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Mooreland Partners has acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Skybox Security on its investment from Providence Strategic Growth (PSG), the growth equity affiliate of Providence Equity Partners. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Skybox Security is a global leader in security analytics for vulnerability and threat management and security policy management.  Skybox develops powerful software solutions that extract insight from cybersecurity data to give unprecedented visibility of an enterprise's attack surface.  Skybox customers are Global 2000 companies and government agencies, in more than 50 countries and nearly every industry.  The company's products are used by six of the top 10 global
Private equity firm Dunedin has made a significant investment in Alpha Financial Markets Consulting in a transaction valued at GBP80 million. Alpha is a leading global asset and wealth management consulting firm.  Founded in London in 2003, Alpha has grown rapidly and is now the global market leader in providing specialist consultancy services to blue chip asset and wealth managers and their third party administrators.  Alpha has over 200 consultants deployed across six major financial centres (London, Paris, New York, Boston, The Hague & Luxembourg), working on behalf of more than 130 top asset and wealth management clients.  Alpha currently
Baird Capital has successfully exited its investment in London-based Alpha FMC. Alpha FMC is an international provider of management consultancy services to the asset and wealth management industries. Baird Capital invested in London-based Alpha FMC in October 2013 and has since supported the management team's achievement of significant growth in revenue, profits and in the operating platform. During the period of Baird Capital's investment, the business increased consultant numbers from 99 to over 200 deployed currently.   Baird Capital’s investment in Alpha was managed by two of its UK partners, Andrew Ferguson and Dennis Hall. Andrew Ferguson commented "Alpha is
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, is to acquire the Defence & Security business of iRobot Corporation. The business will operate as a newly created independent company. The Company, which will be renamed upon closing, will be the largest independent provider of ground-based robots to the US Department of Defence, with a significant and growing global presence in the security, industrial and international defence markets.   “We are extremely excited to partner with the Defence & Security team at iRobot. The Defence & Security business has an established reputation for cutting edge technology, industry-leading reliability and battle-tested
In the fourth quarter of 2015, institutional asset owners gained approximately 2 per cent at the median, according to Northern Trust Universe data. This marked a significant rebound from the median loss of 4.6 per cent recorded in the third quarter. The Northern Trust Universe tracks the performance of about 300 large US institutional investment plans, with a combined asset value of approximately $899 billion, which subscribe to performance measurement services as part of Northern Trust’s asset servicing offerings.   Public Funds had the best performance in the quarter with a return of 2.7 per cent at the median, while
HIG Growth Partners has sold its holdings in Media Properties Holdings (MPH) to private equity backed Cannella Response Television (CRT), a specialist in long-form direct response (DRTV) television media. MPH operates US-based automated TV advertising platform AdMore, as well as TV commercials provider REVShare and its proprietary network of more than 1,700 local broadcast stations, national cable networks and cable systems.   “The team at HIG Growth Partners knew early on that their investment in our business would be successful if we could actively leverage our aggregated media assets and participate in the ongoing rise of the all-important programmatic TV
EQT Infrastructure II has reached an agreement in principle to sell EEW Energy from Waste (EEW) to Beijing Enterprises Holding. Throughout its ownership, EQT Infrastructure II has supported EEW in significant growth, both organically and through selected strategic acquisitions. The management team and corporate governance structure have been strengthened, and EQT Infrastructure II has driven transformation of EEW into a highly efficient organisation focused on providing long-term, environmentally friendly waste disposal solutions and energy-from-waste production.   Matthias Fackler, Partner at EQT Partners, Investment Advisor to EQT Infrastructure II, says: "Over the past three years, we have used our industrial expertise
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre and CMS Cameron McKenna have advised AXA on the conclusion of an agreement with OTP Bank Plc to sell its banking activities in Hungary run through the Hungarian branch of AXA Bank Europe. Completion of the transaction is subject to obtaining the relevant regulatory authorisations and should be finalised during the second semester 2016.   Jean-Robert Bousquet (partner) and Emmanuelle Brunel covered corporate aspects of the deal and Edouard Milhac (partner) covered tax aspects, in collaboration with CMS Cameron McKenna in Hungary with Iván Sefer (partner) and Sándor Kovács covering banking and regulatory aspects, Zoltán Poronyi,
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Bauer, the Italian high-end hotel group, and Blue Skye Investment Group, a special opportunity fund, have completed the reorganisation of Bauer’s EUR110 million debt, through a debt rescheduling and refinancing. Bauer has employed a new four-year senior secured bond issuance, which includes an additional EUR20 million tranche aimed to finance future investments and developments by the group’s main hotel, the prestigious Bauer Hotel in Venice.   Bauer’s chief executive officer Francesca Bortolotto Possati and Blue Skye’s co-founders Salvatore Cerchione and Gianluca D’Avanzo agreed a debt rescheduling and refinancing with issue of bonds pursuant to article 67 of the Italian bankruptcy
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Capita Asset Services is working with Irish fintech start-up, Fund Recs, to automate its cash and portfolio reconciliation process. The cloud-based software will automatically reconcile broker and custodian data to Capita’s fund accounting system, InvestOne Enterprise. Clients will benefit from enhanced and user friendly reporting.   Paul Burke, senior manager fund accounting, Capita Asset Services, says: “Enhanced reporting will provide our clients with information concerning the cash and portfolio of their funds at a glance and the solution will further aid our Net Asset Value (NAV) process and deliverables. This investment not only prepares us for the reporting requirements of

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