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LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of Crown Europe Middle Market III (CEM III), its third investment program focused on European middle market buyouts, with total subscriptions of EUR500 million.
The program’s investor base consists of 34 institutions, including government pension funds, corporate pension funds and insurance companies in Australia, Belgium, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. CEM III has already committed EUR 237 million to nine private equity funds on a primary basis, seven secondary transactions and five co-investments.
Tycho Sneyers, Managing Partner at LGT Capital Partners, says: “Institutional investors have
After private equity activity levelled off in 2015, industry leaders have moderated their expectations for the coming year, according to the seventh annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA
Ninety-five per cent of firms plan to close five deals or less within the coming year, a slightly higher projection than last year's survey, when 87 percent of respondents said they would close no more than five deals. Overall, the study found that firms are largely planning to replicate 2015 investment levels and priorities in 2016 as they wait out current economic fluctuations.
Investment levels are also more conservative,
A recent spate of stock buyback programs in the alternative investment management (AIM) sector could have modest impacts on liquidity and leverage, according to Fitch Ratings.
Three firms have recently implemented share repurchase programs in an effort to improve their public stock valuations. Repurchase activity has been rare in the sector, given relatively limited float, but others could follow suit should they see a benefit to peer valuations.
In October 2015, KKR & Co. LP (KKR) authorised a USD500 million share repurchase plan. Last week, Apollo Global Management, L.P. (Apollo) and Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress) announced they would
JZ Capital Partners has completed the sale of six of its European investments – held through the EuroMicrocap Fund 2010 (EMC 2010) – to a major financial institution for EUR96.3 million (USD104.6 million).
This transaction will be completed in two phases. Firstly, on 1 February, 2016, JZCP sold its stake in the first five assets (Docout, Ombuds, One World Packaging, Toro Finance, and Xacom) for EUR75.2 million. Secondly, JZCP will sell its stake in Winn for EUR21.1 million[1] when regulatory approval is received (estimated 4-6 months). Once both phases are completed, JZCP expects to have realised an aggregate gross multiple
Corporate lawyer Paul Dunbar, whose practice focuses primarily on private equity and special situations funds, has joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm's London office.
Dunbar was previously a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in London.
"Growing our London private equity practice is a key element of the firm's strategy, and Paul fits in perfectly with our team and culture," says Keith Fullenweider, co-head of the Firm's M&A and Capital Markets Practice.
"Paul's experience is an excellent complement to our thriving private equity practice in London," adds Jeff Eldredge, International Coordinator for the
Warren S de Wied has rejoined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, resident in the Firm's New York office.
In addition,Scott B Luftglass will join as a partner in the Litigation Department, also resident in the Firm's New York office.
For nearly 30 years, de Wied has represented corporate boards, public companies, private equity firms and investment banks in connection with major M&A transactions, takeover defence, contested bids, activist shareholder campaigns and corporate governance matters.
Luftglass' practice focuses on litigation, strategic advice and regulatory inquiries with respect
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has launched its data quality management program.
Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program allows the quality of the LEI data pool (the publicly available information on legal entities identifiable with an LEI) to be monitored, assessed and further optimised. The first monthly report, published today, reflects the very high level of data quality already achieved in the Global LEI System.
The LEI connects to key reference information that enables clear and unique
Ambienta, a European private equity fund specialised in environmental businesses, has acquired a majority stake in SF-Filter AG, Zurich, a successful specialist for filter solutions with sales of about CHF80 million.
SF-Filter is the leading partner for the distribution of mobile and industrial filters for a variety of applications. The product range encompasses filters for oil, air, fuel, hydraulic, gas, pneumatic, liquid, de-dusting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)-related applications. With more than 30,000 European customers ranging from original equipment manufacturers to resellers as well as end-customers, the SF-Filter brand has been unanimously recognised as the leader in its field due
Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and financial technology companies, has raised USD20.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Tokyo-based QUICK Corporation, part of the Nikkei Group and Japan’s largest financial information provider.
StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures, and Startup Capital Ventures, Xignite’s current investors, also participated. This new round brings Xignite’s total funding to USD37 million.
In connection with the capital raise, Xignite and QUICK will be partnering to deliver Xignite’s cloud-based data solutions in the Asian market as well as QUICK’s proprietary financial data and information through Xignite’s market leading APIs.
H Kurt von Moltke, a corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience structuring, negotiating and executing complex M&A transactions, including billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, is joining the Jenner & Block as a partner in the Chicago office and co-chair of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice.
He also joins the firm's Securities, Corporate Finance and Corporate practices.
Von Moltke focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, both hostile and negotiated, as well as private equity transactions, complex corporate debt restructurings, corporate finance and securities transactions and counselilng public company boards of directors. He
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