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A wholly owned subsidiary of CVC Capital Partners (CVC) Asia Fund IV is to acquire all of the outstanding equity of online retail trading platform OANDA. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Founded in 1995, OANDA’s technology and institutional-grade execution across a wide range of asset classes enables clients to trade currencies, equity indices, commodities, treasuries and precious metals.
Under the new ownership of CVC Asia Fund IV, OANDA will continue to be led by Chief Executive Officer, Vatsa Narasimha, who was pivotal in the investment from CVC Asia Fund IV and instrumental in growing the business
Fried Frank has advised RoundShield Partners (RoundShield) on the successful raising of its third European special opportunities fund.
The fund was almost three times oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of EUR500 million within three months of launch. RoundShield now advises approximately USD1.4 billion across three funds and several co-investment vehicles. Commitments were made primarily by existing institutional investors from the United States, the UK and Europe.
RoundShield is an independent investment firm focused on European asset-backed special opportunities.
Mark Mifsud, asset management partner at Fried Frank, says: “Fried Frank looks forward to continuing to work with
Dr Mark Mobius, Carlos Hardenberg and Greg Konieczny have launched a new asset management company, Mobius Capital Partners.
Headquartered in London, Mobius Capital Partners will offer a highly specialised active investment approach with an emphasis on improving governance standards in Emerging and Frontier Market corporations, with a measurable impact on social and environmental standards and policies. The firm will be committed to generating long term sustainable returns from portfolio companies that meet the investment criteria.
The firm has been authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and intends to launch a Luxembourg based SICAV open-ended fund, subject to CSSF
Altendorf Group, a portfolio company of Avedon Capital Partners, has closed the acquisition of Maschinenbau Hebrock and ebm Maschinenbau (together Hebrock), providing a succession solution to its founding family.
Hebrock is a leading provider of high-quality edgebanding machines for craft processing of wood panels based in Bünde and Hüllhorst (Germany).
Avedon invested in Altendorf in October 2017 with the goal of forming the global market leader in high-quality machinery for crafts secondary woodworking, by joining tradition-rich niche market leaders in complementary product categories. With the acquisition of Hebrock, Avedon takes a second major step in executing this buy &
Private equity investment in European companies hit a 10-year high in 2017 at EUR71.7 billion, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase, according to new data released today by Invest Europe.
Almost 7,000 companies received investment, of which 87 per cent were small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Invest Europe’s 2017 European Private Equity Activity report is the industry’s most comprehensive and authoritative source of activity data. It reveals that private equity fundraising reached EUR91.9 billion in 2017, surpassing the previous year by 12 per cent for the highest amount since 2008. European private equity managers put their investment capital to
Concentra Analytics, a creator of Software as a Service (SaaS) data solutions used to visualise, model and track business operations, has completed a GBP41 million growth equity investment led by One Peak Partners, with participation from co-investors Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Joseph Schull, Connected Capital, as well as existing shareholder, City Securities.
Concentra says the investment will enable it to extend its international footprint and increase investment in its SaaS solutions, providing its clients with a real-time, data-driven ability to analyse and re-engineer their operations. Concentra’s flagship product, OrgVue, brings together organisational data held across different systems, making it possible
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed an investment in Datix, a specialty healthcare patient safety software provider.
Existing investor Five Arrows Principal Investments, the European corporate private equity business of Rothschild Merchant Banking, will maintain a significant equity stake in Datix. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1986, Datix is a leading global provider of patient safety and healthcare risk management software. The company’s suite of software products enables over 20,000 sites among more than 800 customers to address daily incident management and regulatory needs through its interconnected modular solutions. The company is headquartered
Tilkee, a start-up founded in 2013 by Sylvain Tillon and Timothée Saumet, has secured a second round of funding totalling EUR3.5 million. Omnes Capital, Evolem Start, Crédit Agricole Création, Axeleo Capital, and Kreaxi participated in this recent round.
Based in Lyon, Tilkee currently has 24 employees. Its monthly recurring revenue (MRR) was approaching the EUR100,000 mark at the end of 2017, with an 88 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover after an impressive 300 per cent increase in 2016.
“The fact that in 3 years Tilkee has not only raised EUR500,000, but has also achieved financial equilibrium has been
Natixis has appointed Michael Moravec as Head of Investment Banking, Americas. He will report locally to Kevin Alexander, Managing Director and globally to Mohamed Kallala, Global Head of Investment Banking.
Moravec will oversee all aspects of the Investment Banking division for Natixis’ CIB Americas platform.
“Michael’s appointment furthers Natixis’ track record of attracting talented banking executives to our entrepreneurial platform,” says Stephane About, Chief Executive Officer, CIB Americas, Natixis. “Michael is a seasoned executive whose experience will support Natixis’ continued growth and success. We look forward to his future contributions.”
Moravec has more than 20 years of experience
Global investment advisory and alternatives platform Mercury Capital Advisors has appointed Nick Savasta as Chief Investment Officer and Partner, overseeing Investment Advisory.
He will report to Michael Ricciardi, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, and will lead the firm in advising clients across a range of alternative asset classes including direct private equity investments and allocations to fund managers.
Savasta joins Mercury from Michael Dell’s MSD Partners, where he was Managing Director and Co-Head of MSD’s Strategic Investments Group. Previously, he was a senior merchant banker with Allen & Company. He also worked as an investment banker with Morgan
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