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Campbell Lutyens, a global private capital adviser, has strengthened its global secondaries advisory team in the US with the appointment of Fred Han as a Principal.
The firm has the largest secondary advisory team globally and its US team has advised on over USD5 billion in transactions for leading North American LPs and GPs in the past 18 months.
Fred, who will be based in Campbell Lutyens’ New York office, has more than 13 years of experience in secondaries advisory in the US. He joins Campbell Lutyens from Park Hill Group, where he was most recently a Principal. Previously,
MINEXIA has launched NR Private Market which is designed to help mining and exploration companies simplify and streamline their capital raising process and provide access to mining-focussed capital.
The platform has also been designed to help private, sophisticated and high net-worth investors gain access to a range of mining and exploration investment opportunities that might otherwise only be available to institutions.
Core to the NR Private Market experience is to provide eligible investors with more control over their investing process whilst delivering more transparency between the investor and the mining and exploration companies raising capital.
“We provide investors
Avidbank Holdings has appointed veteran finance executive Sam Bhaumik as Executive Vice President, Venture Lending Group.
“Part of our ultimate strategy for years has been venture and technology lending, but we needed to wait until we had the balance sheet, capital, infrastructure and governance before we could start the search for the right leader,” says Mark D Mordell, Chairman and CEO of Avidbank. “We are excited to have someone of Sam’s calibre and credibility, someone who shares our vision, to lead our newest division.”
“I am very excited to be joining the innovative Avidbank team to lead and build
Price f(x), a specialist in cloud pricing software, has raised EUR25 million in a Series B funding round led by Digital+ Partners, a European B2B technology growth investor, and management consulting firm Bain & Company.
Series A investors, Prague-based Credo Ventures and London-based Talis Capital, also participated in the round.
Established in 2011 in Munich, Price f(x) provides a modular SaaS solution for Price Optimization, Management (PO&M) and Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) for enterprises of any size, based on the latest in native cloud architecture. The company currently serves over 80 global, blue-chip B2B and B2C customers across a variety of
Funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) have agreed the sale of a majority stake in OTTO Luft- und Klimatechnik GmbH & Co (OTTO) to Engie Deutschland (Engie), a specialist in technical building services, facilities management, industrial refrigeration technology and energy services in Germany.
OTTO, a leading specialist provider of ventilation and air-conditioning solutions, cooling technology and building automation, was acquired in May 2014 by Equistone. The financial terms of the transaction are undisclosed and completion of the sale remains subject to the approval of the relevant competition authorities.
OTTO was founded in 1967 and has established itself as
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has acquired a controlling interest in Latham Pool Products (Latham) from Wynnchurch Capital (Wynnchurch), which will remain a significant investor in the Company. The deal values Latham at USD375 million.
Headquartered in Latham, New York, Latham is a manufacturer of pool components and accessories. The company’s branded product offering includes glass-fibre pools, automatic safety covers, in-ground vinyl pool liners, polymer and steel pool wall systems, and other related accessories. The Company has over 20 manufacturing facilities and distribution centres across the US and Canada.
Russell Gehrett, Partner at Pamplona said, “We are excited to work
LeapFrog Investments has made a USD12 million investment in Softlogic Life Insurance, purchasing the shares of FMO, the Dutch development Bank.
The company is one of Sri Lanka’s fastest growing life insurers, providing locals with individual life and health, group life, and other policies. The main shareholders of the Company are now Softlogic Capital, DEG and LeapFrog Investments.
“The team, products and high growth of Softlogic Life make for an outstanding company. We are thrilled to see them join the LeapFrog portfolio,” says Dr Andrew Kuper, Founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments. “This investment reveals our positive view of
Private equity firms are spending more budget and applying more focus on technology risk, especially cybersecurity risk, in order to maintain the highest operational standards both within their own businesses and those they invest in.
As George Ralph (pictured), Managing Director for RFA, a leading technology consulting group, explains, most PE firms tend to focus more on support service rather than the backend infrastructure, with risk management automation and compliance being two key aspects. Such is the level of diligence being applied by GPs to technology risk, hedge fund managers are increasingly turning to them for advice.
“Across our 830-odd
Through the first six months of 2017, five private equity megafunds with USD5 billion or more in AUM did a final close, accumulating USD68 billion according to Pitchbook. Looking at the year in full, a report by McKinsey & Co found that of the USD750 billion in private market assets raised, US megafund buyouts accounted for 15 per cent; up from 7 per cent the previous year.
Overall, total assets raised by megafund buyouts rose 93 per cent to USD173.7 billion compared to middle-market buyouts, which attracted USD31.8 billion; up 7 per cent on the previous year.
These megafunds, operated by
Through June 2018, the total amount of dry powder within global private equity stood at USD1.09 trillion; a vast sum, up from USD1.03 trillion at the end of 2017 according to Preqin.
This makes for compelling headlines and has fuelled interest in private equity, to the extent that it has become arguably the most important alternative investment asset class. But in some ways, this volume of dry powder has become a double-edged sword; great news for managers launching new funds, but how to put this capital to work effectively?
Pierre Vinci (pictured) is Head of Origination, Asset Based Finance, ABN
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