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Hg is to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon Group (Transporeon), a global cloud-based business network for industrial logistics, from existing investor TPG Capital (TPG), the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Ulm, Germany, Transporeon links manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers with logistics service providers via the largest network of its kind. The group digitalises the entire logistics supply chain, providing software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that connect a global network of over 1,000 shippers and trading companies, almost 90,000 carriers, and over 100,000 users in over 100 countries.
Private equity firm IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Groupe NetCo (NetCo), a specialist in preventive and curative maintenance of belt and roller conveyors.
NetCo will be the fifth acquisition for IK’s Small Cap II Fund, which targets growing businesses within the Benelux, DACH, France, and the Nordics. Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Founded in 1902 in France, NetCo has grown to become a European specialist in conveyor systems across key industries including quarries, food and heavy goods.
Through its three business units; NetCo Services, NetCo Distribution, NetCo Systems, NetCo holds a leading position
Fiera Infrastructure, an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation, has entered into a long-term partnership with EllisDon Capital, an affiliate of EllisDon Inc, a Canadian Public-Private Partnership (PPP) developer, constructor, and facilities service provider.
The newly formed Partnership will acquire EllisDon’s interest in its existing portfolio of PPP projects and have the right of first offer over EllisDon’s future PPP projects for a pre-agreed period. Fiera Infrastructure’s investment in the projects will be added to its global infrastructure fund.
“Partnering with EllisDon, one of North America’s most successful and experienced construction capital groups, enables Fiera Infrastructure to further access the
The Citco Group of Companies (Citco), a provider of asset servicing solutions to the global alternative investment industry, has passed the USD1 trillion mark for assets under management.
Citco says the milestone was reached purely through organic growth, an industry first amongst alternative asset service providers.
The growing drive to streamline operations is leading managers to outsource more functions, including: front office risk reporting, middle office treasury and collateral management, back office financial statements, and tax and regulatory reporting. Simultaneously, growing diversification across asset classes, moves into hybrid strategies and the launch of a wide range of investment vehicles
Northern Trust has named Kimberly Evans as head of Private Capital Fund Administration in North America, leading a growing practice dedicated to providing middle- and back-office solutions for a range of alternative asset class investment managers, including real estate, private debt, infrastructure and both traditional and hybrid private equity funds in the region.
Evans, with 25 years of financial services experience, will focus Northern Trust’s global capabilities on a segment of the alternatives market experiencing rapid asset growth and increased demands for transparency. Northern Trust offers an integrated solution including trade management, reconciliation, risk and analytics, fund accounting, global custody
American credit specialist CIFC has launched a UCITS fund as it builds its presence in Europe. The CIFC Global Floating Rate Credit Fund opens up access to the firm’s structured credit expertise for the first time in a UCITS format.
The fund will invest in some of the more liquid tranches of collateralised loan obligation (CLO) bonds, investing at least half of its funds in BBB-rated bonds.
The fund, which has launched with commitments of over GBP50 million, is managed by structured credit veteran Jay Huang and is targeting a return of 7-8 per cent pa.
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Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Gregor Klenk as a partner in the firm’s Private Equity practice in Frankfurt.
Klenk will join Goodwin from Latham & Watkins, where he is a partner. The firm also announced today the appointment of private equity partner Joshua Soszynski in its New York office.
Klenk’s practice spans mergers and acquisitions, private equity, growth equity, venture capital and corporate law. He brings special expertise in cross-border transactions, in particular involving U.S. and French clients and targets.
“Goodwin’s global strategy is to be a dominant player across the financial, life sciences, private equity, real estate
Edison Group, an investor-relations, investment research and consulting firm, has expanded its US operations with the appointment of two new senior directors in New York and California.
The move signals an increased commitment to Edison’s US presence as it expands nationally with offices on the east and west coast of the United States and strengthens Edison’s ability to introduce UK and European companies to US investors.
Michael Crawford brings 15 years of investor relations and capital markets experience to the New York office, with a focus on capital introductions. Crawford was formerly a managing director at PCG Advisory Group,
Allica, the company building a digital SME bank with relationship managers, has appointed Gareth Claxton as Senior Commercial Manager. Claxton will be responsible for supporting owner-occupier businesses and commercial investment property professionals.
Claxton joins from Redwood Bank, where he supported businesses as well as commercial and residential investors with their long-term property lending requirements. Prior to that Gareth held senior positions with Aldermore and Santander, managing the new business and portfolio management teams.
Launching this year, Allica aims to be a digital SME bank which will offer business customers a service that makes their business lives easier. Customers will
Milltrust International, an award-winning investment group, has highlighted the commercial potential of spinout companies from the UK’s leading universities at its Science & Technology Day in London.
The event saw more than 80 investors come together to hear entrepreneurs, scientists, venture capitalists and representatives from university incubators discuss the trends and opportunities in the fast-growing sector.
Research published by Beauhurst suggests that equity investment into UK university spinouts, based on publicly available data, more than tripled from GBP309.4 million in 2013 to GBP1 billion in 2017.
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