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Quilam Capital, which provides both debt and equity solutions to companies in the speciality finance sector, has secured a multi-million-pound leverage facility from Natwest, which will be used to fund new and existing balance sheet investments.
Quilam was founded by Kieran McSweeney and Marc Sefton in late 2017 and the duo has developed a unique advisory approach which capitalises on the team’s wealth of industry experience and insight to help businesses develop and grow over the medium to long-term. The firm will support management teams on all aspects of their business, from operations and risk through to strategic direction, funding and development.
Green Arrow Capital SGR Private Equity Team has finalised its eighth acquisition, acquiring a majority holding in Labware, a specialist provider of integrated point of sales systems in the foodservice and retail business.
The company, which started out as a hardware producer, has, over the years, developed an integrated system of hardware and software, including all the devices needed for point of sales (cash register, handheld terminals, printers) to support management applications for point of sale management. Labware also offers a series of customisable APPs for monitoring the point of sale, and the retention and analysis of customer data (data
As political uncertainty continues, fears that fundraising opportunities will worsen in the Private Equity industry have increased, according to the latest annual industry report from IQ-EQ, a global investor services provider.
The research, based on a survey of over 120 fund professionals globally, shows that despite the industry remaining resilient overall, fund managers will need to prepare for an increasingly competitive environment.
Last year half of all money raised was directed to the 50 largest funds in the industry, suggesting that competition to attract capital will be fierce, particularly for the smaller players. This is reflected in concerns from
Royal HaskoningDHV has acquired Ambiental, a UK-based leading provider of actionable intelligence from data to protect people, property and capital from flooding and climate change.
The acquisition, which strengthens its position in the (re)insurance market, supports Royal HaskoningDHV’s strategy to provide clients with software and services in which its extensive engineering and consultancy knowledge is combined with data-driven and technology-based solutions.
The infrastructure, industrial and insurance sectors are continuously looking for better insights to predict flood risk and prevent damage or economic losses to people and assets caused by flooding. In 2018 alone, natural disaster events across the world
SBI Islamic Fund II (Brunei) Limited (SBIF II) and COPE Private Equity (COPE) have jointly announced separate investments amounting up to USD14.25 million in MDT Innovations.
The new capital injection will fuel and strengthen MDT Innovations’ research and development (R&D), enhance its product quality, expand its business scale, and maintain its competitive edge in order to become a market leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry and raise its profile as an internationally established player.
MDT Innovations focuses on IoT value chains ranging from intelligent wireless communications, IoT as a service, to neural network solutions, the company offers
Private equity funds globally have continued their strong showing of recent years, with performance stabilising at levels close to the record set in 2017, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report.
According to the report, overall returns (TVPI) settled at 1.46x in the final quarter of 2018, showing a net excess performance of 0.037x when compared to the five-year average of 1.417x and 0.13x when compared to the ten-year average of 1.325x.
Investment risk, measured as the dispersion of performance between the top 5 per cent and the bottom 5 per cent, also saw a stabilisation, at
An affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has made a strategic investment in Medusind Solutions, a provider of end-to-end revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions including practice management, eligibility, coding, claims processing and value-added analytics.
The Company’s medical expertise and technology solutions optimise the healthcare revenue cycle process, create operating efficiencies and ensure adherence to regulatory compliance requirements.
Medusind leverages a robust technology suite including its cloud-based MedClarity® practice management platform, PracticeGenie EHR® and internally developed workflow management tools to offer tailored solutions supporting the needs of physicians, dental providers, hospitals, health plans, GPOs, third-party plan administrators and
Bregal Partners has closed its second fund, Bregal Partners II, with USD650 million of capital commitments sourced from its current limited partners.
The USD650 million brings Bregal Partners to a total of USD1.25 billion in committed capital under management.
“Our team is proud and appreciative of the support we’ve received from our limited partners,” says Scott Perekslis, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bregal Partners. “We sincerely value these relationships and the confidence our investors have shown in our team and investment strategy.”
Charles Yoon, Managing Partner at Bregal Partners, adds: “We are long-term partners to entrepreneurs, founders, and
HQ Equita has successfully concluded fundraising for its fifth fund, HQ Equita V with capital commitments totalling EUR308 million.
With the Fund now closed, at a level comparable to its main predecessor fund, HQ Equita remains true to its strategic investment focus.
Fund V will focus on investments in SMEs in German-speaking Europe. The fund’s limited partners include entrepreneurial families, foundations, and select institutional investors, consistent with HQ Equita’s historical investor base comprised of entrepreneurial capital. With investors from both European and non-European countries committing to the Fund, HQ Equita continues to expand its international network.
“Our strategy
The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has released guidance regarding the practice of general partner (GP)-led secondary fund restructurings. The guidance was issued in response to the increasing prevalence of such transactions and the bespoke nature of each situation.
The intent of the guidance is to offer specific parameters that allow for an efficient and transparent process, encourage productive dialogue among stakeholders and foster better decision making by limited partners.
“The GP-led secondary process can offer significant benefits to both general and limited partners in terms of portfolio management, liquidity, and value creation towards the end of the life
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