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Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) alongside Atlante Private Equity, the founding families and other minority shareholders, is to sell the entire share capital of Hydro Holding SpA (The Group) to NB Renaissance Partners (NBRP).
The Vaghi, Facondini, Cerase and Brivio families (founding families) reinvested a minority interest and will retain management roles in the Group.
Hydro Holding is a leading player specialised in the manufacturing of fittings and hoses for the hydraulic sector and is the result of the business combination of four leading Italian companies: (i) Tieffe, acquired in 2015, is engaged in the production of carbon steel fittings;
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) has launched and held the initial closing of Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund II (NVCF II) as part of the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative.
NVCF II provides investors with access to Canada’s top venture capital funds as well as direct investments in high-potential, innovative Canadian companies.
“We are delighted that the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative is receiving strong support from investors and that Northleaf has achieved this important milestone,” says Mary Ng, Canada’s Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. “Our government’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative strengthens and broadens the Canadian venture capital
Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as administrative agent and lead arranger on a senior secured credit facility to support the investment of Giraffe Foods Inc (Giraffe) by Graham Partners.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Giraffe is a manufacturer of custom sauces, marinades, dips, and dressings for industrial food processor, retail, and foodservice customers throughout the US and Canada. Giraffe is benefiting from multiple conversion-driven growth catalysts, including increased demand for private label, global flavours, organic, and better-for-you foods, all of which are fuelling brand, flavour, and product proliferation. Giraffe is well positioned to capitalise on growth within the foodservice, retail,
Law firm Dillon Eustace has been named as the top legal adviser to Irish domiciled funds in 2018, in the 24th edition of the Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report.
The firm’s Asset Management and Funds practice, which across all product types from traditional UCITS, ETFs, money market funds and alternative UCITS, to the full spectrum of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) such as hedge, funds of funds, real estate, infrastructure, loan and private equity funds, advised 1,113 Irish domiciled funds over the last year.
Donnacha O’Connor (pictured), Head of Asset Management and Investment Funds, says: “We are delighted to be
Intertrust has made appointments to its senior team in Jersey with Tania Bearryman appointed as Executive Director, Trust & Company Services, and Shane Hugill promoted to Head of Performance & Reward Management.
Bearryman (pictured), will have oversight of Intertrust’s Private Wealth, Treasury & Investments, Capital Markets, Corporate Services and Performance & Reward Management service lines.
As the previous Head of Performance & Reward Management, she takes on this expanded role to ensure that the service lines are aligned in realising Intertrust’s objectives and vision for its Jersey office.
Bearryman will further build on Intertrust’s client focus and ensure
genedrive, the AIM-listed near patient molecular diagnostics company, has raised GBP6 million in funding from new and existing equity investors through the issue of equity, loan notes and a broker option.
The funding includes a GBP3.5m cornerstone investment from BGF, the UK’s most active investor in growing businesses.
Based in Manchester, genedrive has developed the first portable device to diagnose the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) based on detecting the virus’s genetic code. By removing the need for diagnosis to take place in large hospital laboratories, the device can be used by patients in remote areas of the world.
Kensington Capital Partners has raised USD85 million in the first close of Kensington Venture Fund II, LP, a fund of funds investing in promising venture capital (VC) funds and technology companies.
The new Fund has been launched under the Government of Canada’s Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI). Additional investors include BMO Capital Partners, Trend Forward Capital, and the Kensington Private Equity Fund, among other institutional and individual investors.
The new Kensington Venture Fund II will target investments in VC funds, as well as direct investments in promising emerging technology companies. The diversified portfolio will include investments across key technology
TMF Group to acquire State Street’s Private Equity and Real Estate (PERE) fund servicing business in the Channel Islands.
Completion of the deal will see TMF Group’s assets under administration reach over USD125 billion for PERE clients, making it one of the leading fund administrators in Europe. TMF Group’s ‘one-stop-shop’ of PERE services, including fund administration and depositary services, is supported by experts in over 80 jurisdictions worldwide.
In Jersey, the acquisition will add fund administration to its existing corporate and trust services, whilst in Guernsey, it will complement the recent acquisition of Gentoo, a leading fund administration business.
International investment bank GCA Altium is opening a subsidiary in Paris under the leadership of Hugues Archambault.
The launch of GCA Altium’s French operations is part of its global expansion strategy focussed on establishing a strong presence in all key markets in terms of corporate ecosystems and transaction dynamics. With numerous global leaders, fast-growing companies and a dense financial sponsor community, France is amongst these key markets. GCA Altium brings its global platform, deep sector expertise and top-level networks to help clients transact in and out of France.
Hugues Archambault will take charge of developing and managing GCA Altium’s
Stone Harbor Investment Partners (Stone Harbor), a manager of emerging markets credit strategies, global high yield credit strategies, and multi-sector credit strategies, has appointed Jim Craige, Head of Emerging Markets, as co-CIO.
Craige will serve alongside Managing Partner and now co-CIO, Peter Wilby. Having worked side by side as portfolio managers since 1992, Jim and Peter will continue to work together closely in leading Stone Harbor’s investment focus. Craige will retain his position as Head of Emerging Markets with overall oversight of the asset class, supported by the existing broad team including industry veterans Stuart Sclater-Booth and Kumaran Damodaran, both
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