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Honeywell has launched an investment fund that will invest in early-stage, high-growth technology companies that are strategically aligned to the company’s portfolio and software capabilities.
The initial fund size is expected to be approximately USD100 million and investments will be made through Honeywell Venture Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell.
“Investments in early-stage high-growth companies are a great way to supplement Honeywell’s track record as an innovation leader, leverage our research and development capabilities, and provide access to new solutions for our customers,” says Honeywell president and CEO Darius Adamczyk.
“We will invest in companies from
Euronext has announced a raft of measures to facilitate market access for mid-caps, which will take effect on 19 June 2017.
Euronext market names will be changed for easier identification and definition of its listing and service offering towards issuers.
The Free Market will become Euronext Access, and will stand as the gateway for companies seeking simplified access to listing. Euronext Access is fully integrated into Euronext’s commercial offering.
Alternext will become Euronext Growth, a market dedicated to mid-caps with listing requirements adapted to their specific needs. Euronext intends to register this MTF as an SME Growth
Addepar has acquired AltX, an intelligence platform for the alternative investments market.
The acquisition deepens Addepar’s capabilities in alternative investments – which comprise USD120 billion of the USD600-plus billion of assets on Addepar’s platform.
With AltX, Addepar advances its mission to empower wealth advisers and asset owners to make more informed, data-driven investment decisions.
Alternative investments, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital and real estate, have exploded in popularity, growing from USD2.5 trillion in 2004 to a projected USD13.6 trillion by 2020. Despite this growth, wealth advisers have struggled to provide an adequate level of information
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The CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities Fund offers a unique proposition, aimed at a wide range of investors who are seeking an income as well as the opportunity to generate capital gains; a twin-engine source of returns.
With yields having collapsed close to zero in the lower risk areas of the market, CVC Credit Partners provides an alternative source of income by buying up senior secured loans across
Paul Dentskevich has joined Crestbridge in Jersey as risk director, Jersey Management Company, in a move that boosts Crestbridge’s position as a provider of on and off balance sheet management company (ManCo) services to the international funds market.
Dentskevich (pictured) has over 28 years of financial services experience, with particular focus in the area of risk management, investment management and corporate governance of hedge and other multi-asset funds.
He has extensive boardroom experience across a diverse range of structures and, in his previous role as senior risk manager, was director on a number of subsidiary companies within Brevan
Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Henry Davey as a consultant in its energy and natural resources practice group in London.
Davey was previously a corporate partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in London.
Davey is an energy corporate M&A lawyer with some 25 years’ experience of energy transactions, encompassing acquisitions and dispositions, project development and commercial contracts. His clients include energy corporates, utilities, financial institutions, infrastructure funds and private equity investors.
Davey’s expertise covers a wide range of domestic and international energy projects, from the sale and purchase of distribution, transmission and pipeline assets and the acquisition and
Chequers Partenaires, a Paris-based private equity firm investing principally in control buyouts of European mid-market companies, has held the single and final closing of Chequers Capital XVII above its EUR1 billion target.
Established in 1972, Chequers Capital has been investing in unquoted companies in Continental Europe with a primary focus on France, DACH and Italy.
Over the last 45 years, Chequers has been instrumental in promoting the growth of its portfolio companies through selected acquisitions and a focus on international development, enabling the emergence of global industry leaders such as Accelya and TCR.
Chequers Capital XVII was
Henkel is to acquire Sonderhoff Holding, a provider of high-impact sealing solutions for industrial assembly based in Cologne, Germany.
With the acquisition of the privately owned company, Henkel will further enhance its sealants competence.
Foam-based sealing solutions are used in a variety of industrial applications, protecting lighting systems, filtration solutions or appliances against humidity and dust.
Sonderhoff is a manufacturer of foamed-in-place gasketing solutions for sealing and has broad expertise in developing and manufacturing customised dosing equipment.
“Targeted investments in complementary leading technologies are an integral part of our global strategy. With this acquisition, we will
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP650,000 facility to European Packaging Distributors (EPD), made up of a GBP500,000 invoice finance and a GBP150,000 revolving cashflow facility.
EPD sought a new finance partner as the incumbent financier was unable to offer the facilities to maintain its cashflow and allow the firm to purchase increased levels of stock from overseas suppliers.
Longer term, the funding has allowed the business to support its growth and free up additional funds for its expansion, starting with the hire of two new recruits since the facility was
SEAF has been appointed, through wholly-owned affiliates, as the general partner and investment manager of the Southeast Europe Equity Fund II and affiliated vehicle (SEEF II).
SEEF II is a USD320 million, 2006 vintage private equity fund that made control and significant-minority equity investments in companies operating in Southeast Europe and Turkey.
The current portfolio of six majority-owned investments are located in Turkey, Romania, Albania, and Kosovo, and reflect SEEF II’s activity in the healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications and media sectors.
SEAF and its team in the region will oversee the continued development of the portfolio
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