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Palatine Private Equity has promoted three members of the firm’s team.
Beth Houghton has been made Partner having played an instrumental role in achieving positive exits for family leisure business Playnation, as well as the sale of financial education provider Wealth at Work to Equistone in a GBP50 million buyout.
B Houghton eth, who has been with the firm for almost nine years, currently holds a non-executive position on the boards of MoneyPlus Group, icelolly.com, The Alchemist and Gusto. She has also spearheaded Palatine’s award-winning Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies and has played a big part in improving
Private equity form HarbourVest Partners has elevated Nate Bishop, Carolina Espinal and Aris Hatch to Managing Director, and promoted eight other senior professionals worldwide.
“As a firm, we are extremely proud of the team we have in place. At every level, promotions reflect a clear and demonstrated commitment to our clients – to support their investment goals, protect and drive value, and further strengthen businesses across the globe,” says Peter Wilson, Managing Director. “The HarbourVest team today is as strong as ever and we are proud to be in a position to reward the excellence and significant professional contribution of
EQT Infrastructure is to sell Koole Terminals to institutional investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets. The agreement is subject to the positive advice of the Company’s works council.
EQT Infrastructure acquired Koole Tanktransport in February 2011, followed by the acquisition of NOVA Terminals in October 2011. The integration of both companies formed Koole Terminals, an independent liquid bulk storage provider operating a portfolio of eight terminals in North-West Europe.
The Company operates around 2 million cubic metre with ~85 per cent of storage capacity being located in Rotterdam, the key trade flow hub in
Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management are to acquire RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus.
RegionalCare is the owner and operator of eight market-leading, non-urban hospitals located in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Montana, Ohio, and Texas.
The transaction, which is conditioned on customary regulatory reviews and approvals, is expected to close by the end of 2015. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
“Healthcare is one of the largest and most dynamic sectors of the economy,” says Matthew Nord, a partner at Apollo. “We are excited to partner with Marty Rash and the RegionalCare
US alternative investment managers (IMs) continue to operate with elevated levels of uncalled investment capital, or dry powder, at a time when credit markets remain competitive and valuations are high, according to a special report by Fitch Ratings.
'With more capital chasing fewer deals, significant fund underperformance is possible if competition drives prices up further,' says Meghan Neenan, Senior Director, Financial Institution at Fitch Ratings. 'Outsized vintage concentrations and a lack of distressed investing opportunities, a traditional area of investment for alternative IMs, could potentially exacerbate this issue.'
Dry powder for the firms in Fitch's review totalled USD254.4 billion
Infrastucture fundraising hit an all-time high in the third quarter of 2015 according to Inframation Group’s 3Q15 Infrastructure Fundraising review.
The two largest unlisted infrastructure funds ever raised, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, kicked off fundraising of USD15 billion and USD10 billion respectively. GIP’s fund is due to be launched formally in Q4 2015, with a target IRR of around 15 per cent.
Stonepeak return to the market in Q3 with the launch of Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund II, which has a fundraising target of USD 2.5 billion, while Goldman Sachs held the second close of its third
Elevar Equity has held the final close of Elevar Equity III (EE III) at USD74 million. EE III is focused on commercial investments in early stage companies providing financial services, education, housing and healthcare to low-income communities primarily in India and Latin America. With the new fund, Elevar manages over USD165 million in committed capital.
EE III's investors include the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Oblate International Pastoral Investment Trust, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Omidyar Network, Prudential Financial, Inc., the Rockefeller Foundation, Blue Haven Initiative, Treehouse Investments and multiple family offices, private foundations and a university endowment.
"We are pleased to
Amicus Finance is to launch a new commercial finance business dedicated to serving the small business and professional services communities.
Amicus Commercial Finance will be led by two highly experienced and proven market specialists, John Wilde and David Hogg, who built SME Invoice Finance Limited (SMEIF) from start-up in 2000 to a national firm employing 80 staff, serving a 600-strong customer base and generating annual revenues of GBP12 million at the time of its sale to Metro Bank PLC in July 2013.
Amicus Commercial Finance will provide a revolving working capital facility powered by a proprietary funding platform, which
Albion Ventures is to invest up to GBP2m in Innovation Broking (Innovation), an independent commercial insurance broking business providing corporate insurance broking services to companies and individuals seeking expert advice at board level.
Innovation is led by Paul Dickson (CEO) and Howard Pearson (MD), two highly experienced insurance professionals with strong track records in developing successful businesses. Paul has over 35 years’ broking experience and originally the founder of Dickson Insurance Brokers, which he sold to Giles Insurance in 2008. Subsequently Paul was the Managing Director South Region at Giles Insurance and most recently at Arthur J Gallagher, where he
Rakuten has launched the Rakuten FinTech Fund, a USD100 million global investment fund focused on investments in disruptive early to mid-stage fintech startups that offer ‘attractive return potential with strategic relevance’.
The fund will target investments in startups and growth companies primarily in the US and Europe and build on the success of previous fintech investments made by Rakuten, including Currency Cloud, WePay and Bitnet.
The Rakuten FinTech Fund is part of a natural evolution for Rakuten’s collection of fintech businesses: Rakuten Card, Rakuten Securities, Rakuten Bank, Rakuten Life Insurance, as these business units have grown in scale within
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