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RLJ Equity Partners has acquired MarketCast, LLC, a provider of strategic insights and analysis to marketers and researchers in the global entertainment industry.
RLJ Equity Partners, in alliance with GE Asset Management, acquired MarketCast from Shamrock Capital Advisors, a leading media, communications, and entertainment private equity firm based in Los Angeles.
MarketCast works in collaboration with clients across the entertainment spectrum to test and optimise their content, marketing, and distribution strategies. The company maintains long-standing client relationships with all of the major motion picture studios and production companies, as well as a growing number of broadcast, cable, and OTT programmers
Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix), the UK mid-market private equity firm, is making an initial investment to support the future development of Just Childcare Limited (Just Childcare).
Phoenix is investing alongside the founders of Just Childcare, David and Jacqueline Johnson, having previously worked successfully with David Johnson when the Phoenix 2001 Fund invested in Acorn Care & Education. As a result of this long-term relationship, Phoenix invested in Just Childcare without a competitive bidding process.
Since its formation in 2004, Just Childcare has acquired six day nurseries, with a seventh opening shortly, all in the Northwest of England. Phoenix sees
A new online investment platform is accepting registrations from investors seeking a unique opportunity to invest in property developments through the fast-growing medium of crowdfunding.
Called Build Backer (www.buildbacker.com) it gives investors the ability to invest directly in a property development project alongside a developer so they can enjoy the high returns and asset security associated with traditional property investing, without the high capital outlay, expensive professional fees or time.
Visitors to the website will be able to see the complete website, find out about the company and learn all about the advantages of property development for both investors and
European companies competing in the global M&A market consider that increasingly tight anti-trust regimes in countries around the world are now the single most important hurdle facing international dealmakers.
That’s according to a new report by law firm Paul Hastings, “Global M&A: Momentum for Growth”, which is based on interviews with 40 top European corporations, investment banks, private equity funds and other business leaders. The potential limitations on a company’s freedom to manoeuvre, due to ever-stricter competition laws, meant that other forms of corporate combination may come back into favour as companies try to navigate antitrust regulations.
“We are
Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Financial Regulation and Investment Funds team with the appointment of financial regulation specialist Daniel Hirschfield.
Hirschfield, who joined the firm from Mayer Brown on 27 October as a Senior Associate, has considerable expertise helping regulated businesses across the banking, investment and insurance sectors navigate the UK’s financial services regulatory regime. He offers particular experience in relation to the regulation of funds and their managers under the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.
On joining Howard Kennedy, Hirschfield says: ”I see this as an excellent opportunity to work with a UK-centric firm that has
Pamplona Capital Management’s private equity fund has acquired a majority stake in Intralign Holdings LLC (Intralign).
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Intralign was formed in 2012 with a disruptive thesis to address a critical issue facing many hospitals today – spiraling costs and inconsistent clinical outcomes in the operating room (OR). Intralign combines clinical expertise, consulting services and IT/analytics tools to increase efficiencies, lower costs and improve clinical outcomes in major joint replacement and other surgeries. Intralign's unique, technology-enabled service model provides a fully-integrated offering that enables hospital clients to better manage the costs of surgical episodes of care and
Solar Holdings has acquired CAP Automotive from Montagu Private Equity for a total consideration of GBP288m. Livingstone advised Solera on the acquisition.
Solera, a NYSE-listed company (Ticker SLH), is a leading provider of risk and asset management software and services to the automotive and property marketplace, including the global P&C insurance industry. Solera is active in over 70 countries across six continents.
CAP is a leading provider of real-time, high accuracy valuations and specifications for new and used vehicles in the UK. CAP’s solutions provide pricing transparency for vehicle transactions and enable buyers and sellers of vehicles to make accurate
Bowside Capital has held the final closing of Bowside Capital Fund III, with USD37.25 million in capital commitments.
“The offering was well received by our existing limited partners and other new investors, allowing us to exceed our target of USD35 million in under 12 months,” says Christian Albert, managing partner. “Our consistent and focused investment strategy on the small buyout market and the performance of the predecessor funds contributed to the success of the fundraise.”
Bowside's investment program is designed to build a diversified portfolio of investments in the private small cap market. Bowside invests in US and Canadian private
First Names Group has formed Global Structured Finance Services Unit in the USA. To drive this new corporate service the Group has appointed Orlando Figueroa (pictured) and Mark Ferraris as Managing Directors.
Ferraris and Figueroa will be responsible for driving the global strategy to deliver services through both First Names Group’s existing network including the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Ireland, The Netherlands and Switzerland new jurisdictions. They will focus on the global capital markets industry, specifically those services associated with the formation, management, governance, accounting and administration for special purpose entities for securitisations and other types of complex financing structures.
Ferraris
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B Leonardi has agreed to join the Evercore as a senior advisor with a focus on the insurance industry sector.
Leonardi has nearly 40 years of experience as an investment banker, venture capitalist, attorney, and insurance company president, and is widely regarded as a leading expert on systemic risk, group supervision, and international regulatory issues.
Roger Altman, Evercore’s Executive Chairman, says: “At a time of intense regulatory changes in the insurance industry, both here and abroad, Tom’s professionalism, knowledge and experience, coupled with his personal character and integrity, will prove invaluable to a wide range
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