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CITIC Capital Partners has acquired a controlling stake in King Koil Shanghai Sleep System Co.
The investment was made through CITIC Capital China Partners II, the firm’s second China-focused buyout fund.
King Koil is a Shanghai-based manufacturer and retailer of premium mattresses in China and the exclusive licensee of several international mattress brands such as “King Koil”, “Aireloom”, and “Life Balance” in China. The company owns the Chinese trademark for King Koil, a leading US brand founded in 1898.
Yichen Zhang, chairman and CEO of CITIC Capital Holdings Limited, says: “King Koil is a leading player in the
Private equity firm Intervale Capital has acquired Recapture Solutions from Triten Corporation.
Recapture provides flare reduction and natural gas power solutions to oil and gas production companies in the Permian, Williston (Bakken) and DJ (Niobrara) basins.
Intervale is a private equity firm which invests exclusively in oilfield manufacturing and service companies.
In association with the transaction, Jason Arnoldy has been named chief executive officer of Recapture and Cary Ratterree has been named president. They co-founded Recapture in 2012.
Arnoldy says: "Since inception, Recapture's goal has been to provide a gas capture solution that offers a clear economic benefit
FreshGrade has secured USD4.3 million in seed funding from education and venture capital firms NewSchools Venture Fund, Emerson Collective, Accel Partners and Social Capital.
Designed in collaboration with teachers and parents, FreshGrade is an education resource for administrators, teachers and parents allowing for maximum classroom engagement and real-time assessment by mirroring how people communicate and use technology today.
In autumn the Surrey School District, the largest school district in British Columbia and one of the largest in Canada, will implement FreshGrade as its standard reporting tool for the 2014-2015 school year.
"FreshGrade has done something unique in the
HIG Europe has acquired the majority of the assets of Estro Group, a provider of childcare services in the Netherlands.
The group has been re-launched under the name Smallsteps, operating 251 former Estro locations and employing 2,750 former Estro staff.
The deal was completed shortly after Estro was temporarily placed into administration. All continuing locations are operating under “business as usual” conditions.
The Smallsteps management team includes former senior members of the Estro management team. John Woodward, founder of Busy Bees, a UK provider of childcare, was appointed chairman of the Smallsteps supervisory board. Woodward has over 30
Atlas Copc is to acquire Henrob, a manufacturer of self-pierce riveting systems and rivets especially for the automotive industry.
As part of the transaction Atlas Copco intends to acquire all entities of Henrob with main facilities in the US and the UK.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including merger control clearances from the competent competition authorities.
Partner Dr Christian Haellmigk at CMS Hasche Sigle in Stuttgart is leading the competition team which advises Atlas Copco in Germany. The team also coordinates the corresponding merger control procedures in Austria (CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz) and the US (Drinker
Jeff Sica has launched Circle Squared Alternative Investments, a firm dedicated to providing financial advisors with access to alternative investments previously available only to institutions and ultra-high net-worth investors.
Sica’s approach to simplifying alternative market investing – investments that “touch the real economy” – is intended to give advisors and their clients greater confidence in their financial future.
In addition to offering access to alternative investments, Sica and his team will serve as coaches and mentors to advisors, helping them to better understand and communicate to their clients the role and advantages of alternative investments in a portfolio. Much
Nineyards Capital is to launch an electronic investment platform – Crowdstacker – in the fourth quarter.
Crowdstacker aims to help businesses take control of their funding requirements and to move away from traditional finance channels by delivering a range of investment products.
The news comes hot on the heels of Chancellor Osborne’s launch of Innovate Finance at Canary Wharf’s Level39 and his announcement of new measures to support the FinTech sector, including plans to allow peer to peer lending in ISAs and incentives to encourage investment start-ups.
Nineyards Capital co-founder and director, Mark Bristow, says: “We are seeing
Albion Community Power (ACP), a local power generation company, has funded the development of a small scale landfill gas engine in Docking, Norfolk.
Docking will be developed in conjunction with ACP’s biogas partner, AlphaGen Renewables, which will oversee the installation and operation of a 50kW microgeneration landfill gas engine.
The project will generate power from the landfill gas resource at the site under a 20 year agreement with Norfolk County Council.
Docking represents the first project with AlphaGen Renewables and the first biogas project in the ACP portfolio.
ACP undertakes projects in biogas alongside wind, hydro and
Emerging markets private equity (EM PE) fundraising and investment activity in the first half of 2014 showed positive signs of growth, as funds raised and capital invested increased year-on-year.
Fund managers raised USD20 billion and invested USD14 billion through the first six months of 2014, corresponding to a 48 per cent and 28 per cent increase, respectively, compared with the same period in 2013, and on pace to surpass last year’s totals.
EM PE’s share of global private equity funds raised increased from 11 per cent in 2013 to 13 per cent in 1H 2014, an indication of recalibrating
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Nick Jenkins as head of technical for trustee and depositary services in the UK.
Jenkins has 30 years’ experience in the trustee and depositary industry.
He joins from Citi where he was head of fiduciary oversight and research.
At BNP Paribas he will work with asset manager clients to help them manage regulatory change and ensure a smooth transition to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and Ucits V regimes.
“Nick is an expert in how AIFMD and Ucits V apply to UK asset managers. He brings an outstanding wealth
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