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Law firm Noerr has advised the leading British outsourcing service provider Capita on the announced takeover of the customer contact management service provider avocis.
The purchase price is EUR210 million. The transaction is pending approval by the Federal Cartel Office.
avocis is active in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (DACH) and has a strong market position in the DACH region. The company is currently under private equity majority ownership and provides customer contact management services in the telecommunications industry and to utility companies.
Capita has already made two smaller acquisitions in the German market and plans to combine the companies of
SMG Europe, the owner of Manchester Arena and the First Direct Arena in Leeds, has acquired event catering and hospitality specialist, CGC Events Ltd.
SMG is a worldwide leader in venue management and, along with its US base, is working on projects throughout the UK, Europe, Middle East and Australasia. The business has a strong foothold in both the domestic and international entertainment venue markets, and also has ownership of the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and Odyssey Arena in Belfast, as well as venues in Poland and Germany. It has turnover of £45m and the combined European group has
Corporate and fiduciary services company, MaplesFS is to provide entity management and corporate services globally to TPG, an international private investment firm.
Responding to the increasing trend for investment management and private equity firms seeking to outsource these services for their global companies, the Maples group has developed its own proprietary technology. Entity management worldwide is an increasingly important aspect of fund administration and this innovation allows clients to consolidate everything worldwide across all jurisdictions with one provider via its secure, centralised and sophisticated online platform, Maples eServices.
MaplesFS is renowned for its service culture and willingness to invest in
GSR Ventures has selected the iLEVEL Private Capital Data Platform to optimise the firm’s portfolio monitoring process.
GSR Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests primarily in early and growth stage technology companies with operations in China. They have offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Silicon Valley.
“iLEVEL will enable us to streamline our data collection process and extract more information from the performance data that we already have,” says Ryann Yap, CFO of GSR Ventures. “By centralising our process into a single repository, we can work off of one set of verified data for investment analysis and investor
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals is opening of new offices in China and India.
The establishment of a presence in these two markets demonstrates strong support for the region's growing number of members and candidates and allows for renewed focus on advocacy efforts to actively shape public policy that strengthens investor confidence and market integrity.
"This important milestone in the history of CFA Institute underscores our commitment to the Asia Pacific region and to the global investment profession," says Paul Smith, CFA, president and CEO of CFA Institute. "The new offices in Beijing and Mumbai demonstrate the
HarbourVest Partners has appointed Kevin Warn-Schindel as a Managing Director based in Boston to lead the Real Assets investment program.
This includes a focus on energy, infrastructure, natural resources, and real estate.
HarbourVest has expanded its capabilities and platform for investing in real assets to leverage its expertise, experience, and relationships in the market. The firm has expanded since early 2014 to include professionals focused on real assets who have integrated into our existing process and platform. HarbourVest currently manages nearly USD1 billion of capital focused on investing in real assets.
“HarbourVest has been reviewing opportunities in real
Maranon Capital has appointed Theresa D Mozzocci as a Principal and promoted Andrew C Eshelman to Vice President.
Mozzocci has over 20 years of experience in business development and alternative investment strategies. At Maranon, she will focus on fund raising and investor relations. Previously, Mozzocci was with Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors, Crestline Investors, William Blair & Company, and Duff & Phelps Investment Management.
Mozzocci earned an MBA from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin. She is also a CFA charter holder.
Eshelman joined Maranon as an Associate in 2012 from
Venture capital and private equity activity posted strong results in 2014, according to the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association's (CVCA) 2014 VC and PE Market Activity report.
There was a total of 379 venture capital deals during the year with CAD1.9 billion invested, and 296 private equity deals with CAD41.2 billion invested last year.
"Venture capital and private equity investment remains robust and the feeling amongst our industry is that won't change in 2015," says Mike Woollatt, CEO, CVCA. "Despite the economic uncertainty in Canada, there are opportunities."
The strong results are expected to continue in 2015. Data
Private equity firm PAI Partners is to acquire AS Adventure Group a European retailer of outdoor equipment and clothing, from Lion Capital LLP.
The senior management team will continue to lead the Group and will reinvest alongside PAI.
Created in 1995 by Mr Emiel Lathouwers, AS Adventure has grown to become the leading specialty retailer of branded outdoor products in Europe, operating three brands across a network of 151 stores in Belgium, Luxembourg and France (AS Adventure), the United Kingdom (Cotswold Outdoor) and the Netherlands (Bever) as well as digital retail platforms in each market. The Group’s product offering
Over 70% of real estate firms surveyed by Preqin at the end of 2014 felt competition for both investment opportunities and sources of capital had increased over the past year. Preqin’s Head of Real Assets Products, Andrew Moylan, assesses the increasingly competitive landscape facing private real estate fund managers:
There are many challenges currently facing both fund managers and investors active in the private real estate space. The improving fortunes of the private real estate industry in recent years – the industry now manages an all-time high of USD742bn in assets and generated annualised returns of 16.7% over the last
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