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The mood is upbeat once again in the European private equity sector, according to Roland Berger’s European Private Equity Outlook 2013.
After a more pessimistic mood among PE investors in 2012, more deals are expected this year – especially in Scandinavia and Germany.
In contrast, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Greece are expected to continue to experience a slight decline.
Pharmaceuticals, healthcare, consumer goods & retail and energy utilities are considered the key target industries.
However, really big transactions are expected to be the exception, partly because the economic situation remains uncertain, according to those surveyed;
Terra Venture Partners has held the first closing for its new fund at USD20m.
The fund’s primary investors include a US private equity fund, a Brazilian bank, European family offices, and additional strategic investors, many of which have invested in Terra’s first fund.
Terra is targeting USD50mn in total. On completion of fundraising for Fund II, Terra will manage a total of USD90m.
The capital raised for the second fund is expected to be invested in ventures not necessarily associated with the traditional cleantech industry, and which connect between internet, software and mobile technology, and have a
Paine & Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on investing in food and agribusiness, has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent entity of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods, which was an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners.
Following the closing, Sunrise will no longer be an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Sunrise is a frozen fruit processor and marketer. The company, headquartered in Placentia, California, was founded in 1977 and operates processing facilities in Oxnard and Santa Maria, California, which are strategically located in the
BNY Mellon, a provider of investment management and investment services, has been appointed by SEB Investment Management to provide fund administration services for over 150 funds valued at EUR40bn.
Domiciled across Sweden, Luxembourg and Finland, the funds include SEB’s fund of hedge funds and private equity funds.
BNY Mellon will also be providing transfer agency for the Luxembourg-domiciled funds.
Peter Branner, chief executive of SEB Investment Management, says: "BNY Mellon are able to offer us a solution that breaks new ground in the Nordic region, providing a platform for us to grow our funds range and to
The US IPO market surged in the early part of 2013 and, in overall equity capital markets volume, the US exchanges continue to dominate the globe, driving the most deal activity.
According to Ernst & Young’s Global IPO update, 24 IPOs have gone effective in Q1, raising more than USD6.7bn in proceeds.
The Ernst & Young US IPO Pipeline Analysis indicates an additional nine IPOs, which are scheduled to price before quarter end, will raise USD1.8bn and will be on par with the 33 IPOs which raised USD8.7bn in Q4.
As the US housing market continues
Northzone portfolio company Asetek has completed its initial public offering with its shares listed on the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “ASETEK”.
After a prompt road show and an oversubscribed offering, Asetek, a manufacturer and marketer of thermal management solutions used in computers and data centre servers, has raised approximately USD25m in gross proceeds, reaching a market capitalisation of USD93m.
The net proceeds to the company resulting from the offering will primarily be used to support Asetek’s efforts within the data centre business where the company expects strong growth going forward.
Deborah Zurkow (pictured), CIO Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors on the UK Government’s decision to boost infrastructure spending by GBP3bn a year…
By earmarking a further GBP3bn from a fiscally constrained budget, the Chancellor has underlined the importance of infrastructure spending to the UK economy. Given the estimated GBP200bn pipeline of infrastructure projects identified by the Government, the lion’s share of investment will need to come from the private sector.
The government should be congratulated on the steps it has taken thus far but more focus is needed on unlocking additional sources of investment. In particular there is a gap
Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in lower mid-market companies, has acquired a majority interest in Aerospace Products International (API), an aviation parts and equipment distribution and supply chain management firm, from First Aviation Services.
"Aerospace Products International is well-positioned to take advantage of the industry’s trend toward the outsourcing of after-market product distribution and other critical functions. We will make a significant investment of capital to execute on our strategy of enhancing API’s capabilities and competitiveness and build it into a truly great international company," says Steven H Rosen, co-chief executive of Resilience.
Iris Capital has led an expansion fundraising round for reBuy reCommerce.
The equity investment will allow reBuy to grow its re-commerce business (which gives a second life to goods through new distribution channels) of entertainment products ranging from mobile devices, Apple products, tablets and video consoles to books, video games, DVDs and CDs.
As investor, Iris Capital joins a group of German private and venture capital investors, among them Hasso Plattner Ventures, DuMont Venture, Mountain Cleantech and Klaus Wecken.
Created in 2004 and originally named trade-a-game, reBuy is today the leading player in the German re-commerce market
Leading M&A practitioners are the most bullish on deal activity since the collapse of the last buyout boom with 97 per cent of North American advisers forecasting an uptick from 2012.
The primary driver of this optimism, the strongest in the six years this survey has been conducted, is greater confidence among CEOs and in the board room (64 per cent), followed by optimism of a burgeoning economy (53 per cent) and the ready availability of inexpensive debt (45 per cent).
The 6th Annual Brunswick Group M&A Survey polled over 100 top advisers from North America, Greater China, and
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