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Parthenon Capital Partners has completed its previously announced acquisition of Millennium Trust Company, a provider of technology-enabled asset custody solutions for institutions, advisors, and individuals.
Headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, Millennium Trust was established in 2000 to meet the market’s growing need for a more flexible provider of administrative and custodial services for both retirement and taxable investment accounts. Servicing the needs of individuals, institutions and advisors, the Company has continued to experience significant growth over the past few years across its three product areas: Rollover Solutions, Alternative Asset Custody Solutions, and Private Fund Custody.
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Options available to fund managers marketing into Europe under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) will be the focus of a Guernsey funds masterclass in London next year.
The event, which takes place at the British Museum on Wednesday 3 February, will feature a panel debate among leading figures from the funds industry and a keynote speech from Lord Flight. The panel discussion will examine the benefits and suitability of National Private Placement (NPP) regimes and third country passporting under AIFMD.
In July the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) made its recommendation to grant Guernsey a third country
Luxembourg is prepared and has a key role to play in ensuring the success of the new European Long-Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs), which came into being this week, according to the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI).
ELTFIs have been established by the European Commission in a bid to give new impetus to the continent’s economic recovery.
“The objective of the EU in setting up ELTIFs was to boost smart, sustainable and inclusive growth,” says Denise Voss (pictured), Chairman of ALFI. “Take-up of the new funds may be a gradual process, but we believe that Luxembourg has the in-depth
SL Capital Partners is expanding its capabilities with a senior hire, appointing John Seal as Head of Private Junior Debt.
Seal has significant experience in the European direct and syndicated leveraged loan markets through his time as founder and Managing Partner at New Amsterdam Capital, a specialist debt investment firm based in London, and as a Director in high yield capital markets at Barclays Capital. Prior to this he held a number of roles in leveraged finance, based in New York.
Seal says: “I’m very excited to be joining the SL Capital team as they continuously expand their reach
GoEuro.co.uk, a platform for planning and booking all rail, bus and air transportation, has announced the closure of a Series B funding round totalling USD45 million.
The funding was led by Goldman Sachs and joined by new investors including Atomico, Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford, Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna) and Ilkka Paananen (Supercell).
Naren Shaam, Founder and CEO of GoEuro, says: “This new investment is a huge endorsement to the progress we have made since our launch two and a half years ago. It will allow us to further accelerate our growth, and continue to build the most comprehensive platform for
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is to open a new office in São Paulo, Brazil in early 2016, to cover Latin America, extending the firm’s global network to 24 offices.
Jean-Marc Etlin, a leading banker in the region with more than 30 years of experience, will join the firm in January as Head of Latin America.
Etlin joins CVC Capital Partners from Itaú BBA, the largest corporate investment bank in Brazil, where as a member of the Management Committee since 2005, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Itaú BBA Investment Bank and was also responsible for the
Investindustrial is to acquires 100 per cent of the capital of luxury shoemaker Sergio Rossi from Kering. The deal includes all the industrial assets of Sergio Rossi, the rights attached to the brand and the entire distribution network.
The agreement will allow the Sergio Rossi brand to continue its path of development with a strategic partner that can support the brand solidly and with prospects for long-term growth.
Sergio Rossi is one of the most famous Italian luxury footwear brands, long known for its high quality production of shoes. The company has built its credibility on its unique craftsmanship and
Renewable Energy Trust (RET) Capital has promoted president and chief operating officer (COO) Karen Morgan to chief executive officer (CEO).
Morgan succeeds John Bohn, a former commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission, who will continue as Executive Chairman. Morgan and Bohn co-founded RET Capital in 2012 along with Christian Fong, who today becomes the company’s new chief operating officer and chief investment officer. The trio will continue to work together closely on corporate strategy and operations.
“We came together as partners and focused on gathering a team of top talent, attracting flexible capital that can move through market changes,
Omnes Capital has invested EUR11.5 million in Dispam, a France-based specialist in temperature-controlled transportation, as part of a primary owner buy out (OBO) alongside current Chairman Pascal Masse.
Dispam was founded in 1971 and is based in Le Pontet in the Vaucluse region of France, offering its clients a range of high value-added solutions structured around two main areas of expertise: temperature-controlled (positive cold) transportation of fresh produce and general cargo; and complementary logistics services (management of logistics flows within the framework of integrated solutions – storage, warehousing, consolidation/deconsolidation, order preparation).
The group’s main clients are food manufacturers (60
Gryphon Investors (“Gryphon”), a middle-market private equity firm based in San Francisco, has completed a majority investment in Jensen Hughes, a specialist in fire protection engineering, fire code consulting and related life safety services in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities.
CEO Phil Rogers and the remainder of the Company’s management team have retained a significant ownership position in the company and will continue to lead Jensen Hughes after the closing of the transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“Gryphon has a long and successful history of investing in engineering and other professional services companies and we look forward
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