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Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners have signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in international musical and theatre group, Stage Entertainment.
Under the terms of the transaction, CVC will acquire a 60 per cent stake from the company’s founder, Joop van den Ende, who will remain a 40 per cent shareholder in the business and as co-chairman.
Founded 17 years ago, Stage Entertainment is the market leader in musical theatre in Continental Europe, responsible for globally acclaimed productions including the Lion King, Mamma Mia!, the Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, which together attract more than
Artesian Solutions has secured a USD8 million Series B investment led by Octopus Investments and Kreos Capital, helping the company to continue its rapid growth trajectory which this month saw it reach a milestone of 25,000 users.
The investment coincides with the appointment of a new senior figure to the Artesian Board of Directors. Rod Banner, who founded the technology marketing group, Banner Corporation in 1984 and sold it to WPP, has a long and successful record of building and developing brands and new start-up companies. He has invested widely in Madtech – marketing, advertising and technology – organisations, and
KKR and the management team, Drawbridge Realty, have recapitalised the company’s existing portfolio and formed a new independent platform to help grow the business.
With assets under management of approximately USD800 million as of 1 June, 2015, Drawbridge is a real estate investment manager focused on acquiring, developing and managing properties for corporate users with an emphasis on well located, predominately single tenant office, R&D and industrial buildings in markets with secular growth. Drawbridge’s existing portfolio includes approximately three million square feet of real estate in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Austin, and
A formal strategic partnership has been signed by the Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Dmitri Kobylkin, and the Chairman of the Board of private equity infrastructure investor Rise Capital AB (Rise Capital), Gerard Lopez.
This took place at the St Petersburg Economic Forum in Russia and in the presence of the authorised representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Urals Federal District, Mr Igor Kholmanskih.
The terms of this partnership agreement will give Rise Capital the authority to conduct preliminary negotiations with a view to attracting new capital from international and domestic private investors
As the costs of doing business have increased, more and more hedge fund managers are adopting the cloud; this has revolutionised the way all businesses operate, not just hedge funds.
But as technology improves and brings greater operational efficiency and data management capabilities to hedge funders, they are having to walk a tight line between bolstering security on the one hand, and justifying the costs on the other.
The arrival of cheaper and faster bandwidth means that everyone is always connected and as Andrew Flatt, CTO at Omni Partners LLP, a London-based hedge fund manager comments, “we are all ‘always-on’.”
Ten Alps has completed a major recapitalisation, brought in new Board members and is acquiring Reef Television, a UK production business.
Mark Wood, Chief Executive Officer of Ten Alps, says: “This is a significant moment in the turnaround of Ten Alps. The proposed acquisition of Reef Television is an important first step in a strategy to achieve greater scale and momentum in our TV and digital content businesses. The new capital structure will enable us to invest in faster growth, with the guidance of our experienced Board members appointed today. Together, as an enlarged Group, we intend to bring in
Belgian-Dutch investment company Waterland Private Equity Investments (Waterland) is to provide growth capital to the Intelligent Group, the Belgian market leader in developing and providing hosting services.
Intelligent was founded in 1999 by Jonas Dhaenens under the Combell brand and has grown to become the most important provider of hosting services in Belgium in recent years, with a strong presence in the Netherlands. The company is primarily known for its strong hosting brands Combell and Unitt. Combell focuses on a diverse offering of hosting services ranging from domain names, e-mail and webhosting to managed hosting server applications and related products,
Emerging-market investment firm Actis has elected Torbjorn Caesar as the Firm’s new Senior Partner.
Caesar has assumed his new role with immediate effect, succeeding Paul Fletcher, who becomes Non-Executive Chairman of the Firm.
Fletcher says: “I am delighted that Torbjorn will take over as the Senior Partner of Actis. During his 13 years at the Firm, he has shown outstanding leadership skills in tandem with generating excellent investment returns. We are indeed fortunate to have him lead and inspire the next generation of Actis and to develop the Firm in its second decade.”
Caesar says: “On behalf of the Firm,
TPG Growth, the global middle market and growth equity platform of TPG, and Satya Capital Limited have formed partnership to focus on new investments in Africa.
The relationship will bring together the global strength and resources of TPG's investment platform, and the regional expertise and relationships of Satya and founding chairman Mo Ibrahim, to identify and invest in African companies looking to expand both in Africa and globally.
TPG Growth is a market leader in emerging markets investing. Its experienced investment professionals and global operations team have built successful and distinctive businesses around the world in countries such as
Paul Hastings has advised Masonite International Corporation in connection with the proposed sale of Premdor France Group to the investment fund Perceva.
Masonite International Corporation is listed on the NYSE and is one of the global leaders in manufacturing doors for construction, with sales of USD1.8 billion in 2014 and 10,300 employees around the world.
Alvarez & Marsal advised Premdor France Group, a company that manufactures and sells wooden and metal doors principally in France and had sales of approximately EUR100 million in 2014, employing 635 people.
Completion of the transaction is subject to the opinion of the
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