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Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity (MSPE) has completed a majority investment in CoAdvantage, one of North America’s largest professional employer organisations (PEOs).
MSPE partnered with the current management team who will remain in place and continue to drive organic and acquisition growth.
CoAdvantage offers small and mid-sized businesses a comprehensive package of outsourced human resources solutions enabling them to reduce their administrative burden, ensure compliance with employer regulations, and gain access to affordable employee benefits. The company integrates payroll and tax processing, employee benefit plan administration, risk management, government compliance and other human resources services into a single vendor
CreditEase China has held the first close of CreditEase Israel Innovation Fund (CEIIF), the firm’s first Israel-focused venture-capital/private-equity fund, at USD30 million.
CEIIF is managed by Israel Innovation Investment Management Ltd, a Cayman Islands-based manager that is jointly owned by CreditEase and its founding managing partners, Tayman Kan and Benjamin Weiss.
The new fund focuses primarily on private technology companies located in Israel and the US It considers opportunities across a broad spectrum of industries, including technology, media, telecommunications, health care and smart materials, and will invest in a mixture of early- and later-stage opportunities.
"The first closing
European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have access to nearly twice the amount of funding as their US counterparts, yet bank loans remain the most common form of SME finance in Europe.
This leaves huge scope for small businesses to tap additional funding sources for loans, bonds and equities, finds new research by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME). However, many SMEs remain unaware of the options available to them.
In Spain and Italy, for example – where small businesses tend to lean most heavily on financing sources, such as banks – Italian SMEs received EUR233 billion
Private equity firm TA Associates is to acquire Frank Russell Company’s asset management business, Russell Investments, from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in a deal valued at USD1.15 billion.
As part of the deal, which is subject to the usual regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2016, Reverence Capital Partners is making a ‘significant minority investment’ in Russell Investments.
“We are delighted to partner with such an established and highly respected market leader in the investment management industry,” says Todd Crockett, a Managing Director at TA Associates. “We believe that the breadth of Russell Investments’ investment and implementation operations, as well as its orientation
George Whitehead (pictured), Venture Partner Manager at Octopus Ventures, comments on the British Venture Capital Association’s Innovation Nation report…
The BVCA’s Innovation Nation report highlights some very positive UK figures, which speak to a number of important factors. The top line is that UK economic growth is the fastest in Europe. This alone is important, but for us at Octopus, the really interesting figures are those around innovation and high-growth business development. In 2014/2015, UK VCs completed 780 deals with a combined value of GBP2.5 billion, and in the same year the UK saw a record number of new businesses
Lincoln International represented more2 in the sale of a minority stake in the business to Eight Roads Ventures.
more2 is the UK’s a B2B and B2C data analytics consultancy for SME retailers providing a combination of customer centric marketing campaign optimisation, data driven sales and marketing advice and strategic insight and planning delivered by experienced client strategy consultants and underpinned by executional capability.
Lincoln acted as the exclusive financial adviser to more2, providing guidance on strategic options, preparing marketing materials, approaching a shortlist of strategic acquirers and financial institutions before managing a highly competitive auction process and negotiating final
Investcor has added POC, a manufacturer of skiing and cycling helmets, gear and accessories, to its portfolio. POC was acquired for USD65 million from outdoor equipment maker Black Diamond.
Established in 2004 and headquartered in Sweden, POC’s quest is to provide athletes and consumers with the highest standard of personal protection. POC’s line of products includes helmets, body armour, goggles, eyewear, gloves and other gear, which are currently sold across 27 countries worldwide. Through technical collaboration with partners such as Volvo and Ericsson, POC is pioneering innovative safety concepts.
The company also partners with leading sportsmen and women as
It was a record year for exits by entry EV as stock markets across Europe welcomed IPOs of private equity-backed businesses, and corporate buyers – particularly from North America – found attractive opportunities in private equity (PE) portfolios.
That’s according to EY’s latest PE exit study: ‘Forging ahead? How do PE investors create value’.
Launched at the BVCA Summit, the study reveals that the value of PE portfolio businesses sold was a record high in 2014, well above the historical peak of 2006. PE exits to corporates were also at record levels, with North American buyers the most active, and
Apollo Aviation Group, a multi-strategy aviation investment manager, has raised USD833 million for SASOF III, its third aviation fund, a total well in excess of SASOF III's USD750 million target.
SASOF III, an institutionally-focused commingled private equity fund, follows on from SASOF and SASOF II where Apollo Aviation raised USD213 million and USD593 million, respectively in 2010 and 2013. SASOF III's investors include a broad group of sophisticated governmental plans, insurance companies, fund of funds, endowments and others.
William Hoffman, Apollo Aviation's Chairman says: "As our largest fund yet, it is a testament to the success of our
Private equity firm Trilantic Capital Partners Europe has completed the acquisition of a 90 per cent shareholding in Doppel Farmaceutici (Doppel) after obtaining anti-trust approvals.
Doppel operates exclusively on behalf of third parties as a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). The investment in Doppel by Trilantic Europe comes as the CDMO pharmaceutical sector is expected to grow significantly in the next five years. Financial details of the investment have not been disclosed.
Trilantic Europe acquired the 90 per cent shareholding in Doppel from a number of Italian entrepreneurs, including Pierluigi Busca who has been a shareholder in Doppel
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