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Piper, a leading private equity specialist in consumer brands, has taken a significant, minority stake in bar operator Be At One.
Be At One was founded by Steve Locke, Rhys Oldfield, and Leigh Miller, three former bartenders who worked together at TGI Fridays in the 1990s, The trio spotted a gap in then market to produce the finest cocktails in London served by the best quality staff. There are currently 190 exotic drinks on the menu and the company invests GBP5.000 on truing each bartender.
Be AT One opened its first bar in Battersea in 1998. Today, the chain runs
Amplio Filtration Group has secured a EUR16 million equity investment from Ambienta SGR, a global private equity firm that invests in the environmental sector. Ambienta made the investment through its Ambienta I fund, and this leads to Ambienta SGR becoming a minority shareholder in Amplio Filtration Group.
Ambienta I, started in 2008, has EUR217.5 million of committed capital and it is ranked in the top five private equity funds globally investing in the environmental sector (2011 analysis on Prequin data).
Amplio Filtration is currently delivering double digit growth and revenues of EUR35 million expected for FY 2011 ((2010: EUR22
Conditions in the UK private equity industry are forecast to improve over the next five years as debt markets improve, buyers return to the market and private equity firms exploit large cash balances and cheap valuations to add assets to their portfolios, according to latest report from IBISWorld, the UK’s largest publisher of industry research.
Industry revenue and profitability should grow moderately in line with this. Regulation poses a threat to the industry, with banking reforms and changes to takeover laws expected to increase borrowing costs and make it harder for private equity firms to engage in leveraged buyouts. IBISWorld
Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in premium-branded, select-service hotels, and affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, LP, a private investment firm, have completed the acquisition of 64 hotels from affiliates of Innkeepers USA Trust.
The joint venture between Cerberus and Chatham acquired the 64 hotels, aggregating 8,329 rooms, for a total gross purchase price of approximately USD1.02 billion, including the assumption of approximately USD675 million of mortgage debt on 45 of the hotels with a weighted average interest rate of 6.71 per cent and maturing in 2017. The other 19 hotels
Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has launched the Mercia Growth EIS Fund for tax efficient investment in its existing and future technology portfolio, which spans medical technology, clean technology and electronics, telecoms and software.
The Mercia Growth EIS Fund is open to investors with a minimum of £25,000 to invest and who are looking to enhance their investment portfolio with high growth technology businesses.
The MFM portfolio focuses on high growth scalable businesses which have modest capital needs and are four years away from profitability or exit.
MFM has a strong track record of sourcing, investing and growing the
Following the success of its Jersey-based BVI practice, Bedell Cristin has established a new Bedell Cristin BVI Partnership, which will commence business later this autumn.
The new BVI Partnership will operate from new offices in the BVI and Singapore in addition to continuing to service its European based clients out of Jersey. Our BVI law team will also work closely with our Jersey and Guernsey law teams in servicing our clients in Asia.
Complementing this development, Bedell Trust will at the same time be forming an affiliation with an established BVI corporate management services company to support the
TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of CoSentry, an Omaha-based provider of outsourced IT infrastructure services. TA partnered with CoSentry management to acquire the company. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Selling shareholders include McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity fund, and WaittCorp Investments, an Omaha-based investment company.
Founded in 2000, CoSentry offers a full complement of business continuity and resiliency services, supporting complex IT solutions for enterprise clients. The company provides data center services (colocation, hosting, managed Internet access), managed services (24/7 help desk, network monitoring, compliance), cloud computing (virtual
Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has gone live on time with eFront’s FrontInvest Alternatives. FrontInvest Alternatives is the global forerunner in alternative asset management platforms.
Dunedin is an independent private equity house operating throughout the UK from offices in London and Edinburgh. The company specialises in GBP20m – GBP75m management buyouts and funding for acquisitions. Dunedin has a record of successful exits achieved by trade sale, flotation, secondary buyout and refinancing. Its focus is on UK mid-market deals, backing ambitious and talented management teams in UK businesses with strong organic roll-out or acquisition opportunities in a broad
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, has successfully secured a third round of equity capital with a USD300 million equity commitment from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), subject to customary regulatory approval.
Avolon has now raised a total of USD1.4 billion in equity capital over the past 18 months from GIC and leading private equity firms Cinven, CVC Capital Partners and Oak Hill Capital Partners. Total capital raised to date by the firm is in excess of USD4 billion.
The proceeds form this fund raising will l be used to accelerate Avolon’s expansion and the continued growth
A distinct allocation to gold within a portfolio including alternative assets such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate and commodities, can preserve capital and reduce risk without diminishing long-term returns, concludes the latest research from the World Gold Council.
The report, Gold: Alternative investment, foundation asset, analyses the effect gold has when included in a portfolio of mainstream and alternative assets. The research shows that portfolios with an allocation to gold of between 3.3% and 7.5% (depending on the risk tolerance of the investor and the currency of reference) show higher risk-adjusted returns while consistently lowering Value at Risk
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