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Avenir Capital, an Australian-based, global value manager, is Fidante Partner’s newest boutique investment management partner.
Nick Hamilton, general manager at Fidante Partners, says: “Avenir Capital is an exceptional investment manager. Avenir’s investment approach has been developed from its private equity heritage that we believe provides the foundation for long-term investment success. “By combining Avenir’s investment capability with our Australian and international distribution channels, we are confident that the fund will continue to prosper over the coming years.”
Formerly head of product and marketing, Hamilton was promoted to general manager of Fidante Partners Australia in September 2016. He has a nearly
ZEAL Investments (ZI) has invested GBP1 million in the Free Postcode Lottery (FPL), a free to play online lottery platform funded by advertising.
The deal, which marks ZI’s first investment, is c coup for the seed funder, which only launched officially in November 2016 and has already announced a partnership with start-up accelerator MassChallenge.
ZI, part of the ZEAL Network SE group, was launched to help prospective lottery start-ups and entrepreneurs grow and disrupt the industry.
Founded in 2011, FPL has become the top free to play, ad-funded lottery in the UK. With over 300,000 current daily active
One of Enstar Group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries has signed an agreement to reinsure RSA Insurance Group UK’s employers’ liability legacy business.
Enstar’s subsidiary will assume gross insurance reserves of approximately GBP957 million (approximately USD1.2 billion), relating to 2005 and prior year business, which primarily consists of UK employers’ liability reserves.
Net insurance reserves are approximately GBP834 million (approximately USD1.0 billion) and the reinsurance premium payable to Enstar’s subsidiary is GBP799 million. The transaction is subject to finalising and effecting certain security arrangements.
Following the initial reinsurance, which will transfer the economics of the portfolio up to the policy’s limits, the parties
Unigestion and Akina are to merge their private equity businesses to create a specialist in global small and mid-market private equity.
The company will have USD6 billion in assets under management and 54 dedicated professionals located in Geneva, Zurich, London, New York and Singapore.
The combination brings together two complementary private equity platforms with experienced professionals sharing the same investment philosophy in the small and mid-market segment.
Akina’s expertise in identifying investment opportunities in European markets through a high conviction top-down/bottom-up investment process complements Unigestion’s global reach and risk management expertise.
Christophe de Dardel, Unigestion’s head of
Civitas Capital Group has strengthened its sales team with the promotion of two existing members of staff and the addition of two new hires.
Irene Shen has been promoted to director, sales and investor relations. In her new role, Shen is responsible for expanding Civitas' presence in the alternative investment space in Asia, as well as coordinating the development of new products in the region. Shen has been with Civitas since August 2011.
Manuel Ortiz has been promoted to head of EB-5 sales and investor relations. In his new role, Ortiz is responsible for developing and managing global investor
The Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF), established by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the China Investment Corporation (CIC), has sold a portion of its stake and played a significant role in the initial public offering (IPO) of Detsky Mir, a children’s goods retailer in Russia.
This IPO is the first exit from an investment for RCIF.
RCIF supported the company’s growth leading up to the IPO and contributed to enlarging its shareholder base. RDIF also attracted its international partners to the transaction, including leading Middle Eastern, European, Asian and US investment funds.
As a result of the
Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised China CITIC Bank Corporation and The Export-Import Bank of China on facilities with a total commitment of around USD2.63 billion for a consortium led by Apex Technology, PAG and Legend Capital Management.
The facilities support the consortium's acquisition of Lexmark International, a US-incorporated printer and software manufacturer.
Lexmark was acquired in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately USD4 billion. The acquisition closed in November 2016 and is the second largest outbound acquisition in the technology sector ever completed by a Chinese investor and the third largest US public takeover
View, a specialist in dynamic glass, has secured USD100 million in investments, including a USD50 million investment by TIAA Investments, an affiliate of USD882 billion Nuveen.
This investment provides growth capital and enables View to expand its manufacturing capacity and to scale operations in order to meet rapidly growing demand.
“We are experiencing high demand for View Dynamic Glass and are pleased to double down on our momentum with the support of new and existing partners,” says View CEO Rao Mulpuri. “We are particularly thrilled to have the support of one of the world’s largest asset managers as we
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has appointed Gavin Rees as market manager on its global fund banking team in the UK.
The team serves private equity and venture capital funds with banking services and customised financing.
SVB banks businesses such as Momondo, Darktrace, ReceiptBank and Made.com.
Rees has over 25 years of commercial banking experience, of which 11 years were focused on funds finance and seven years on structured finance. He joins Silicon Valley Bank from Barclays, where he led the European private equity funds team. Before that, he was a founder member of WestLB’s funds finance group in
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners has completed fundraising for One Equity Partners VI, with total capital commitments of USD1.65 billion, surpassing its target.
Though One Equity Partners VI is the firm’s sixth private equity fund, it is the first fund raised with outside capital following the firm’s spinout from JP Morgan in 2015.
“The entire team would like to thank all of our investors for the outstanding support One Equity Partners received in closing our first private equity fund as an independent firm,” says the leadership team of One Equity Partners. “The strong response reflects the
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