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Quilvest Private Equity sold its cornerstone shareholding in Acrotec Group to funds advised by Castik Capital alongside the Management team.
The acquisition, with an enterprise value of circa CHF280 million (EUR255 million), is the culmination of a common intiative by Management and Quilvest Private Equity to find a suitable long-term partner for the Group. The deal secures the Group’s independence and builds the foundations for further strong growth.
Acrotec has become one of the largest independent suppliers of critical components for the Swiss luxury watch market, producing precision parts such as shock absorbers, oscillating weights and spring barrels.
International resource and emerging markets focused advisory firm Hannam & Partners has promoted two new partners – Ingo Hofmaier to Head of Mining and Andrew Chubb to Head of Corporate Finance.
Both Hofmaier and Chubb were previously directors at Hannam & Partners. Their new titles, Head of Mining and Head of Corporate Finance respectively, represent their new positions as partners in the firm. The pair are joining forces with current partners: Ian Hannam, Neil Passmore, Timothy Hoare, Giles Fitzpatrick, and Rupert Fane.
Hofmaier has 16 years of experience in corporate finance, corporate M&A and general management in Europe, Africa and
eQ Asset Management held a record final closing of 160 million euros for the Northern Europe focused eQ PE VIII North Fund. In a very fast fund raising cycle, the fund held first closing in February 2016.
eQ PE VIII North is a private equity fund of funds investing equity capital in Northern European small and midcap unlisted companies. The portfolio will consist of approximately ten funds, including primary and secondary transactions, with 100-150 underlying companies diversified into various geographical areas, industries and development stages. All underlying companies are mature businesses with typically positive cash flow and profit.
“We
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has made an investment in Geropharm, a Russian pharmaceutical company, specialising in restoring brain function and the treatment of diabetes.
This investment utilises the mechanism designed to promote the development of companies with significant export potential.
The proceeds will be used by Geropharm for the construction of a high-tech full-cycle production complex in St. Petersburg as well as to the development of new drugs and exports. The new facility will enable the company to significantly increase production volumes.
Geropharm is included in the list of the most promising domestic pharmaceutical companies. In
Beacon Rail Leasing, a Pan-European rolling stock lessor, has closed on the acquisition of Ascendos Rail Leasing, a European locomotive and rolling stock leasing company, having received clearance from the German competition authorities.
The combined Beacon and Ascendos portfolio includes 225 locomotives and over 1,000 freight wagons on lease in the UK, Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany, 55 passenger train units on lease in the UK and Germany, 67 double decker coaches on lease in Denmark, and 13 sets of Mark 5 coaches which will be operated by TransPennine Express in the UK.
Commenting on the closing, Ted
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) held it’s Annual General Meeting in Malta on 16 and 17 June, with regulatory and market activity taking centre stage.
Hosted by the Maltese Funds Industry Association (MFIA), the AGM provided an opportunity for EFAMA members to discuss the investment and regulatory landscape and to exchange views with representatives from the European Commission and the Maltese Financial Services Authority.
The AGM marked the end of a first year under the mandate of EFAMA President Alexander Schindler, Member of the Executive Board of Union Asset Management Holding AG. During this time, the
The value of European assets could be severely impacted should Britain take the decision to leave the European Union (EU) according to a survey of almost 1,500 global dealmakers involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
The survey carried out by Intralinks, reveals that 65 per cent of M&A professionals believe the value of European assets will be negatively impacted if Britain voted to leave Europe. This has wider implications on the European economy, particularly major economies such as Germany, which heavily rely on cross-border deals from China.
In the survey, 76 per cent of global dealmakers stated a British
Revlon is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Elizabeth Arden for USD14.00 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value for Elizabeth Arden of approximately USD870 million.
By bringing together two highly complementary, iconic brand portfolios, Revlon says it will benefit from greater scale, an expanded global footprint, and a significant presence across all major beauty channels and categories, including the addition of Elizabeth Arden’s growing prestige skin care, color cosmetics and fragrances. The combination will leverage Revlon’s scale across major vendors and manufacturing partners, improving distribution and procurement. Cost synergies of approximately USD140 million are expected to
NES Financial’s private equity fund administration business has expanded its New York City operations with the hire of Justin Flanagan as Managing Director.
With over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, Flanagan joins NES Financial from Markit, where he was recently head of Midwest sales and account management for five years. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at Thomson Reuters and began his career in fixed income trading before moving into software sales at Marvin Software.
NES Financial provides an independent, comprehensive, and compliant institutional-quality fund administration solution for managers of private equity funds, enabling them to
LogicMonitor, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivered end-to-end IT infrastructure monitoring platform, has secures a USD130 million investment from Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.
The investment will be used to continue LogicMonitor’s global market expansion as the leading modern IT infrastructure performance monitoring solution that will displace legacy and premise-based monitoring systems in complex and agile environments.
LogicMonitor is disrupting the IT infrastructure space with its extensive on-premise, cloud, and hybrid datacenter monitoring capabilities, all in its one SaaS platform. Its extensive monitoring capabilities enable its customers to prevent performance degradation and
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