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FX affiliate firm Investoo Group has moved in to the portfolio management space with the acquisition of RoboAdvisors.com.
With a commitment to making portfolio management affordable and accessible, RoboAdvisors.com is aiming to become the leading robo advisor comparison site.
Investoo Group CEO Adam Grunwerg, says: “Our acquisition of this dynamic robo advisor comparison site represents a major turning point in our company as we expand into the retail investments industry. Robo advisors is a rapidly growing market that we feel will revolutionise the personal investments industry. This acquisition fits nicely into our group of brands, alongside our investment and
Fund Partners (FP), a UK-based independent ACD (Authorised Corporate Director) has hired Chris Spencer as the new Managing Director for its London office.
FP was recently acquired by FundRock, one of the largest independent UCITS and AIFM investment management companies in Europe.
Over the course of his 30 year career, Spencer has gained extensive experience in the UK investment funds industry covering all aspects of retail and fund administration as well as developing brokerage capability alongside asset management. Before joining FP, Spencer was Managing Director at International Financial Data Services (IFDS), which has been renamed DST, where, over his 13
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Joh Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG, London branch, and Grant Thornton UK on the successful GBP163 million AIM market IPO of Alpha Financial Consulting Group plc, a provider of specialist consultancy services to the asset and wealth management industry.
Berenberg is acting as global coordinator and broker, and Grant Thornton is acting as nominated adviser. Admission is expected to become effective on 11 October 2017.
The placing raised a total of GBP125 million (before expenses) for the Company and selling shareholders and marks a successful exit for private equity sponsor Dunedin LLP.
Reconor Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Agilitas, has completed its second addition of 2017 with the acquisition of Mijodan.
Reconor, one of the leading environmental services groups in Denmark, also purchased Lotra in June 2017.
Reconor handles over 2 million tonnes of waste each year, with only 0.12 per cent being sent to landfill. The majority of the waste is recycled (e.g. for renewable power resources, hardcore ballast for construction, as well as materials for plasterboard). Reconor’s expertise helps Danish industrial and construction groups meet the country’s high standards of responsible and environmentally safe recycling.
ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has exited its 2010 investment in Czech construction materials manufacturer, KVK Holding (KVK), generating an overall 3.7x cash-on-cash return multiple and an IRR exceeding 20 per cent in the process.
KVK operates six production sites in the Czech Republic – three for the manufacture of mortar products, two for bituminous membranes and one for expanded polystyrene insulation. KVK generated revenues of EUR40 million in 2016.
The ARX exit was executed via a sale to Sika CZ, a subsidiary of Sika, a Swiss-headquartered specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of
Growth private equity specialist Keensight Capital has appointed Nicolas Ulrich as an Analyst in the firm’s investment team.
Prior to joining Keensight Capital, Nicolas worked as an M&A Analyst within the investment bank Natixis Partners, formerly Leonardo & Co France.
He also worked as an Auditor at EY and is a graduate of Paris-Dauphine University and ESCP Europe.
Noerr has advised Evac Group Holding Oy on the sale of the Finnish Evac Group by IK Investment Partners (through its IK VII Fund) to private equity funds managed by Bridgepoint.
Evac Group is the world’s leading provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore and building industries. In 2016, it generated a turnover exceeding EUR 100 million. Evac Group is headquartered in Finland and has offices in Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA, as well as representatives in more than 40 countries.
In the course of the
Bryan Cave’s M&A teams in Frankfurt and Hamburg have advised the Altano Group, a subsidiary of the Swiss investment company Ufenau Capital Partners, on its acquisiton of Pferdeklinik, an equine clinic located in Kirchheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
The Altano Group, which is one of the leading operators of equine clinics in Germany, is growing its presence in Southern Germany.
The Altano Group is a platform for the buy & build strategy of the Ufenau V German Asset Light Fond in the area of equine medicine in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Ufenau Capital Partners is in exclusive negotiations with several leading equine
Bodytrak, the first in-ear, multi-parameter body monitor and cloud analytics platform, is launching on Capital Cell, a dedicated life sciences equity crowdfunding platform, with the aim of reaching a GBP1.0 million seed-investment target.
Since its launch at CES in early 2017 Bodytrak has already attracted significant attention from a range of industries, the media and investors alike.
Bodytrak will be available for investment from Monday 16 October, with potential backers able to view the opportunity and pledge on Capital Cell’s discovery page 9 October. The company has already been backed to the tune of GBP3 million by several major
Gendius, a digital health start-up, has completed a Series A funding to launch Intellin – an App-based platform for people living with diabetes to better manage their condition.
The funding came from the GM&C Life Sciences Fund, managed by Catapult Ventures.
Diabetes is a global epidemic. The economic cost of treating diabetes in 2014 is estimated at over USD600 billion and the latest WHO report predicts there will be 592 million sufferers around the world by 2035. Healthcare systems are desperate for novel solutions to engage and empower people to manage their diabetes more effectively and mobile technologies are
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