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Private equity firm Vance Street Capital has partnered with management to acquire RST Instruments (RST), a provider of complex geotechnical instrumentation and data systems, from Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company.
Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, RST designs and manufactures highly-engineered geotechnical instrumentation and data systems for applications where structural integrity must be assured. End use applications for RST’s products include critical structures such as bridges, hydroelectric dams, mines, railroads, airports, tailings dams, tunnels and highways.
RST’s products monitor, measure, log and transmit readings of geotechnical properties such as inclination, pressure, displacement and temperature so
Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors finds that they have generally been satisfied with the performance of their portfolios in recent years, and most are seeking to maintain or increase their allocations over the next 12 months.
However, across all closed-end private capital asset classes, investors reported high pricing as a key challenge facing the industry, with deal flow also a prominent concern.
Regarding hedge funds, investors reported performance and fees as key issues facing the industry. As dry powder has reached record highs across the private capital industry, and the number of funds seeking investment has risen,
Cove Hill Partners, a newly formed private equity firm, has closed on its first long-duration private equity fund with over USD1 billion of commitments from investors and founders.
Cove Hill’s first fund significantly exceeded its target with the support of a highly-aligned investor base comprised of families, university endowments and charitable foundations who will invest alongside the founders’ personal capital. Cove Hill focuses on partnering with outstanding management teams to build market-leading consumer and technology companies.
Launched earlier this year, Cove Hill was founded by seasoned technology and consumer private equity investor, Andrew Balson. A 17-year veteran of Bain
East African agribusiness Agilis Partners (Agilis) has completed the acquisition of the Joseph Initiative by buying the stakes of multiple minority shareholders including Dutch Oak Tree Foundation’s (DOTF) shares.
DOB Equity acted for and on behalf of DOTF. Agilis will implement a new capital structure and increase collaboration between JI and other Agilis investments, which will enhance the company’s growth prospects, financing opportunities and profitability.
JI is a leading grain management and merchandising group founded in January 2013. JI has built a network of grain collection, primary processing and storage infrastructure across Western Uganda. DOTF, an impact investor, financed
Global law firm Dentons has appointed Antonella Brambilla as a partner in the firm’s Corporate and M&A practice. Based in Milan, she will focus on the development of the Capital Markets offering in Italy.
Brambilla joins from Chiomenti law firm, where she worked for 15 years, nine of which she served as a partner. She has significant experience in equity capital markets. She assists Italian and international clients in extraordinary transactions of listed companies in regulated and non-regulated markets, public offerings of financial instruments, listings on the stock exchange, takeover bids and exchange offers, as well as corporate governance matters.
Eze Castle Integration, a managed services provider to the financial industry, has published a new whitepaper exploring strategies and best practices for private equity firms to protect data, assets, and corporate interests in the midst of growing cybersecurity threats.
The thought leadership paper, Cybersecurity for Private Equity, is available for download at www.eci.com/cyberPE-whitepaper.
As hackers become exponentially more sophisticated, the means with which they’re able to sell, proffer, and even influence information flow is greatly concerning to private equity and other investment management firms. Cybersecurity for Private Equity explores these concerns and examines:
• The current cyber
How UMB Fund Services is utilising proprietary technology to expand its service offering and customisation support to private equity managers…
With private equity enjoying a surge in interest among institutional investors, keen to seek out longer-term yield away from traditional asset classes, the opportunities for fund administrators to provide outsourced services are compelling. And as regulation increases in complexity, in tandem with massive improvements in technology, the appeal of outsourcing to an independent third party continues to grow.
The number of PE funds being offered directly to institutions, or indirectly through intermediaries on behalf of high net worth individuals, is
By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – In the good old days (any time before MiFID came along in 2007) the structure of European capital markets was relatively simple. There were really only two types of markets: highly transparent, exchange-operated markets and relatively opaque, over the counter (OTC) markets.
This was an era when the European markets were almost entirely free of statutory regulation and the exchanges were de facto monopolies in their particular asset class and jurisdiction. In order to trade equity, equity derivatives, commodity futures or whatever, you had to be a member of the relevant
Agrobusiness-focused Céréa Partenaire has appointed Simon Baccelli as Director in the Céréa Dette team.
In addition, the company has added Paul de Castries et de Laurent Brossaud-Monty, as Associates with Céréa Capital.
Michel Chabanel, CEO of Céréa Partenaire, says: “The first generation the Céréa Dette programme, launched in 2015, has seen a solid investment pace and the arrival of Simon in the team will strengthen sourcing and execution capabilities. As for Céréa Capital, I am also delighted to welcome Paul and Laurent, who will play a key role in the analysis and carrying out of investment opportunities.”
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Mobeus is planning to raise up to GBP80 million across four of its VCTs. Its the first time the company has looked to raise money since 2015 and may be the last for the next three years, according to the manager.
The new offer comes in a year which is expected to see up to GBP1 billion raised in VCTs – nearly double last tax year’s record raise of GBP542 million.
Mobeus paid a total of 311.5p per share across the four VCTs (since 2012 to June 2017), an average of 12.97p per share per VCT per year, which
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