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Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, a growth-focused private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has closed on over USD275 million of capital commitments for North Haven Expansion Credit LP and its related funds, exceeding its fundraising target.
Expansion Credit intends to capitalise on Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital’s (Expansion Capital) long-standing history of private growth investing in late-stage, private companies across a broad range of industries, including technology, healthcare, consumer, ecommerce, digital media and business services.
“We are pleased that investors have placed their trust in us and recognise the potential of our Expansion Credit offering, given our strong sourcing
Noerr has advised UniCredit Bank AG and National-Bank Aktiengesellschaft on financing the acquisition of shares in the outdoor advertising specialist IT Works.
The shares were acquired by the Munich mid-market investor Afinum Management, which is acquiring a significant interest in IT Works via one of its funds.
IT Works welcomes its new shareholder as part of its growth strategy. The IT Works management is also acquiring a substantial interest in the Düsseldorf company.
The banks were advised on the financing transaction by a team from Noerr led by partner Tom Beckerhoff. UniCredit Bank regularly relies on advice from
CVC Capital Partners Strategic Opportunities (CVC) and Téthys Invest have entered into final exclusive negotiations to acquire Astorg and Montagu Private Equity’s remaining majority stake in Sebia.
CVC and Téthys Invest would therefore join Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Sebia management as shareholders of Sebia.
Founded in 1967, Sebia is a provider of clinical protein electrophoresis equipment and reagents, a technology used for in-vitro diagnostic testing. Its systems analyse proteins in order to screen and monitor various diseases and conditions; primarily oncology (Multiple Myeloma), metabolic disorders such as Diabetes and also Hemoglobinopathy and rare pathologies.
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited (Equistone) has acquired Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), a Birmingham-headquartered technology-led provider of outsourced marketing services.
Equistone has acquired a majority stake in the company from Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) alongside management, for an undisclosed sum. With a pan-European network of offices, Equistone will support the company’s ambitious international growth aspirations and continued investment into digital marketing services.
ITG helps global brands and retailers including Heineken, Audi and Puma to deliver their multi-channel marketing more efficiently and effectively, utilising its proprietary software platform, “MediaCentre”. Going forward, under its new “Intelligent Marketing Made
KAP Group, an firm recognised for successfully positioning private equity managers to attract and retain institutional capital, has appointed Jessica Hacker as a project manager.
Previously with global private equity firm Warburg Pincus, Hacker served in several roles, most recently as associate of fundraising & investor relations, creating marketing collateral and diligence materials to support fundraising efforts for the firm’s flagship growth fund and two companion funds representing more than USD15 billion in institutional capital. Hacker also spent six years as senior information specialist, providing strategic market research services and macroeconomic insights to the firm’s investment professionals.
“We are
An affiliate of private equity investment firm CenterGate Capital has made an investment in TSC Apparel (TSC), a distributor of imprintable apparel products and accessories.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, TSC is a national B2B distributor of imprintable activewear and accessories, stocking and sourcing thousands of styles of t-shirts, fleeces, headwear, sport shirts, outerwear, and accessories. TSC services its customers from its nationwide footprint of strategically located regional distribution centres. CEO Bob Winget, who has been with TSC since 2001, will continue to lead the company and serve on its Board of Directors.
“We are excited about our partnership with CenterGate and
IKB Deutsche Industriebank (IKB) and Investec Bank (Investec) have underwritten a EUR121 million senior debt financing package to support Ergon Capital Partners’ III (Ergon) acquisition of Keesing Media Group (KMG) out of publicly listed parent Telegraaf Media Group (TMG).
IKB and Investec co-arranged the senior facilities which consisted of term loans, capex/acquisition facilities and an RCF. ING and Rabobank join as early-bird Mandated Lead Arrangers (MLAs) with KBC as Joint Lead Arranger completing the bank line-up.
KMG is the market leader and largest publisher of puzzle magazines in Europe including number and word puzzles as well as puzzle apps.
Preqin’s latest overview of women in alternative assets finds that just under one in five employees at fund management firms is female. This rate varies widely by role, and consistently declines according to seniority.
The highest proportion of women is seen among junior employees, where they constitute 29 per cent of the workforce. However, in each asset class the representation of women falls according to seniority, and overall senior alternative assets staff consist of 11 per cent women. In the same way, women are best represented in investor relations/marketing teams, as high as 53 per cent at venture capital firms.
Pontifax AgTech Management (Pontifax AgTech) has held the close of its first fund, the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund with commitments totalling USD105 million.
The fund attracted commitments from leading investors, comprised of financial institutions, university endowments, investment firms, large-scale growers and family offices.
Pontifax AgTech invests globally in revenue-generating businesses with proven technologies that improve the productivity, sustainability and efficiency of the agriculture supply chain. The Firm’s principals work with a proprietary network of leading growers, technology experts and strategic corporate partners to thoroughly evaluate and maximise the success of the Fund’s investments.
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Two well-known names in the structured finance market, Marc Sefton and Kieran McSweeney, have founded Aquilam Capital, which will focus on investing and lending into companies in the speciality finance sector.
This includes businesses in the consumer and SME finance, leasing and mortgage markets. Aquilam will offer both debt and equity solutions.
Aquilam Capital expects to complete six to eight quality transactions each year. Aquilam Capital will consider transactions of up to GBP25 million, although the typical range is likely to be around GBP2-GBP10 million.
Kieran and Marc have over 30 years’ combined sector experience, encompassing Barclays Capital, Morgan
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