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Some 43,000 new aircraft are to be delivered over the next 20 years, according to the latest World Fleet Forecast from international aircraft leasing company Avolon.
The forecast projects growth in and changes to the global commercial jet fleet and includes forecasts of aircraft deliveries, retirements, funding requirements and passenger-to-freighter conversions.
Dick Forsberg, Avolon’s Head of Strategy and author of the paper, says: “The growth fundamentals of the airline industry remain strong for next two decades, and we expect that the cycles for aircraft orders and deliveries will continue to move in line with the broader economic cycle.
Maven Capital Partners has appointed Alex Marsh to its investment team in the North East, as Investment Manager to transact on behalf of Maven’s private equity funds and help manage the GBP20 million Finance Durham Fund, announced earlier this year by Business Durham.
Marsh joins from Northstar Ventures, a North East-based venture capital investor focussed on the digital and technology sector, where he invested in early stage businesses to support a range of innovative, high growth companies and prepared portfolio companies for exits. Previously at PwC for almost 10 years, Alex worked as a Corporate Finance Manager in the award
International private equity firm Cinven is to acquire a majority stake in Planasa, a global operator in the agri-food sector, for a consideration of approximately EUR450 million.
Planasa specialises in plant research, nursery and fresh produce. Alexandre Darbonne, CEO and current owner of the company, will continue to hold a significant shareholding.
Headquartered in Valtierra, Spain, Planasa is one of the leading plant variety and nursery operators within the berry fruit category worldwide. The Group provides seeds, plants and R&D services to farmers, and fresh produce to retailers across the world. Planasa has benefitted from strong growth in its
Mid-market private equity investor Graphite Capita has backed the GBP72 million management buy-out of YSC Consulting, an independent global provider of leadership strategy consultancy services.
Headquartered in London, YSC Consulting operates from 17 offices in Europe, North America, South Africa and Asia-Pacific. It has built a large and diverse blue-chip customer base of more than 400 organisations of which almost 60 per cent are in the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 or Fortune 500. Its global clients include Qantas, HSBC, Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, Tesco, BHP, Li & Fung and BP.
YSC Consulting works mainly with C-suite executives, developing trusted, long-term relationships.
HighLife SAS, an early-stage medtech company focused on the development of a unique trans-catheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system to treat patients suffering from mitral regurgitation, has closed a EUR12.3 million investment round led by Sofinnova Partners, who become the main investor in the company.
HighLife had previously secured financing from LivaNova PLC, which also participated in this financing round along with Georg Börtlein, the CEO and founder of HighLife.
Based in Paris, HighLife was started in 2010 by Georg Börtlein, who was previously a co-founder with Professor Jacques Séguin and Chief Operating Officer at CoreValve Inc, a pioneer
Technology Investment experts TECHNEDs has joined the board of IT & Telecoms marketing specialists Tricca to provide marketing expertise to their portfolio of technology firms. This investment brings marketing strategy and technology together fast tracking business growth.
Founded in 2014 by Paul Richens, Tricca has experienced three years of successive growth due to the focus on relationship building with clients, taking the time to really understand each businesses technical challenges and setting the right strategic and tactical goals to help achieve commercial marketing success.
Technology has changed the way businesses need to engage with their audiences and businesses need
Global asset manager, Aberdeen Standard Investments has completed the fund raising for the SL Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund III (SOF III), with commitments of USD428 million from 31 investors.
The total is above the target of USD400 million and considerably higher than its predecessor fund, SOF II, which secured USD291 million of commitments at the final close in May 2015.
The geographical split of investors in SOF III is approximately 60 per cent UK and 40 per cent North America – from public and corporate pension schemes, multi-family offices and high net worth individuals.
The total raised for
Overall European private equity deal volume dropped 13 per cent in Q3 2017 compared with Q2 but remained marginally higher than Q1’s figure, according to preliminary figures released in the latest Private Equity Baromenter published by ‘unquote” and SL Capital Partners.
The combined value of European private equity backed deals slid 9.7 per cent but remains elevated compared to quarters in recent years, while average deal value in Q3 2017 was EUR95 million, up 4 per cent on the EUR91.4 million posted in Q2.
The aggregate value of European buyout deals edged down to EUR35.8 billion, 4.7 per cent
UK accounting firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson has selected Exact for its cloud accounting software and combined customer relationship management (CRM) solutions.
This collaboration will allow MHA MacIntyre Hudson to provide a more personalised service to its clients, including offshore investment funds. Exact’s software provides an integrated accounting solution for companies of all sizes and sits alongside MHA MacIntyre Hudson’s current cloud based software offerings.
Rakesh Shaunak (pictured), managing partner, MHA MacIntyre Hudson, says: “We are always looking to maximise new technology in order to increase productivity, improve our client service and create new opportunities. The Exact software will enable
DH Private Equity Partners’ DH V Fund, and other shareholders have agreed to sell their entire stake in TMF Group, a provider of high value business services to organisations globally, to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners for EUR1.75 billion.
The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018 subject to regulatory approvals.
TMF Group was formed by the June 2011 merger of TMF and Equity Trust. DH Private Equity Partners acquired TMF in October 2008 and subsequently completed the transformational acquisition of Equity Trust in January 2011. The merger delivered significant cost synergies and generated cross
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