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A study by private equity advisory firm Agamya Capital has found a remarkable consistency in investing by sector for the top sectors in pre- as well as post-2009 era of private equity investing.
The study looked at current investments of private equity firms in the US, with a primary focus on buyouts and recapitalisations. It began with a review of over 2,000 private equity firms and was narrowed to nearly 1,000 firms with private equity investments in the US.
The study found that consumer and food sectors comprise nearly 20 per cent of all current portfolio companies, and the
REISA, a US trade association serving the alternative investment and securities industry, is changing its name to the Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA).
"The change to Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association better reflects our organisation's mission and what we provide to the alternative investment industry," says ADISA executive director/chief executive John Harrison. "Our association represents thousands of individuals in alternative investments from all types and sectors, and we strive to provide the best education, networking and advocacy for these professionals.
ADISA influences more than 20,000 professionals who offer and manage alternative investments, such as non-traded REITs,
Celoxica, a provider of ultra-low latency market data, order entry and pre-trade risk solutions, has secured GBP1.5 million from Beringea Growth Finance, a provider of asset-based and working capital finance.
Beringea Growth Finance is part of Beringea LLP, the manager of the ProVen VCTs.
Established in 1996 as a spinout of Oxford University, Celoxica is a provider of trading solutions to the global financial services industry. Headquartered in the UK with offices in Chicago, New York and Paris, the company’s clients include some of the top automated trading firms, banks and brokers in the US and Europe.
Celoxica’s
RCP Advisors has promoted Raj Patel to vice president and hired Calvin Kleinschmidt as vice president and Colin Monasterio as investment associate.
Patel, who joined RCP as an associate in July 2013, is responsible for the identification and analysis of all private equity investments. Prior to joining RCP, he worked at Conversus Capital, where he focused on direct investments and secondaries.
Kleinschmidt worked at RCP from 2008-2012 as an investment associate before going to the University of Chicago to attend business school. He recently returned to RCP and is responsible for the identification and analysis of potential investments, as
Nautic Partners has partnered with management to acquire All Metro Health Care Services, a provider of home and community based services in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
All Metro was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Lynbrook, New York. It provides primarily non-skilled personal care aide services, including light housekeeping, homemaking, bathing and grooming to seniors and high needs individuals.
“We believe that All Metro is well positioned to serve as a value-added provider in its core states due to its high quality reputation, its broad geographical footprint and its leading presence in the New York specialty
Alceda Fund Management has been granted a licence to act as Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the Luxemburgish Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
The licence will enable Alceda to work with initiators of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) covering both traditional open-end equity and bond funds as well as closed-end real asset funds.
In March 2014, Alceda Asset Management GmbH had been granted a licence to act as AIFM by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).
Alceda manages and handles the administration of the funds issued by the Aquila Group and acts as AIFM and
Preqin assesses the evolution of infrastructure in investors’ portfolios in what is a continually maturing environment for the asset class, and examines investors’ plans for the year ahead.
Infrastructure is a growing area of interest for institutional investors, with many institutions attracted to the asset class by the offer of stable, long-term and low-risk returns. As institutions become more knowledgeable regarding infrastructure investments, increasing numbers of investors are entering the asset class, carving out dedicated allocations, or increasing their target exposure to the asset class. Using data from Preqin’s latest investor survey, we examine investors’ changing attitudes towards the asset
Nexxus Capital, through Nexxus Capital Private Equity Fund III, has partnered with Grupo Chartwell and Walton Street Capital to form Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe, a platform to operate and acquire hotels in Mexico.
As of 30 June 2014, Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe’s operating portfolio includes 13 hotels of which six are its own, four are owned by third parties and three are in development stage for a total of 3,292 current rooms plus 443 rooms under development.
The company’s hotel platform includes the brand Krystal consisting of four hotel sub-brands: Krystal Grand (5 star luxury), Krystal Resorts (5 stars),
Panoramic Growth Equity has invested GBP1 million of growth capital in family-run premium sausage makers Heck Foods, which was founded by Yorkshire farmers Andrew and Debbie Keeble.
Heck manufactures two brands of sausage – mid priced “The Harrogate Sausage Company” and its super premium “Heck” range. Its brands are sold throughout the UK in Tesco, ASDA, Morrisons, Booths and Waitrose, and via its own website.
The Keebles previously built the UK’s leading premium sausage brand, Debbie and Andrew’s. At its peak, it represented 26 per cent of the UK’s premium sausage market. Established in 1999, the business was sold to JJ
“The analogy I like to use is the Rubik’s Cube with all the colours mixed up. What we do is take clients through the process of realigning all their data – getting the colours of each block to match – to transform their data infrastructure,” says David van Rooyen, one of the founders of London-based Pomerol Partners.
Pomerol Partners is a business intelligence consultancy that specialises in advanced data visualisations. The firm builds business toolsets – dashboards – to help senior executives make more informed decisions. That sounds straightforward but within the financial services industry, particularly global investment banks, such
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