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Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and PineBridge Investments Middle East are to establish a joint venture platform to invest in direct private equity opportunities in Africa.
The MOU was signed by both Dr Adel Alsayed, KHC’s executive director for private equity and international investments, and Talal Al Zain, chief executive officer of PineBridge Investments Middle East.
The joint venture between KHC and PineBridge Middle East will invest in African companies, in response to rising investor demand for exposure to the continent’s fast growing economies. Key focus sectors include manufacturing, consumer driven sectors, infrastructure, financial services and other sectors.
Prince Alwaleed Bin
Perella Weinberg Partners has appointed Jorma Ollila, former chairman and chief executive officer of nokia and current chairman of the board of directors of Royal Dutch Shell and Outokumpu Oyj, as advisory partner.
Ollila will provide senior counsel to the firm and its clients, particularly in Europe.
Joseph Perella, chairman and chief executive officer of Perella Weinberg Partners, says: "Jorma is a well-respected executive and he represents everything we prize in a senior advisor. He offers invaluable international business perspective and insight that will be beneficial to both the Firm and our clients. We are very fortunate to have
Oakley Capital Corporate Finance (OCCF) has advised ISIS Equity Partners on its GBP45 million secondary buyout of Metronet (UK) from Lloyds Development Capital.
The OCCF team, led by James Chapman-Andrews and supported by Anthony Yaneza, provided full M&A advisory services to ISIS throughout the deal and ran a competitive leveraged debt process simultaneously.
Based in Manchester, Metronet (UK) is a business only internet services provider that combines wireless technology with traditional fibre to deliver connectivity solutions from leased lines to complex, multi-site networks across the UK. The company has over 1,200 customers including Laing O’Rourke, Autotrader, Capgemini and Umbro.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has invested in Afriflora, a Dutch company operating in Ethiopia with 450 hectares of land and 8,700 employees and the world's largest producer of fair trade roses.
The deal is the US private equity firm’s first in Africa.
The Barnhoorn family, a father and his two sons, will remain active as management after the transaction.
Marktlink Mergers & Acquisitions advised the Barnhoorn family in the course of this transaction.
During the entire process, Marktlink had a coordinating role, including advising the Barnhoorn family on finding the right investor. Marktlink was responsible for the
With less than one month to go until the transitional phase of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) comes to an end, Jersey is seeing a strong take-up in its private placement route into Europe.
Figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) show that more than 70 per cent of the 52 funds registered so far this year in Jersey have been approved to market into the EU under the AIFMD through Jersey’s private placement regime.
In addition, according to the JFSC, a total of 43 funds have so far been registered to market into the
Fiona Le Poidevin of Guernsey Finance explains how Guernsey remains the ‘go-to’ jurisdiction for domiciling private equity funds.
As a jurisdiction, Guernsey has become synonymous with private equity.
There are in the region of 850 Guernsey domiciled investment funds which are used for cross-border distribution to all corners of the globe and there is recognition that there is a wealth of expertise and infrastructure in the Island for the structuring, management and administration of private equity funds.
Apax, BC Partners, Mid-Europa, Permira and Terra Firma amongst others have established operations in Guernsey which is a testament to the
TCA Fund Management Group has published the prospectus for TCA Credit Liquidity Fund (TCA CLF), a feeder fund for TCA Global Credit Master Fund.
TCA CLF will be listed as a closed-end investment company through an initial public offering (IPO) on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, with admission expected to occur by August of this year, and will be eligible for inclusion in ISAs.
The IPO is targeting to raise USD25 million (GBP15 million), with shares issued at 100p per share.
The Master Fund began making investments in 2010 and currently has an established portfolio
BC Partners portfolio company Mergermarket Group has acquired Perfect Information, the London-headquartered provider of global workflow solutions and financial information for investment banks and corporate finance advisory professionals, for GBP26 million.
Founded in 1991 as the first online provider of original corporate filings, Perfect Information offers a suite of digital subscription-only products to around 17,000 users in 42 countries.
The group’s core products include:
· PI Navigator and newly-created Filings Expert, a corporate finance and capital markets database providing access to 18 million filings for 50,000 companies worldwide. Filings Expert launched in Q1 2014, upgrading PI Navigator users
DKG Group has obtained USD10 million in a new round of fundraising, which raised its net worth to an estimated value of USD800 million.
Private equity firm CPC, KGV venture group and DAG Asia investment advisors have jointly invested.
DKG Group has targeted its listing onto the preferred exchanges in Europe, and intends to raise USD85 million. With an approximate total issued share of 100 million shares (excluding underwriters’ over-allotments), DKG Group will have a market capitalisation of USD500 million to USD800 million.
DKG’s future development and growth will be focused on gaming and leisure, while the O2O
American Securities has closed its third distressed private equity investment partnership, American Securities Opportunities Fund III, with total capital commitments from external investors of USD1 billion.
The partnership was oversubscribed and hit its hard capitalisation, ending with nearly 40 per cent more capital than its USD753.4 million predecessor, American Securities Opportunities Fund II.
Institutional investors included asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
Lawrence A First, chief investment officer of American Securities Opportunities Fund, says: "We are pleased to have raised a new pool of capital that will allow us to continue to apply our
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