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Chelverton Asset Management (CAM) has completed the acquisition of Electrobase RP Limited for GBP3.9 million, its second transaction since the launch last year of its Investor Club proposition.
Chelverton Investor Club has raised GBP2m of equity from its high net worth membership towards the transaction, together with an institutional investor partner which it introduced to the transaction – Chrysalis VCT PLC.
Supporting debt finance was provided by Santander.
Electrobase is an engineering firm undertaking precision sheet metal work, using the latest computerised technology alongside its particular specialism, aluminium salt bath dip brazing. The company is one of only
Tikehau IM has held the final closing of its latest senior leveraged loans fund, Tikehau Corporate Leveraged Loan Fund (TCLLF), at EUR230 million, lifting the amount of AUM in its senior leveraged loan strategy to more than EUR700 million.
Tikehau IM sourced commitments from about 10 institutional investors, most of which were insurance companies, who valued the diversification and prospective returns as well as the new regulatory provisions which allow them to count this new type of fund towards their solvency capital requirement.
Mathieu Chabran, managing director of Tikehau IM, says: “We are very pleased with the reception we
Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services dedicated to private equity and infrastructure houses, real estate firms, multinationals, private clients and private debt managers, has unveiled a new corporate identity.
Alter Domus says it wants to clearly express who it is, what it does and how it is different from the competition.
“We want an identity to encapsulate who we are today, and our ambitions for our clients and our 750 employees around the world. This new identity will strengthen and modernise how Alter Domus represents its worldwide network to its clients, its people and the communities
Miranda Lansdowne has been appointed managing director of the JTC Luxembourg office.
Lansdowne recently relocated from Jersey to Luxembourg to head up the JTC office in Europe’s largest fund domicile.
Lansdowne has worked at JTC Group since 2007 as a group director of fund services overseeing the management of the fund administration teams in Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg and the UK.
Further to her JTC responsibilities, she supervises the provision of services to several key private equity fund clients and holds a number of directorships in the funds sector.
Lansdowne will continue with her group responsibilities in addition
Swedish public company The Gunnebo Security Group has completed the acquisition of Clear Image, a provider of electronic security solutions and services in the UK.
Livingstone’s Industrial sector team advised Gunnebo on the purchase.
Clear Image offers intelligent electronic security solutions. Its customer base includes banks, cash in transit companies and retailers.
“The acquisition of Clear Image is a perfect fit for Gunnebo,” says Gunnebo’s president and chief executive Per Borgvall. “It enhances our strong existing security offering and opens up new opportunities for us on the UK market within some of our core customer segments.”
Clear
eFront, a software provider of financial solutions for managing alternative investments, has extended its partnership with international technology consulting firm Methys, naming it the integrator for all eFront solutions in Africa.
The two companies will build on the partnership’s successes implementing eFront solutions throughout Africa to bring regional customers technologies, market leadership, local expertise, hosting and value-added services.
eFront began its partnership with South Africa-based Methys in 2012 and, during that time, the two companies have collaborated on seven projects in South Africa and throughout the continent.
“eFront and Methys have a long professional history together, based on
Paul Hastings has advised ActivumSG Capital Management on the acquisition financing of formart, the second largest residential real estate developer in Germany, from Hochtief Solutions.
ActivumSG Capital Management is a European fund manager that invests in niche opportunities in real estate related sectors by identifying high quality, but undervalued assets with unrealised potential.
formart is one of Germany’s largest real estate developers in major metropolitan areas. The company designs, builds and sells residential real estate projects for private clients and institutional investor and has, at present, a pipeline of around 70 projects with a volume of approximately EUR1.3 billion.
Pershing Square Holdings (PSH), a closed end fund that is an active investor and owner of large minority stakes in North American, large-capitalisation public companies, has listed on Euronext’s Amsterdam market.
PSH was listed through the admission to trading of 250,253,351 public shares on Euronext Amsterdam.
The admission of these shares follows a USD2,73 billion placement of new shares issued by Pershing Square Holdings Ltd to non-US institutional and professional investors. The placement may raise capital of up to USD3 billion if the over-allotment option is exercised. The admission and issue price of Pershing Square Holdings Ltd shares was set
Simplestream, a provider of ‘Over the Top’ (OTT) live streaming services for broadcast TV channels, has secured substantial funding from Beringea, the manager of the ProVen VCTs.
The investment will accelerate the expansion of TVPlayer, Simplestream’s B2C live TV streaming service, and facilitate the addition of more channel packs and multi-channel catch-up functionality.
TVPlayer is a live TV aggregator of more than 45 free-to-air channels, enabling consumers to watch their favourite channels in one place. Consumers go to tvplayer.com or download the free TVPlayer app from the Apple, Google or Amazon app store. In addition to streaming channels from
Lending Works, a peer-to-peer lender, has appointed Michael Raasch as its first head of technology.
With 20 years’ project development and management experience in the financial technology industry, Raasch will hold overall responsibility for Lending Works’ online and mobile IT development strategy.
Nick Harding, founding chief executive of Lending Works, says: “In the last few months, we have seen Lending Works transform as a business, from a start-up finding its feet to a genuine competitor to our largest peers. At this important stage in our growth, I am delighted that Michael has agreed to join us. Michael will be
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