Latest News
NewAlpha Asset Management is making its first InsurTech investment through a fundraising initiative conducted jointly with a leading global reinsurer on behalf of Digital Insure.
Founded in Paris by Fabrice Couturier, Jean Orgonasi and Richard Thibault, Digital Insure aims to become a leading European InsurTech within five years, specialising in personal protection with a comprehensive digital offering (developed since 2013) in individual loan insurance (ADE) via its subsidiaries.
The company is relying on the fundraising to accelerate its growth, invest in new technological innovations, broaden its range of products and services, and expand its business in Europe.
The
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has acquired specialist publishing business, Funds Europe Limited – a move that will boost CAMRADATA’s research arm, expand its publishing capabilities and events business and extend its database reach into Europe.
The acquisition will be completed by 14 December 2017 and will see nine editorial, sales and administration staff transfer across and relocate to CAMRADATA’s Leadenhall Street offices in the City of London from their current office.
Funds Europe Limited will continue to be managed by Alan Chalmers, who co-founded the business in 2002, and it will be overseen by
Outsourced investment office Partners Capital has added to its senior management team with the promotions of David Shushan and Toby Joll from Managing Director to Partner.
Four other promotions from Senior Principal to Managing Director were announced. This takes the firm to 17 Partners and Managing Directors, led by Stan Miranda as Founder and CEO.
Based in Boston, Shushan was promoted to Partner. Shushan joined Partners Capital in 2008 from McKinsey & Company and is responsible for the firm’s US Taxable Client Strategy as well as managing many of the largest US private client accounts.
Also being promoted
Instana, the first monitoring solution to apply both automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to fully automate all aspects of application performance management (APM), has raised a USD20 million Series B investment led by Accel, with participation from existing investor Target Partners.
This brings the company’s total funding to USD27 million to date. The funding will be used to grow the company’s ability to fulfil the demand from across global markets and expand the development of its products.
Companies are increasingly relying on container and cloud technologies to deploy highly dynamic software applications, which require new management solutions. Since its
Four Seasons Health Care (Four Seasons) and H/2 Capital Partners (H/2) have executed a standstill agreement in relation to Four Seasons’ December interest payments, which the Company shall not make in order to maintain appropriate liquidity for its operations.
This standstill ensures continuity of care for Four Seasons’ residents, and enhances operational stability for employees and all stakeholders.
Four Seasons, H/2 and their respective advisers will now utilise the standstill period to facilitate an orderly transition and seek agreement on implementation terms for a restructuring on behalf of creditors. The primary objective of a restructuring plan is to create
Revelstoke Capital Partners (Revelstoke), a Denver-based private equity firm, has completed its recapitalisation of ONsite Mammography (ONsite).
ONsite is the leading provider of in-office mammography services. The Company delivers a comprehensive turnkey solution including project management, installation, and operational services that enables physicians to offer a greater level of patient care while also increasing patient convenience.
“After a multi-year outbound search in the women’s health sector, we are very pleased to partner with a founder and management team that is dedicated to optimising patient satisfaction and offering the highest quality of care from breast-imaging focused radiologists. ONsite’s 3D mammography
Schönes Leben Group, a subsidiary of independent private equity company Waterland, has purchased Ulm-based care specialist compassio, the operator of 28 care homes for elderly people with 3,058 spaces in southern Germany.
The acquisition has taken the recently established Schönes Leben Group on its first steps towards becoming an outstanding platform for retirement care, new ways of living for older people and innovative packages for retirees from the age of 65. Care specialist compassio generates revenue of around 110 million euros and forms the first strategic pillar.
“We can clearly see that customers’ aspirations in this market are undergoing
AMP Capital has increased its stake in the Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) on behalf of investors in its Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF).
VDP was delivered as a public private partnership (PPP) and is the largest desalination plant in the Southern Hemisphere. It is a rainfall-independent source of drinking water and capable of supplying up to 150 gigalitres a year, which is approximately one third of Melbourne’s annual water consumption.
CommIF has bought a 4.55 per cent stake in VDP from Suez, taking AMP Capital’s share of VDP to 9.75 per cent. CommIF took out a 5.2 per cent stake
Waterfall Asset Management has appointed Gene Weil and John Nelligan to launch and oversee the creation of a new financial services/specialty finance focused private equity platform, which will operate under the name Waterfall Milestone.
Weil and Nelligan were co-founders of Milestone Advisors, and for the past approximately five years, Weil was the Co-Head and Nelligan was a Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey’s financial institutions group. Between 2004 and 2016, investment banking teams led by Messrs. Weil and Nelligan were ranked No. 1 for all US specialty finance transactions based on the number of deals, according to SNL Financial.
The new
Silverfleet Capital, a Pan-European private equity firm that specialises in buy-to-build, is o acquire a majority stake in Riviera Travel, a specialist holiday operator offering a global portfolio of escorted tours and cruises.
Terms of the deal, which is expected to close shortly, have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1984 and based in Burton-on-Trent in the UK, Riviera is a leading operator of escorted tours with a focus on the over 55s market. The Company provides European tour holidays, river and ocean cruises, city breaks, and long-haul tours with varied itineraries combining leisure with education and entertainment. Riviera continues
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
