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Procare Software, a portfolio company of private equity firm TA Associates, and a specialist in child care management solutions, has completed an acquisition of KidReports, a provider of real time reporting technology and services to child care providers.
This strategic acquisition creates a “one-stop” solution designed to meet the complete management and parent communication needs of child care businesses and organisations.
The world’s largest provider of child care management software, services and hardware, Procare offers desktop and cloud hosted solutions that allow for automated collection of tuition, fees and other payments, as well as modules to track student attendance,
Alter Domus, a provider of Fund and Corporate Services to alternative investment managers, has opened two new offices in Spain; in Madrid and Barcelona.
Laurent Vanderweyen (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of Alter Domus, says: “The opening of these new offices in Spain, in important financial capitals, will strengthen the company’s platform in Europe and is a result of our commitment to continually broaden our international presence, and bring our high quality services to every jurisdiction within our expanding reach. Having Spanish-based offices will offer significant opportunities for us to target inbound and outbound investments in the Spanish and European economies.”
Funds advised by private equity firm Trilantic Europe have sold the their 25 per cent stake in Betty Blue to designer and entrepreneur Elisabetta Franchi, who as a result now controls 100 per cent of the share capital.
Trilantic Europe invested in the company in December 2013 and supported the company through an international growth process, based on retail development and the strengthening of its main collection .
The Elisabetta Franchi brand is distributed globally through a network of over 80 brand stores and more than 1,000 multi-brand stores.
Vittorio Pignatti-Morano , chairman and co-founder of Trilantic Europe,
United Ventures SGR, an independent Italian Venture Capital manager, has launched its second fund, UV2, having held its first closing at EUR75 million, higher than the total capitalisation of the firm’s first fund launched in 2013.
“UV2” aims to raise up to Euro 120 million during 2018 and its Anchor Investors will include leading institutional investors such as Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, the European Investment Fund, Banca Mediolanum, Banca Sella Holding and Fondazione di Sardegna.
United Ventures, founded in 2013 by Massimiliano Magrini and Paolo Gesess, invested over Euro 50 million with its first fund “UV1”, over five years in
Magnus Lilja is taking over the responsibility for leveraged finance at SEB in Germany effective 1 January, 2018.
Lilja has many years of experience in the business of leveraging private equity acquisitions. After working for KPMG and the Royal Bank of Scotland, he moved to SEB in Frankfurt in 2011. Since then, he has played a leading role in a number of leveraged buyout transactions in German-speaking countries.
Over the past year, SEB has become a leading financial partner for mid-cap LBO transactions in Germany. During this time, the Leveraged Finance team has grown to six specialists. The team
Cebile Capital, a secondaries adviser and placement agent, has opened an office in New York as part of a wider North American expansion strategy.
Founded in 2011, Cebile has become one of the pre-eminent partners to mid-market private equity GPs for fund placements. It also advises buyers and sellers of private equity secondary interests.
Steven Westerback has joined Cebile as President, Head of the Americas. Steven brings extensive private markets experience, most recently having spent 10 years as a senior member of the Private Funds Group at UBS Investment Bank where he worked with a large number of institutional
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment firm with more than USD31 billion in assets under management, has established an office in Seoul, South Korea.
The new office will enable the firm to more effectively serve clients and access investment opportunities in the region. Chris Cho, who joins the firm as a Principal, will lead the office and will focus on the development of institutional client and consultant relationships within South Korea as the firm expands its efforts there.
“Adams Street Partners is excited to announce the opening of our office in Seoul and to welcome Chris to our
Elsen, a Platform-as-a-Service company for large financial institutions, has raised USD2.4 million in a seed extension round led by Hyperplane Venture Capital with participation from Accomplice, Launch Capital and hand-picked angel investors from the startup and financial community.
As part of the investment, Hyperplane managing partner, Jack Klinck (pictured), who previously spent nearly two decades in executive roles at State Street and BNY Mellon, will join the company’s board of directors as Chairman.
This investment brings Elsen’s total funding to USD2.9 million since the company’s inception in 2014. The funds will be used to bolster sales and marketing, expand Elsen’s engineering team, extend support
KOGER, provider of the NTAS platform for fund administration and compliance, is now offering Chinese-language capability for investor statements.
More than 8,000 funds with USD2 trillion in assets are administered through NTAS, used by many of the largest asset managers, fund administrators and financial institutions. With this new product innovation, hedge funds and private equity funds can provide statements to Chinese investors in their native language.
“Today most fund managers have investor bases that span the globe. Our platform makes complex processes easy to manage and increases efficiency for fund administrators, asset managers and financial institutions. We felt it was
Foresight Group has launched the FP Foresight UK Infrastructure Income Fund, an FCA-approved, actively managed fund that will invest in UK listed renewable energy and infrastructure fund/investment company equities and bonds.
It will target an annual income of 5 per cent per annum with dividends paid quarterly.
Available on a variety of platforms and wraps, the Fund has a minimum investment of GBP1,000, or GBP100 per month for regular savings, and comprises one share class for both retail and institutional investors with the option for either income or accumulation.
The Fund’s model portfolio delivers higher returns and lower
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