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The Rohatyn Group (TRG), a specialised asset management firm focused on emerging markets, is to acquire GMO Renewable Resources (GMORR); a joint venture between global investment management firm Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO), and GMORR’s principals, investing in forestry and agriculture opportunities.
Under the agreement, the team from GMORR is expected to move, intact, to TRG. GMO, which currently owns 51 per cent of the GMORR joint venture, with the GMORR principals owning 49 per cent, will retain its investments in funds managed by GMORR.
Founded in 1997, GMORR provides investment opportunities in forestry and agriculture investing.
Private equity record keeping has entered the realm of blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, with Northern Trust leading the way. And as Northern Trust’s Justin Chapman (pictured), suggests, as the technology matures, the ability to digitise the operations of larger traditional asset classes is a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’.
As announced earlier this year, the administration group has partnered with IBM Corporation to build a private blockchain ecosystem exclusively for its private equity business, bringing what has traditionally been a manually intensive exercise firmly into the digital realm. “As an organisation, we are looking to explore all innovative technologies
The Meloy Fund I, LP (the “Fund”), a new impact investment fund dedicated to helping coastal fishers transition to more sustainable practices, has launched with a first close of USD10 million.
The Fund targets USD20 million of debt and equity investment in support of the millions of small-scale fishers in Indonesia and the Philippines, who rely upon healthy coastal fisheries and marine ecosystems for their livelihoods. The ten-year Fund counts among its investors a diverse range of family offices, investment managers, and foundations. Rare, a global conservation organisation, is the Managing Member of the General Partner.
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By George Ralph, RFA – It’s August already, and 2017 is over half gone. There are two major pieces of legislation coming into effect in early 2018, which will affect alternative investment firms in the UK, and firms worldwide who are holding data on European citizens, or trading with firms in the EU.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents the most significant change in global privacy law in 20 years. GDPR places important new obligations on any business that handles the data of individuals living in the EU, independent of where the business is located. The second regulation,
Noerr has advised Fosun and its joint venture Nanjing Nangang Iron & Steel United Co Ltd on a strategic acquisition in Germany of automotive supplier Koller.
The Koller Group, headquartered in the Bavarian town of Dietfurt an der Altmühl, is a leading manufacturer of lightweight automotive parts in international markets and owns production facilities in Germany, Hungary and Mexico.
The Noerr team led by Frankfurt-based partners Till Kosche and Andrea Zwarg managed the transaction internationally as lead counsel, also involving Noerrs’ Hungary office.
Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has acquired DOCU Nordic Group Holdings AB, a provider of business intelligence and data analytics services; essential in the generation of sales leads within the construction, real estate and healthcare markets across the Nordic region.
Headquartered in Ljusdal, Sweden, the company is active in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.
DOCU Nordic’s core business is Project & Product Information services, which provides intelligence for construction market participants and connects materials suppliers and contractors with developers and advisers (such as architects). Together, the Project & Product Information services segment maintains a proprietary centralised database
TOM Vehicle Rental (TOM), a business-to-business flexible vehicle hire provider backed by Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone), has acquired Transflex Vehicle Rental (Transflex) for an undisclosed sum.
The deal sees Transflex’s 3,500 cars and light commercial vehicles, four depots, and 80 employees join the larger TOM business, with Peter Abdale (Managing Director), Gary Henry (Sales Director), Nick Skillman (Operations Director), and Tina Lynas (Finance Director) from Transflex all joining the TOM executive management team. The combined business becomes the third-largest light commercial, flexible rental business by assets in the UK, with a rental fleet of over 16,000 cars, vans, trucks, and
Steadfast Alcentra Global Credit Fund, an unlisted closed-end fund advised by Steadfast Investment Adviser, an affiliate of Steadfast Companies, and sub-advised by Alcentra NY, a BNY Mellon investment boutique, has appointed Michael A Tamasco, CFA, as president.
Tamasco, who will also serve as president of Steadfast Investment Adviser, previously served as managing director of Optima Fund Management, one of the oldest hedge fund and multi-product alternative investment firms in the industry. He served as a member of the firm’s management committee and head of North American business development. Prior to Optima, Tamasco was co-head of Rothschild Asset Management US and
Associated Capital Group (AC) is to launch Gabelli Private Equity Partners (GPEP), a new private equity investment management business focused on leveraged buyouts and restructuring of small and mid-sized companies.
GPEP will be funded with up to USD150 million of the Company’s capital.
“GPEP is a logical extension of Gabelli’s investment platform based on our 40 year history of valuing companies on a private market value basis. As further background, in the mid-80’s, we launched a private equity fund, Gabelli-Rosenthal, which had in excess of USD300 million of capital (in today’s dollars).”
Doug Jamieson, CEO of the Company
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig has added two new private equity tax shareholders – Chang Choi in Northern Virginia, and Kevin Zaragoza in New York.
“This continues to be an exciting time for both the firm and our private equity and tax practices. The addition of specialists with the expertise, talent, and experience as Chang and Kevin possess is in keeping with our ongoing strategic growth and commitment to provide our clients with high-level, sophisticated, service in one place,” says Bruce I March, Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s global Corporate Practice.
“Both Chang and Kevin are excellent additions to our
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