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Apex Group, a global financial services provider, has expanded its business relationship with DSG Consumer Partners, an investor in growing consumer businesses in India & Southeast Asia.
Founded in 2012, DSG Consumer Partners invests in early-stage growth businesses, partnering with founders to help build the next generation of world-class consumer brands in India & Southeast Asia.
DSG Consumer Partners has recently appointed Apex in Mauritius and Singapore to provide fund solutions to its fourth fund, Singapore-domiciled DSG Consumer Partners VCC. As a trusted business partner, Apex will be expanding its mandate with DSG Consumer Partners to support this new
Nobilis Care, a provider of personalised at-home care for the elderly and vulnerable, has secured a £3.5 million investment from independent asset manager BOOST&Co.
The funding will be used to enhance the firm’s working capital and enable expansion into new territories.
The Southampton-based company, which currently employs more than 750 people, has a growing network of 13 branches around the UK. The investment from BOOST&Co will enable Nobilis to expand these branches, catering for increased demand and ensuring that people can access high quality care across the country. Nobilis also aims to add additional branches in new geographies in
Impax Asset Management (Impax), the specialist asset manager investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has appointed Charles (Charlie) French as deputy chief investment officer, Listed Equities.
Heligan Group has closed its debut fundraise for its Heligan Investments business.
The Heligan Private Equity I fund will mainly target buyout investments (but will also consider minority investments on a case-by-case basis) in high growth technology companies with enterprise values between £5 million and £50 million and with a focus on the National Security, Crime Prevention and Public Safety sectors.
Heligan’s Partner led team is supported by a global network of distinguished professionals from the technology, law enforcement, military and intelligence fields, adding an invaluable layer of insight and influence.
Shoosmiths (Ben Turner, Barry Stimpson and Siffat Khan) advised
Some limited partners are arguing for a more tailored approach from regulators, but new rules on transparency will also help to make underlying pension holders more comfortable with the asset class in the long-term…
With deal volumes at an all-time high in 2021, merger controls have increased along the lines of national security, anti-trust and corruption. Extra scrutiny may slow some high-profile private equity-backed deals this year…
M&A volumes reached a record high in Europe, the US and UK last year, driven by years of a cheap debt and a quick return to business after the pandemic. In Europe, private equity accounted for around 40% of all acquisitions. In the US, private equity M&A in 2021 was more than double the previous year’s total.
Yet, according to lawyers and dealmakers, regulatory scrutiny around national
Europe has led the way on sustainable finance regulation with the SFDR. As the US and UK step up their own guidance, some regional divergence means fund managers are customising their approach…
It has been over a year since Europe’s Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) was brought into force. Since then, around 1,800 funds have been upgraded from Article 6 (funds which do not integrate sustainability into the investment process) to Article 8 or 9, or from Article 8 to Article 9, according to data from Morningstar’s 2021 review of funds published earlier this year.
Though some fund managers have
The majority of private equity fund managers already disclose enough financial information to their LPs on fees and performance, say critics of new SEC proposals. So, who benefits from a more transparent asset class?
With private assets under management at an all-time high and recent shocks such as the pandemic putting a spotlight on portfolio performance, regulators are pushing fund managers to increase the amount of financial information they are disclosing on their private equity investments.
In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to increase the frequency and speed with which private equity funds report on Form
Global law firm Goodwin has appointed Daniel Dusek as a partner in the firm’s global Private Equity practice in Hong Kong.
Dusek has over 20 years of experience advising on complex, cross-border corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, disposals, auctions, private equity and leveraged buyouts, take-privates, spin-offs and joint ventures, for leading private equity investors and corporations.
He is recognised as a leading corporate/M&A and private equity lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global and The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and was named as one of the Global Elite Thought Leaders for M&A and Governance in Asia Pacific by Who’s Who Legal
Funds advised by BC Partners Credit, an international investment firm, has acquired a minority stake in GreenPark Infrastructure, LLC.
GreenPark is a new infrastructure platform founded by two Tesla and SolarCity alumni, with an initial focus on renewable energy real estate acquisition and investment. BC has also committed additional financing to support GreenPark’s growth.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
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