the best-in-class operator in the Nordics. We look forward to partnering with CEO Mats
Canadian institutional investors are seeking to further increase their overall allocations to alternative investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, infrastructure, private debt and hedge funds, according to a new study published by CIBC Mellon.
The report, “Race for Assets: Canada vs the World,” found that among the various alternative sub-asset classes, real estate (42 per cent) is most favoured among Canadian investors surveyed, followed by infrastructure (20 per cent), private equity (18.7 per cent), private debt / loans (17.9 per cent), and hedge fund investments (1.4 per cent). Private equity led the way in terms of satisfaction, with 47
Macfarlanes has advised Tarsus Group, a London-listed international business-to-business media group with interests in exhibitions, conferences, publishing and online media, on its recommended takeover by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP for a consideration of approximately GBP560 million.
As part of the transaction, Tarsus Group’s existing management team will stay in place and roll over part of their holdings into the Charterhouse Capital Partners acquisition structure. Completion is expected to take place in the third quarter of 2019, subject to shareholder approval and regulatory consent being obtained.
The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Harry
The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has acquired Northern Colorado Traffic Control, Inc (NCTC), a full-service provider of outsourced traffic management serving the Colorado market.
NCTC is an add-on to Riverside’s Area Wide Protective (AWP) platform that also provides temporary traffic management solutions to utilities, utility contractors and telecommunications companies, among various other customer types.
Based in Greeley, Colorado, NCTC offers a full-suite of traffic control services including traffic planning, full equipment and personnel packages, work zone set-up, traffic control product rental and sales and custom signage through its fabrication shop. The organisation provides its services to a
O’Melveny has represented Kayne Partners on a USD25 million Series B financing for Natural Partners Fullscript, a nutraceutical prescribing platform for healthcare practitioners who utilise an integrative approach to patient care.
Kayne Partners is the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, an alternative investment management firm headquartered in Los Angeles. Kayne Partners is focused on software and tech-enabled business services companies.
The O’Melveny team advising Kayne Partners was led by partner David Smith, counsel Melissa Wright, and associate Bhavreet Singh Gill.
Natural Partners Fullscript works toward a dream of creating a single platform for practitioners seeking extensive supplement
Artivest, an independent digital platform for alternative funds, has appointed Paul Nobile as Chief Marketing Officer, a new position for the company.
Nobile (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience as an award-winning marketing and communications leader for asset and wealth managers. He is based in New York City and reports directly to James Waldinger, Founder and CEO of Artivest.
At Artivest, Nobile takes responsibility for marketing and communications strategy and execution across a broad range of owned, earned and paid disciplines. As a senior leader, he will partner with teams across the business to position the firm’s value proposition and
Pan-European mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners (Stirling Square) has appointed Amélie Mazurier and Adriaan Bloys van Treslong to its investment team.
Mazurier was previously at JP Morgan, where she worked in the Investment Banking division focused on Mergers & Acquisitions within the Consumer & Retail team. She holds an MSc in Finance from ESADE Business School and an MSc in Management from HEC Lusanne. She is a French national from Switzerland and speaks fluent French and English.
Bloys van Treslong joined Stirling Square from Hannam Investments. Prior to that, he was in the Investment Banking division
Egeria, an Amsterdam based investment company, has acquired a majority interest in the Irish headquartered MAAS Aviation Group.
The company’s executive management team has retained a minority interest in the company. MAAS Aviation is one of the leading commercial aircraft painting companies in the world with operations in The Netherlands, Germany and the USA. Founding shareholder and Executive Chairman, Darragh Hall exits MAAS Aviation after almost 40 years with the company. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
MAAS Aviation has achieved significant growth over the last five years and has developed successful partnerships with OEM and
Irish Funds, the representative body for the global cross-border investment funds industry in Ireland, has reported an increase in assets in Irish domiciled funds of 9 per cent over the last quarter, to an all-time high of EUR2.64 trillion according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).
Net sales for the quarter across all funds, stood at EUR32.3 billion – of which EUR25.7 billion were into ETFs. This, along with positive market movement helped drive an increase in assets in Irish domiciled ETFs to EUR429.8 billion, representing 17 per cent growth in the first quarter.
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Private markets funds have continued to rake in new commitments from institutional investors eager to diversify their portfolios and capture the returns private markets investments can offer. However, investors are now tempering their private markets return expectations.
Coupled with other industry trends, this will have implications for private markets fundraising and due diligence, according to a new eVestment report, produced in association with parent company Nasdaq.
The 2019 eVestment Private Markets Due Diligence Survey of institutional investors, consultants and private markets fund managers finds that 52 per cent of investors expect returns in the space to decline in the
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