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Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched the UK Equity Impact – Employment Opportunities Fund, in collaboration with Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of The Big Issue. The Fund will be managed by Lesley Duncan, Investment Director, Aberdeen Standard Investments.
The aim of the Fund is to generate a financial return over the long term by investing in companies which promote and implement good employment opportunities and practices. Generally companies will have more than 50 per cent of their employees in the UK. The Fund Manager will identify companies for their potential to grow and sustain strong long-term financial returns
Alternative Investments Insights webinar sponsored by Intralinks, broadcast on 30 Jan 2018 (381 registrations, 136 industry expert attendees) – Hedgeweek, in partnership with Intralinks, hosted a webinar to present the findings of a global LP survey that sought to determine investor sentiment towards general partners of alternative investment funds.
The webinar discussed key trends, as highlighted in the survey, including current allocation appetite – with Private Equity coming out on top, polling 67 per cent by an audience of over 100 industry people.
Co-investing and direct investment trends were discussed, as were transparency developments, both in respect to investor reporting and how GPs are
Carey Olsen has advised entities managed by The Carlyle Group and affiliates of Värde Partners on the AUD1.2 billion restructure and recapitalisation of the Bis Industries group, an Australian resources logistics and materials handling provider.
Campbell Lutyens has appointed Guillermo Marroquin as Head of North American Real Assets.
Marroquin brings his specialist knowledge of infrastructure and real assets to the firm and will be responsible for key relationships and origination activities in these sectors, as well as investor engagement. The appointment further strengthens the firm’s senior team in the US, as Campbell Lutyens builds on its leadership positions in infrastructure fund placement and secondaries globally.
Marroquin has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and fundraising with both US-focused and global infrastructure and energy funds. He is returning to Campbell Lutyens after
Unigestion’s Euro Choice Secondary II (ECS II), a European small and mid-market private equity secondary investment programme, has completed its final close at its hard-cap of EUR300 million. The fund attracted a high level of interest with some 59 limited partners subscribing.
The final close of ECS II was achieved by attracting strong investor support from both new and existing clients including public and private pension funds, endowments, sovereign investors, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. The subscriber base was truly global, with partners from Australia, Africa, North America, Canada and various countries across Europe.
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Global law firm Ropes & Gray has advised the founders of Thomas International, a provider of psychometric assessment solutions, on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Thomas International is a leading provider of online psychometric assessments, consulting, and related products and services with a focus on the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market. Founded in 1981 by the Reed family, the company has been at the forefront of assessment innovation for more than 37 years, helping SMEs to
INDOS Financial Limited (INDOS), a UK independent depositary, has passed the milestone of undertaking depositary services for 100 alternative investment funds with assets over USD20 billion.
These figures represent a substantial growth in the business of 37 per cent in the number of funds (from 73) and 54 per cent in assets under depositary (from USD13 billion) since end-December 2016.
Bill Prew (pictured), INDOS CEO explains that the added value arising from the employment of an independent depositary, as opposed to a depositary affiliated to the fund administrator, was becoming increasingly recognised by fund managers, fund directors and investors.
A team from Noerr led by Georg Schneider has assisted private equity funds advised by Orlando Management AG in the sale of TierOne Beteiligungs GmbH to HIG Capital.
TierOne is a holding company which holds a majority stake in the automotive supplier Beinbauer.
The Beinbauer Group primarily specialises in components for commercial vehicles and consists of Beinbauer Automotive and Wagner Automotive, which together have around 700 employees at four sites.
French private equity investor Siparex enjoyed a record year in 2017 with EUR206 million in investments and EUR213 million in exits reflecting contributions from all of the company’s business segments.
The Group’s strong activity in 2017 confirms the pertinence of the Siparex model featuring five business segments (Midmarket, Midcaps, Small Caps, Innovation, and Mezzanine) spanning the entire corporate growth cycle. All business segments have contributed to the Group’s strong growth in recent years. The record amount of funds raised, EUR330 million, has accelerated the increase in assets under management, which now totals EUR1.8 billion.
Investments passed the EUR200 million
Tortoise Investments in conjunction with existing management has completed the buyout of Tortoise.
As part of the transaction, the existing management and employees have increased their equity ownership of the company, with many investing additional capital alongside Lovell Minnick, who purchased the equity stake held by Mariner Holdings and certain retiring co-founders of Tortoise. Tortoise will maintain its independence and autonomy with its brand, investment processes and day-to-day portfolio management remaining unchanged.
“We are excited to set course with our new partner,” says Tortoise co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Birzer. “The asset management expertise and global network
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