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An affiliate of Sun European Partners is to acquire Finlays Horticulture Investments Ltd and Finlays Horticulture Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary companies (“Finlays Horticulture”) from James Finlay Limited.
The value of the deal has not been disclosed.
The transaction includes the acquisition of Finlay Flowers UK, Finlays Fresh Produce UK, Finlays Horticulture Kenya, Finlays Horticulture Tanzania, Omniflora, Finlay Flowers BV, FV SeleQt, Dudutech and Finlays Horticulture South Africa. Finlays will retain its flower farm business in Kericho, Finlay Flowers, located within its tea estates in Kenya.
Finlays Horticulture focuses on the growing, processing, packaging, marketing and distribution of
Highland Europe has raised a new EUR332m tech growth fund, Highland Europe Technology Growth II.
This follows Highland Europe’s 2012 EUR250m Highland Europe Technology Growth I fund that invested in 15 technology companies including WeTransfer, AMCS, GetYourGuide, Outfittery, SocialPoint, Finanzcheck, TalentSoft, eGym, Intersec, NewVoiceMedia, Brandwatch, Matches Fashion, Jampp, LoveCrafts, and Malwarebytes.
Highland Europe’s partners – Fergal Mullen (pictured), Laurence Garrett, Irena Goldenberg, Sam Brooks and Tony Zappala – intend to continue investing this second fund with the same laser-focused growth-stage investment strategy: targeting rapidly emerging internet, mobile and software companies. These companies are led by inspiring entrepreneurs who have demonstrated resourcefulness by achieving substantial revenue scale in a relatively short period of time, and on a capital-efficient basis. The companies are always
Victor Basta (pictured), managing partner at Magister Advisors, M&A advisors to the technology industry, comments on the Dell/EMC deal…
This is the largest ever pure-play technology deal but it is not about technology. It is about industrial concentration rather than transformation, which says a great deal about soaring valuations in the tech industry. You would expect a $67 billion deal to shift the plate tectonics of the industry, but this is far from that.
Neither Dell/EMC nor the recently announced Avago/Broadcom deal is about significant transformation, as was IBM’s move into software years ago. In fact EMC’s VMWare software business
Small to mid-sized corporates across North America, EMEA and Europe report that their ability to manage working capital is not being supported effectively by their banks, according to a new survey conducted by Misys.
Some 50 per cent of respondents identified forecasting cash flow remains their biggest working capital challenge as import/export operations become more global.
Twenty four per cent meanwhile, are financing working capital needs through a combination of traditional banks and non-bank alternatives, and 9 per cent of respondents report a greater reliance on alternative funding than two years ago. 28 per cent said accessing finance had
Chicago-based Waterton and New York-based Park Madison Partners have held the final close of Waterton Residential Property Venture XII with USD511 million of equity committed.
Venture XII will pursue a value-add investment strategy focused on multifamily properties in the top 12-15 markets throughout the United States. Venture XII’s investor base includes a broadly diversified mix of new and existing investors.
For Waterton, Venture XII marks the latest in a series of multifamily investment vehicles stretching back to 1995. The firm had previously worked with Park Madison Partners to raise Venture XII’s predecessor vehicle, Waterton Residential Property Venture XI, which
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) has raised over USD1 billion in commitments for Private Markets Fund VI (PMF VI), which will combine primary funds, co-investments and secondaries in one portfolio of private equity investments.
The capital raise, which is now complete, exceeded AIP’s initial USD750 million target.
“Our PMF private equity fund series is now in its sixth round of investing, which speaks to the value our clients see in the consistent, disciplined investment approach of Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners,” says Ed Moriarty, Head of Alternative Investment Partners, Merchant Banking & Real Estate Investing and Managed Futures.
The Catalyst Capital Group has received more than USD1.5 billion (CAD2.0 billion) in capital commitments to its most recent fund, Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership V, surpassing its target of USD1.25 billion and its hard cap of USD1.5 billion.
Fund V, which was oversubscribed, received strong backing from a diverse group of investors, including public and corporate pensions, university endowments, foundations, family offices, and financial institutions located across the US, Europe, Canada and Asia. AtlanticPacific Capital served as global placement agent, and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP served as legal advisor.
Catalyst, Canada's second-largest private equity investment management firm, specialises in control
As the most highly developed region for private debt, the North American market is also at a later stage of the credit cycle than the European or Asian marketplaces. Strong growth in, and demand for, middle-market direct lending in recent years appears to have levelled off in 2015 according to fundraising figures in the region.
Given fundraising success across the asset class, dry powder levels have continued to increase to a current high of USD144 billion, suggesting that as many new players have entered the private debt space since 2008, they have done so successfully in terms of fundraising. It
Ogier in Jersey has acted on the formation of Validis Holdings Limited, a newly formed company backed by Don Robert and Pollen Street Capital, on the acquisition of the business and assets of Future Route Limited, trading as Validis.
Validis is a financial data transmission software that serves global accountancy firms, financial institutions and commercial businesses. Following the transaction Validis will continue to develop its software and support its global base of existing customers and will expand its offering into new geographies and customer groups.
The transaction will see Validis receive new investment from a consortium with significant experience
InvestCloud has raised USD45 million in growth equity funding in a round led by FTV Capital. The fund will be used to further invest in the company’s platform and functionality, enhance customer service, and expand the company’s global footprint.
Richard Garman, FTV Capital managing partner, has joined InvestCloud’s board of directors.
InvestCloud has built a proprietary technology platform that offers the investment community the ability to easily build and customise an end-to-end digital experience. Their platform uses highly configurable modules, viewed via a single dashboard, integrating dozens of disparate internal/external financial systems, accounts and products, and enabling unique reports,
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