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UBS Fund Services has implemented SunGard’s Investran Insight to provide investment managers and investors with interactive reporting, advanced analytics, and data visualisation across its private equity value chain.
SunGard’s Investran Insight delivers a customisable and user-friendly portal experience that integrates seamlessly with the UBS client web portal, UBS Fund Services Online. Through Investran Insight, UBS clients and their limited partners (LPs) will have access to a secure, interactive reporting experience with detailed information available on investors, funds and underlying portfolio companies.
UBS Fund Services also uses SunGard’s Investran, which provides relationship management, reporting and partnership accounting functionality, and also integrates
Arc International, which produces glass tableware under well-known brands including Luminarc, Arcoroc, Cristal d'Arques Paris and Chef & Sommelier, has secured a EUR60 million equity injection from an investor group led by Peaked Hill Partners (PHP).
The investment completes the group’s recapitalisation and provides funds for the modernisation of the Group’s main production site in Arques, France.
In addition, the French State, through the Fonds de Développement Economique et Social (FDES) and Banque Natixis, has loaned the company EUR48.5 million, of which EUR26 million will be reimbursed within three weeks following closing. The remainder will mature within six months.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) is planning to move its listing on the Specialist Fund Market to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in early September 2015.
In order to clear the way for a Main Market listing, HVPE needs to ensure that US share ownership is below 50%. The Company believes that the US shareholder percentage is now below this level.
HVPE seeks to provide shareholders with superior, long-term capital growth while avoiding undue risk thanks to its diversification. HVPE currently gives investors exposure to 723 private equity funds and partnerships, including many of the industry’s
Private equity firm CenterOak Partners has added three senior members of staff: Jeff Moredock, Vice President; Megan Kneipp, Vice President for Business Development and Investor Relations; and Casey Gribble, Associate.
“We are pleased to round out our team with the hiring of Jeff, Megan and Casey, accomplished individuals with strong financial services backgrounds,” says CenterOak Managing Partner Randall Fojtasek. “They are joining an experienced and successful team, many of whom have worked together for more than a decade.”
Moredock will serve as a Vice President of CenterOak and will actively support all aspects of the Firm’s investment and monitoring activities.
Private equity firm Genstar Capital is partner with management to acquire a majority interest in Mercer Advisors from Lovell Minnick Partners
Mercer is a leading registered investment advisor with a full suite of wealth management services and over 30 years of experience. The Company services primarily the mass-affluent and high-net-worth clients and today has a strong base of individual clients with assets of nearly USD6 billion. Mercer Advisors offers comprehensive wealth management solutions, including: financial planning, investment management, tax management, retirement income and benefits planning, and estate planning.
Genstar's operational expertise and industry experience will be valuable in assisting the
Crowd2Fund has raised GBP2m from a range of UK and international investors, placing a national market value of GBP10m on the business which launched in August 2014.
The ‘Series A' investment round attracted the interest of a number of global family offices, including some highly influential entrepreneurs based in China, the Middle East and Europe.
Founder and Chief Executive Chris Hancock, says: "Crowd2Fund has taken on some well-connected Chinese investors which will not only help open the door to the Asia Pacific P2P market, but will also facilitate investment into the European market from China.
"Based on the slowdown of
InAuth, a provider of mobile fraud prevention and mobile application security has secured a USD20 million Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
The investment comes after a year of record growth, where the company added four of the five largest US banks as customers. BCV managing director Ben Nye will join the InAuth board.
InAuth has quickly emerged as the leader for mobile application and browser fraud detection, enhanced authentication and security. Founded in 2011, its customers include large global banks, payment processors, e-commerce merchants, and health insurance companies.
To protect their users, application publishers embed InAuth’s
Mooreland Partners has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to SugarSync, on its sale to j2 Global.
The acquisition of SugarSync's core operating business, which offers cloud file sharing, file sync and online backup services, further solidifies Mooreland's position among the most active advisors to the enterprise software sector.
"This transaction serves as a critical milestone for SugarSync, which helped to pioneer the online sync and storage industry. We are pleased to have played a role in orchestrating such an important and strategic combination, which joins SugarSync's highly-regarded technology and track record of innovation with an industry leader in j2,"
Private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has partnered with management to complete the acquisition of CJ Fallon Limited.
Based in Dublin, Ireland, CJ Fallon represents LLCP's first investment from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe, a EUR100 million private equity fund dedicated to investing in Europe.
CJ Fallon is a provider of educational content in both print and digital formats to primary and secondary schools throughout Ireland. Founded in 1927, the Company has a strong reputation for high quality content with over 900 titles across 20 different subject areas, as well as proprietary Maths and English benchmarking assessments. CJ
Deal Capital, a middle market merger and acquisition advisory firm, has expanded its buy-side advisory practice for private equity and family office firms across the United States and Canada.
The move is due to recent partnerships inked with strategic private equity groups looking to quickly expand their footprint in sourcing good deals for acquisition.
Traditionally, the company has maintained a very targeted focus on sell-side M&A deals, working with middle-market business owners and operators in the strategic sale, restructure or recapitalisation of their long-held businesses. New changes and connections with strategic partners has helped to expand the practice of M&A
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