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Private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire Masai Clothing Company ApS, a Danish womenswear clothing brand. This is the first investment Silverfleet has made from its new EUR850 million fund, Silverfleet Capital II, which closed last month.
Masai is headquartered in Copenhagen and wholesales and retails its own-designed clothing in over 25 countries around the world. Its core markets are the Nordic Region (where it has 18 retail outlets in Denmark, Sweden and Norway), UK and Germany and its clothing can be purchased at 1,340 points of sale as far away as Australia, USA and Canada. Masai has
UK regional lower middle market private equity firm, Palatine Private Equity, has held the first and final close of Palatine Private Equity Fund III at its hard-cap of GBP220 million, exceeding the size of the firm’s second fund, which raised GBP150 million in 2013.
Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the exclusive global placement agent for the fundraise.
Fund III launched and closed in just eleven weeks and was significantly oversubscribed, attracting commitments from a globally diverse group of investors including UK, European, N American and Asian public and private pension plans, insurance companies, funds of funds, family offices and
In an effort to narrow the gap between dynamically managed, multi-asset institutional portfolios and the current set of static, single asset class or balanced retail fund offerings that combine just equities and bonds, asset managers are increasingly likely to bundle together three growing product sets into new packaged retail solutions that combine portfolio construction, risk management and investment oversight into a single investment fund.
That’s the conclusion of Citi’s 6th Annual Industry Evolution Survey. The findings are based on one-on-one interviews with 100 firms globally, covering investment managers with USD25 trillion AUM (35% of the industry’s total) and investors and
Eze Castle Integration, a leading provider of strategic IT solutions and private cloud services, today announced that
SEC registered investment advisor Wexford Capital has selected the Eze Private Cloud platform for its fully managed, enterprise-grade environment.
Wexford, which was formed in 1994, manages a series of hedge funds and private equity funds from its Greenwich, CT and West Palm Beach, FL offices. The Eze Private Cloud allows the firm’s employees to focus on more tactical, revenue-generating work and create business value.
Dante Domenichelli, Chief Operating Officer at Wexford Capital, says: “Eze Castle Integration delivers the comprehensive services and expert, reliable
A significant majority of high net worth and institutional investors plan to increase their allocation to alternative funds in 2015, according to a survey conducted by Altegris Advisors.
Findings of the Altegris Investor Survey, conducted at the Strategic Investment Conference, hosted by Altegris and Mauldin Economics, revealed that 66 per cent of respondents plan to increase their allocation to alternatives during the second half of 2015 – of which managed futures/global macro (32 per cent) and private equity (28 per cent) ranked as the top asset classes for increasing. Registered Investment Advisers (45 per cent) and Private Investors (31 per
Alliant Insurance Services has secured a significant equity investment from funds managed by Stone Point Capital, which will become Alliant’s largest institutional shareholders.
Following the transaction, Alliant’s existing shareholders, which include the company’s management and producers as well as funds affiliated with KKR, will remain significant shareholders in the business.
“This new partnership is a significant and positive move for Alliant, as it represents the expansion and diversification of our private equity support,” says Tom Corbett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alliant. “Stone Point will be a valuable resource to our organisation as we continue to pursue growth opportunities
3M is to acquire Capital Safety from KKR for a total enterprise value of USD2.5 billion, including the assumption of approximately USD0.7 billion of debt, net of cash acquired.
Capital Safety is a leading global provider of fall protection equipment, one of the fastest-growing safety categories within the global personal protective equipment industry.
The personal protective equipment industry is a strategic priority for 3M. Demand for personal protective equipment is rapidly growing, driven by increasing regulatory focus on worker safety across both developed and developing countries.
Capital Safety’s industry-leading products and solutions include harnesses, lanyards, self-retracting lifelines and engineered systems
The combined 10 year internal rate of return (IRR) for private equity and venture capital stood at 14.9 per cent for 2014, nearly double the figure returned by UK pension fund assets (7.8 per cent) and the FTSE All-Share (7.6 per cent).
That’s according to the BVCA’s annual Performance Measurement Survey examines the performance of UK private equity and venture capital funds and how they compare against other asset classes.
The survey, produced in association with PwC and Capital Dynamics, finds that venture capital funds in particular have had a successful year, with 2014 marking both the highest performance
Manulife Asset Management Private Markets, the private asset management arm of Manulife, has made three senior appointments.
Jenn Lundmark was named Head of Real Estate Fundraising, effective 8 June, Ken Pogrin was named Global Head of Business Development and Chief Operating Officer, effective 15 June, and Sahezad Pardhan, also a Senior Managing Director, was named Global Chief Financial Officer, effective 20 April.
All three positions are newly created roles for the organisation.
"We are pleased to announce these key hires, rounding out our senior management team," says Kevin JE Adolphe, President & CEO, Manulife Asset Management Private Markets and Manulife
Ipes, a provider of outsourced services to Private Equity in Europe, has made two senior appointments to support the continued growth of the business.
Peter Fairweather has joined the London office as Depositary Director and Gary Mauger has joined the Guernsey office as Operations Director.
Ipes' Depositary provides services to more than 160 Alternative Investment Funds across Private Equity, Debt, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Venture and Fund of Funds. Peter Fairweather has joined Ipes as Depositary Director to manage the team of 12 Depositary Analysts in London and to help grow the Depositary business. Peter has over 35 years of
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