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Indus Valley Partners (IVP), a provider of services and solutions to alternative asset managers, has launched a new regulatory filing service for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II).
The new service forms part of the overall regulatory reporting platform known as IVP RAPTOR.
MiFID II will be taking effect on 3 January, 2018 and will have ramifications across asset classes, systems, data and processes for any financial institution that trades in European financial markets. By using IVP RAPTOR Managed Services for MiFID II, asset managers can achieve a seamless and efficient transition to MiFID II compliant
Global private equity investor Advent International (Advent) has agreed to acquire IPH, a European industrial supplies distributor, from European private equity firm PAI Partners.
IPH distributes industrial supplies for maintenance and production applications in Europe. It offers power transmission products, machining solutions, industrial supply solutions and product-related services. IPH serves a range of industries, including heavy industry, chemical and pharmaceutical, food-processing, energy, transport, automotive, petrochemicals, and mechanical engineering industries. In 2016, IPH generated revenues of EUR1.3 billion.
Advent, which took private Brammer Limited (Brammer) from the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, intends to combine IPH with Brammer, to
The Chicago office of global law firm K&L Gates has added David D Dueno as a partner in the private equity practice. He joins K&L Gates from international private equity firm Quantum Global Group, and previously practiced with international law firms in London, New York, and Chicago.
Dueno concentrates his practice on mergers, acquisitions, private equity, and finance in domestic and cross-border transactions in emerging markets, with a particular focus on Africa. He represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies, venture capital funds, and public and private companies across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, financial services,
Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has closed its first secondary market trading window having delivered impressive 10x returns for some investors.
Until Seedrs announced the launch of its secondary market, the long-term nature of the early stage equity asset class meant that the vast majority of shares would remain illiquid for some time and investors would need to wait for an exit event such as an IPO or a sale of the business.
The Seedrs secondary market is already changing that. The first trading window opened on Tuesday 6 June and has given investors the opportunity to sell shares in
Yorkshire-headquartered digital agency Ingenuity Digital Holdings Limited (IDHL) has completed a management buyout (MBO) of the business supported by a funding package from HSBC and Frontier Development Capital (FDC).
The investments from HSBC and FDC follow a period of consistent growth for IDHL and a record financial performance in 2016, with revenues exceeding GBP10.5 million. The MBO, which values the business at GBP30 million, has provided an excellent return for exiting investors and enables the senior management team to become majority shareholders.
Founded in 2000, IDHL’s 17-year track record has seen it become one of the UK’s largest full-service
The Borletti Group has selected Societe Generale Securities Services’ (SGSS) external dealing desk I-DEAL to provide outsourced trader oirder routing and execution services.
With I-DEAL, the Borletti Group’s asset management activities will benefit throughout the entire trading value chain from order placement, routing and execution, to dedicated reporting services (operational, regulatory, client …) and market middle office services. These activities are carried out in strict compliance with the regulatory requirements in effect, notably best execution applicable under the MiFID II directive, and help reduce operational risk with straight-through-processing.
Outsourcing the trade order execution process enables the Borletti Group
THL Credit Advisors has closed on a total of USD511 million in commitments to its third direct lending fund.
Strong institutional investor demand from both existing and new investors enabled THL Credit Direct Lending Fund III and affiliated vehicles to exceed its target, driven primarily by the firm’s differentiated platform, and its origination and structuring capabilities in the lower middle market.
Founded in 2007, and with approximately USD10 billion of assets under management, THL Credit takes a proactive, disciplined, and creative approach to investment sourcing, underwriting and portfolio management. The firm’s lower middle market direct origination platform offers multiple
Capital Risks Limited (Capital Risks), a new Managing General Agency (MGA), has secured an agreement with CBL Insurance Ltd (CBL), of New Zealand to enable it to underwrite Transaction Liability Insurance.
With a specific focus on small and medium sized deals that are currently underserved in the market, Capital Risks will be offering capacity of up to GBP10 million on any one risk.
The Transaction Insurance market has evolved significantly in recent years, with a higher number of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals being insured as capacity has increased and premiums become more attractive for purchasers. Extensive market research
JW Childs Associates, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Medical Group, through a newly formed platform company, Siromed. Ascent Medical Group, LLC, a physician group practice based in Florida, is the first entity acquired by Siromed.
Ascent, founded in 2011 by Dr Steven Milstein, provides anesthesia care in Boynton Beach, Florida across a wide spectrum of subspecialty areas including general surgery, orthopaedic, obstetric and endovascular. Since 2011, the Company has been the sole provider of anaesthesia services to Bethesda Hospital East and West. Ascent employs 14 physicians and 20 CRNAs.
Siromed will target investments in a broad array
Gide has advised a consortium of investors including Ardian Infrastructure, Debiopharm Investment and Aloem on the sale of Aloe Energy to Sonnedix.
Aloe Energy is a successful solar developer and operator with 67MW under operation as well as a pipeline of projects under development and construction in France.
Sonnedix Power Holdings Limited (together with its subsidiaries, Sonnedix) is an independent solar power producer that develops, builds, owns and operates solar power plants globally. The transaction brings Sonnedix’s solar capacity in construction and operation above 600MW, with an overall portfolio over 1.2GW globally. Sonnedix ranks as France’s fourth largest solar
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