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Northern Trust has added private market capabilities to supplement the recently launched ArcLine Alternatives platform for the firm’s wealth management clients.
The private market investment offering, developed with alternative investment technology firm Artivest, better enables Northern Trust’s qualified wealth management clients to take advantage of a carefully curated list of leading alternative funds to meet their changing, and increasingly sophisticated, asset allocation and portfolio diversification needs through an integrated cloud-based subscription and reporting platform.
“Northern Trust is committed to delivering quality alternative investment opportunities for our clients in the most efficient and secure manner available. We are pleased to
Highvern has appointed Emma Syvret as Assistant Manager in the firm’s Funds Team.
Syvret (pictured), has more than six years’ experience in the industry and joins from one of Jersey’s largest Funds and Corporate Services providers. She is currently studying towards ICSA CSQS, and with only two exams until she is a Chartered Secretary, she will be adding to the qualifications already held by the team at Highvern.
Aidan O’Flanagan, Head of Funds, says: “Emma’s background and track record with clients is impressive and we are delighted that she has chosen to progress her career at Highvern. She brings
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Amberon.
The sale follows a successful 18-month partnership where LDC supported the business and the management team grow the Group’s turnover by 23 per cent to GBP37.5 million, opened six new depots, add 50 new vehicles to its fleet and create over 50 new jobs.
Headquartered in Paignton in Devon, Amberon is one of the UK’s leading providers of traffic management services, with a fleet of more than 400 vehicles. The business now employs over 550 people, offering a wide range of safety solutions to
BlackRock Real Assets (BlackRock) is to sell a portfolio of 14 operating solar projects across France to the Consortium of Samsung Securities (Samsung) as the financial investor, Samchully Asset Management (Samchully AMC) as the asset manager with Schroder AIDA (Schroders) as the asset management adviser.
This marks the first realisation for BlackRock’s Renewable Power platform and offers Samsung, Samchully AMC and Schroders an attractive foothold into the European renewables power market.
The Portfolio achieved commercial operations between 2013 and 2015, and has demonstrated a robust track record with consistent production. The Portfolio was optimised by BlackRock through aggregating individual
Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital Group, has acquired CTM Group (CTM), a provider of managed entertainment and souvenir solutions for tourist destinations and other high-traffic venues, including theme and amusement parks, zoos, aquariums, museums and retail locations.
With an international network of blue-chip venue partners and more than 10,000 pieces of installed equipment in over 2,000 popular venues, CTM is the provider of choice for entertainment and souvenir concepts at iconic tourist and retail destinations. Since its founding in 2002, the Company has grown rapidly, both organically and through acquisitions, while introducing new equipment
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specialising in transformational investments in established technology businesses, has sold Triton Digital (Triton), a technology provider to the audio streaming and podcast industry, to The E W Scripps Company for USD150 million.
Based in Los Angeles, Triton provides audio publishers with measurement, streaming, ad serving and audience engagement solutions in over 40 countries. Triton’s diverse blue chip customer base includes broadcast groups, such as iHeartMedia, Cumulus and Entercom, as well as digital audio pure-play companies, such as Spotify and Pandora.
Vector Capital acquired Triton in 2015 and supported management’s strategy of continued growth
Dallas-based Surge Private Equity (Surge) has closed an investment in Global Bakeries with The Firmament Group (Firmament), a provider of tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Founded in 1977 by Albert Boyajian, Global Bakeries is a specialty baked goods manufacturer headquartered in Pacoima, CA. The Company specialises in non-GMO bread products such as pita bread, pita chips, bagels, organic flatbread, and croissants for grocery stores such as Trader Joe’s, bakeries and restaurants.
Surge closed the transaction with a USD15,000,000 financing facility from Firmament and a portion of equity financing as part of the
The Stanhope Entrepreneurs Fund (SEF), a growth capital fund managed by Stanhope Capital, has completed its first investment, acting as the lead investor in a circa USD90 million equity raise into S4 Capital (S4), a digital advertising and marketing services company established by Sir Martin Sorrell earlier this year.
The capital was raised by S4 to fund the acquisition of MightyHive for a total consideration of USD150 million. MightyHive is the San Francisco-based market-leading programmatic solutions provider for forward-thinking marketers and agencies. This transaction follows S4’s acquisition of MediaMonks in July and furthers the company’s strategy of combining award winning
L2 Capital Partners (L2) and Lakewood Capital (Lakewood) have acquired Orion ICS (Orion Talent) and its wholly owned subsidiary Novotus (Orion Novotus), a human capital management platform offering a unique combination of military, skilled professional, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions.
The Company is comprised of a core military hiring capability in Orion Talent and award-winning RPO services through Orion Novotus, thereby creating a unique end-to-end talent acquisition and recruitment process solution.
Founded in 1991, Orion Talent has found careers for over 43,000 veterans and operates from offices throughout the USA. In 2016, the company expanded its service offerings
JenCap Holdings has agreed to acquire privately held Special Risks Facilities, an MGA/contract binding authority and wholesale insurance brokerage firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan with another office in Peoria, Arizona.
Special Risks was formed in 1971 and is led by Jack Klebba and Randy Kaszeta.
JenCap Holdings (JCH) was formed in March 2016 by The Carlyle Group and JCH management to consolidate specialty insurance distribution businesses, including managing general agents, program managers and transactional wholesale brokers. The acquisition of Special Risks (SRF) is the fifth transaction by JCH and places the company amongst the largest wholesale brokers in the US.
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