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Maitland has been appointed as the AIFM, Fund Administrator and Company Secretary for the new Merian Chrysalis Investment Company.
Maitland will provide AIFM, fund administration and company secretarial services for the new Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended investment company, which raised GBP100 million on its initial issue and has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.
The company will invest in unlisted stocks and is co-managed by Richard Watts and Nick Williamson.
Nicola Stronach, Chief Operating Officer at Merian Global Investors, says: “The Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited is our first listed product and we’re pleased to be working with
The Calumet Wex Group, an omni-channel retail chain for photographic products and services in Europe and a subsidiary of Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co, is to acquire a majority interest in Foto-Video Sauter from its managing partner Bernd Sauter.
Foto-Video Sauter generates annual revenues of around EUR22 million, operates Germany’s biggest photography shop in Munich, and also has an online shop and retail space in Rosenheim. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2018.
Also after the acquisition, Foto-Video Sauter will continue to operate under its strong brand name as an institution devoted to photography
Private equity firm IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK VIII Fund has acquired a majority stake in Infradata Group (Infradata) from Waterland Private Equity Fund V (Waterland).
Infradata is a provider of cybersecurity and secure networking solutions across Europe. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Infradata was founded in the Netherlands in 2004, where it continues to be headquartered. The company has an additional presence in Germany, UK, France (Nomios), Belgium, Poland and the US, with ambitious expansion plans. The company provides cybersecurity and secure networking solutions, from design and delivery to aftermarket support and managed services.
Ironwood Capital has exited its investment in SAFE Security (SAFE). Ironwood served as lead investor in a subordinated debt investment made in October 2016.
Founded in 1988 and headquartered in San Ramon, California, SAFE is one of the largest providers of security alarm systems in the United States.
SAFE provides alarm monitoring and related services to over 100,000 customers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Raw Selection – an executive search firm specialising in working with Private Equity, Venture Capital and their portfolio companies – has appointed Dominic Clawson as head of the firm’s healthcare sector team.
“Dominic is a fantastic addition to the business, he has extensive knowledge and experience across the healthcare industry and in the few weeks he has been here, he has already secured a number of vacancies with new and existing clients. Dominic is full of energy and drive and this fits in with the business very well,” says Alex Rawlings, Managing Partner of Raw Selection.
Clawson has a
San Francisco Equity Partners (SFEP), a private equity firm exclusively focussed on expansion-stage companies in the consumer industry, has appointed Mary Kayser as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO).
Kayser brings more than 20 years of finance, accounting, tax and operations experience to SFEP. She most recently served as CFO and Chief of Compliance at VMG Partners, a consumer-focussed private equity firm with more than USD2 billion in assets under management.
Kayser is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
Wynnchurch Capital has completed the acquisition of Midland Metal Mfg (Midland) and will combine the business with Anderson Metals (Anderson).
Midland is a distributor of fittings, valves, clamps and related products/accessories to a variety of industrial end-markets. Vince Hodes, the CEO of Midland, is investing alongside Wynnchurch and will become CEO of the combined company.
“We are excited to partner with Vince and his team to build on Midland’s legacy as a market leader. We share the same set of values Vince has instilled in the company’s culture and look forward to supporting the company’s growth plans,” says Greg
Independent fund administrator Centaur Fund Services has joined the North American Fund Administration Association (NAFAA), an association that represents the alternative investment fund administration industry.
“We are thrilled to have Centaur join our association.” says NAFAA founding director, Chris Meader (pictured). “November will see the launch of the NAFAA working groups whose initial focus will be to discuss and define best practices and standards in the industry. We are pleased to have a global firm such as Centaur collaborating with our existing members in promoting the best interests of the alternative fund administration industry.”
Des Johnson CEO of Centaur Fund
Pamlico Capital (Pamlico) has invested in TRG Screen, a provider of enterprise subscription management software.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
With Pamlico’s backing, TRG Screen will accelerate its investment in its unique portfolio of spend and usage capabilities, adding new solutions that bring breadth and depth to the subscription lifecycle, and continuing expansion into new expense categories and client segments.
TRG is partnering with Pamlico at an exciting time. Following several years of very strong growth, plus the acquisition of Priory Solutions in 2016 and Screen Group earlier this year, the Company has built a
By Arne Bolch, GSK Luxembourg – The 2016 Paris agreement on climate change as well as the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals may until recently not have been high on the agenda of asset management professionals. This may be about to change.
In the spirit of the agreement and the UN agenda, measures taken at European level have identified (or rather stated) a need for Europe’s financial system to (i) contribute to sustainable and inclusive [economic] growth as well as to (ii) strengthen financial stability by incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors
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