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AdvancePierre Foods has completed the acquisition of the manufacturing assets of Better Bakery, (Better Bakery), a Valencia, California-based manufacturer of premium stuffed sandwiches.
Production is being relocated to AdvancePierre’s sandwich manufacturing operation in Caseyville, Ill.
The addition of Better Bakery’s premium, handcrafted stuffed sandwiches expands AdvancePierre’s ready-to-eat sandwich platform and enables new distribution and market penetration with premium and natural food customers.
Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, are AdvancePierre’s majority shareholder. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, announced today the closing of TPG Growth III, its largest fund dedicated to investments in small- and mid-sized growth companies.
The fund reached over USD3 billion in aggregate capital commitments, surpassing its fundraising target of USD2.75 billion in five months.
“The interest in our third fund speaks to the success of TPG’s growth equity strategy. We invest in dynamic companies, partnering with founders and management teams to leverage the full resources of the TPG platform and scale businesses in the US and around the world,” says Bill McGlashan,
ACE & Company, a global private equity group, has committed USD7.5 million to CompareAsiaGroup in a USD40 million capital raise round led by Goldman Sachs and Nova Founders Capital.
CompareAsiaGroup is one of the leading financial platforms in Asia. The investment reflects ACE’s strong interest in the growing and proven business model of comparing financial service products, as CompareAsiaGroup offers customers a one-stop online solution to compare banking, insurance and telecommunications services.
ACE firmly believes that CompareAsiaGroup’s future success will be driven by its best in class management team and their superior execution. Founded in 2013 by Nova Founders Capital
International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is advising Santander Asset Management on its merger with Pioneer Investment.
Santander Asset Management is a joint venture between private equity funds Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic (as to 50 per cent) and Santander SA (as to 50 per cent). CGSH is also advising the private equity funds on the transaction. Pioneer is owned by Unicredit.
The combined company, with approximately EUR353 billion in assets under management at the close of 2014, will be called Pioneer Investments. Following completion of the deal, Santander will have a direct 33.3 per cent stake
LBO France is to sell Worldwide Flight Services (WFS, a cargo handler and a leading global provider of ground handling and technical services, to private equity firm Platinum Equity.
WFS operates at over 140 major airports in more than 22 countries on five continents, and serves 300 airlines globally, including the handling of four million tons of cargo and 50 million airline passengers per annum. The company has grown from a family business to a global leader in its fields and now employs 12,000 staff worldwide.
LBO France acquired WFS in 2006 from French construction leader Vinci. Over the 2006-2015
Unigestion has launched a Private Debt Allocator tool, which identifies private debt opportunities to exactly match clients’ investment objectives.
Through its work with clients, Unigestion has identified a common perception of the universe of private debt opportunities as large, diverse and challenging. Depending on the type of debt, it can yield returns for investors of anything between 5 per cent and 20 per cent. This solution aims to help clients navigate across the myriad of different asset types, investment strategies and differing characteristics.
The Private Debt Allocator simplifies the process by taking a structured approach to evaluating each private debt
A new global study on alternative channels for capital from shadow banking provides a unique investor perspective on what it will take for these financing vehicles to take hold and support economic growth.
The report makes recommendations for improved transparency and simplification in securities financing, including management of collateral and reforming the securitisation market. The study also includes the results of a CFA Institute member survey which finds that 55 per cent of professional investor respondents globally identified a need for greater standardisation and simplification of issuance structures in securitisation markets.
Shadow Banking: Policy Frameworks and Investor Perspectives
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo and Teachers’ Private Capital, the private investor department of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, have completed their acquisition of Riverbed Technology, a specialist in application performance infrastructure.
The acquisition is valued at approximately USD3.5 billion, with Riverbed stockholders receiving USD21.00 per share in cash. With the transaction’s close, Riverbed stock has ceased trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol RVBD.
“Riverbed is a clear industry leader and significant addition to our portfolio of software companies,” says Seth Boro, a managing partner at Thoma Bravo. “Our team is looking forward to building upon Riverbed’s world class
IK Investment Partners’ IK 2000 Fund is to sell Sportfield Deutschland Holding (SportGroup), a specialist in sports and recreational surfaces systems, to Equistone Partners Europe Limited.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
With over 40 years’ experience, SportGroup is a worldwide quality and innovation leader for synthetic sport and recreational surface systems with turnover of approx. EUR300 million in 2014. SportGroup develops, produces and installs artificial turf fields and tracks (both running tracks and multi-purpose surfaces). The Group operates an integrated business model with all system critical components being manufactured in-house. SportGroup
Infrastructure construction contracts peaked to unprecedented levels in March hitting GBP1.6 billion in value and 90 per cent higher than those awarded in the same period last year, according to figures released today (24 April 2015).
The award of two major contracts including the M4 Corridor project surrounding Newport and the A5-M1 Link at Dunstable, collectively valued at GBP967 million, during the month indicates that the Government’s promised investment in road infrastructure is beginning to come to fruition.
The industrial sector also posted a strong performance with contract values during March equating to GBP627 million representing a 104.7 per
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