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Mizuho Global Alternative Investments (MGA") has chosen eFront's FrontInvest solution to help their clients manage their alternative asset investments. FrontInvest caters for general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) increasing transparency, mitigating risk and lowering costs.
FrontInvest will provide MGAI with a single unified platform with which it can centralise all its investment data.
MGAI was established in 2010 as a subsidiary of Mizuho Bank, one of the largest and most important financial institutions in Japan. MGAI is an investment management and advisory firm specialising in alternative investment assets, mainly for Japanese pension fund clients. As of August 2015, the
Constellation has acquired a majority stake in faircheck Schadenservice Deutschland, a provider of claims management and handling services for property insurance.
Susanna Martin and Hubertus Marx founded faircheck in 2006 in Korschenbroich, Germany, with the firm’s main focus being property damage claims. It also handles claims related to breakage of glass and damage to electronic devices.
faircheck, which operates with a nationwide network of more than 300 insurance experts, has secured long-term contracts with Germany’s major insurance companies and in June 2015.
Constellation’s acquisition was completed in close collaboration with the existing management team and the founders Marx and Martin,
Private equity fund manager and Enterprise Investment Scheme specialist Calculus Capital has invested GBP2.5m in IPV, a provider of multi-media content management systems to broadcasters and businesses around the world.
IPV, which is based in Cambridge’s hi-tech ‘Silicon Fen’ hub, develops software and services that speed up, simplify and efficiently co-ordinate hitherto complicated processes for managing and delivering media content through multiple platforms.
IPV’s software is used by blue chip names in the broadcasting world including CNN, Sony Entertainment and A+E New York, as well as by non-media businesses, such as U.S. retail giant Home Depot, for storing,
A “seller’s market” and an appetite for growth has seen merger and acquisition (M&A) activity return to its highest level this quarter since the pre-recession boom times (Q2 2008), according to the latest PCPI/PEPI analysis from BDO.
The third quarter of 2015 saw a total of 631 deals completed, which is a significant uptick from last quarter’s 509 deals.
The third quarter saw trade buyers complete 532 deals, which reflects a 29% increase from the previous quarter. Levels of private equity activity have continued to rise modestly over the past 12 months, with 99 deals completed in Q3 compared
In this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Infrastructure, Q3 2015, we take an in-depth look at investors in infrastructure, examining which regions are attracting capital, preferred routes to market and plans for future investments.
The majority of infrastructure investors will continue to target domestic opportunities in the next 12 months, but there are also sizeable proportions targeting global infrastructure exposure (Fig 1).
Despite the growing preference for direct investments among the largest and most experienced infrastructure investors, unlisted funds remain the primary route to market for the majority of investors, with 86% targeting fund commitments to gain infrastructure
An affiliate of Sun European Partners has acquired Flexitech Holding SAS (Flexitech), a designer and supplier of hydraulic brake hoses to the automotive industry.
The business was acquired from Mitsubishi Corporation for an undisclosed value. William Blair and BDA advised Sun European Partners on the transaction.
Established in France in 1960, Flexitech has over 50 years of operations experience and currently employs over 1,200 highly skilled full-time employees. Flexitech operates its own facilities in France, Romania, the United States, Mexico and Brazil, and supports its customers through local partners in China and India.
Flexitech supplies a range of high quality
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has published draft guidance to help company management determine whether information is material. The guidance is part of the IASB’s wider initiative to improve disclosures.
The concept of materiality acts as a filter through which management sifts information to ensure that financial statements include all the financial information that could influence users’ investment decisions. It also enables management to present material information in a clear and effective way, excluding information that is not material.
The draft guidance, in the form of a draft Practice Statement, has been developed in response to concerns that
Markit has launched Markit WSO Credit Manager, a credit and portfolio analysis application for investment professionals focused on bank loans. Credit Manager was designed in partnership with CVC Credit Partners and other industry experts.
The application helps portfolio managers and credit analysts make investment decisions by centralising the data they need to select investments, monitor credit performance and identify risk.
Credit Manager streamlines credit selection with screening functions that filter investment opportunities based on technical and fundamental criteria. The system alerts users about changes to portfolio holdings and provides collaboration tools to help investment teams coordinate their response if action
Quercus Assets Selection, which specialises in infrastructure investments with a focus on renewable energy, is to launch two new renewable energy infrastructure funds, bringing the total number of funds in its portfolio to five.
The launch of the two new funds will complement the recently launched Quercus European Renewables fund to maximise the portfolio’s risk/return profile through a meticulous strategy of diversification.
Quercus is looking to raise a minimum combined target of EUR500 million across the three funds, which is to be invested in connected wind and solar plants in Italy, as well as in other renewable technologies throughout Europe.
Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners has successfully completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Centrul Medical Unirea SRL (Regina Maria).
With approximately 300,000 corporate subscribers, the Regina Maria is a premium integrated private healthcare services operator in Romania with a national presence of 24 polyclinics, four hospitals, 13 labs and six imaging facilities.
Mid Europa, which focuses on buyouts in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey, plans to pursue a growth strategy for Regina Maria, both organically and through acquisitions.
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