Wheelhouse Advisors secures additional investment to support growth plans

Wheelhouse Advisors, a provider of prudential management, regulatory reporting and accounting, tax and HR support to the financial services sector, has partnered with ThinCats, a funding specialist for the mid-market. Following a successful management buyout in 2020, backed by Pelican Capital, Wheelhouse Advisors has focused on further enhancements to its leadership team, a successful re-branding […]

Alter Domus acquires Investors Economic Assurance

Alter Domus, a fully integrated provider of fund administration, debt capital markets and corporate services backed by the Permira funds, has acquired Investors Economic Assurance (IEA), a global provider of technology solutions and services to alternative investment managers. The Manhattan-based firm specialises in capital administration solutions including Limited Partners’ waterfall calculations and General Partners’ carried-interest […]

GI Partners closes USD3.9bn Private Equity Fund VI

GI Partners has closed the GI Partners Fund VI, with USD3.9 billion in total commitments. The oversubscribed fund includes a broad group of global investors and surpassed its target of USD3.25 billion, as well as exceeded its prior Fund V raise of USD2.8 billion in 2017. The latest GI Partners private equity fund continues the […]

Spring Lane Capital invests US $20M in Seven Generation Capital

Spring Lane Capital, a private equity firm focused on providing catalytic project capital for sustainability solutions in the energy, food, water and waste industries, announced today a project equity commitment by its private fund to 7 Generation Capital (“7Gen”), a developer of commercial electric vehicle (“EV”) projects focused on commercial fleets. The $20M equity investment […]

Private equity firms Quantum, EnCap bid for oil producer EP Energy

Oil and gas producer EP Energy, which emerged from bankruptcy last year, has received takeover bids from private equity firms including EnCap Investments and Quantum Energy Partners, four people familiar with the talks told Reuters. The Houston-based company is targeting a valuation of as much as $1.5 billion, two of the sources said. It is […]

Hedge Funds Push Deeper Into Private Equity’s Turf in Asia

Asian hedge fund firms are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into private investments as they seek higher returns, muscling into an area that has long been the preserve of private equity and venture capital. Aspex Management, Tybourne Capital Management, Anatole Investment Management and Lake Bleu Capital, which are based in Hong Kong and between […]

Isomer Capital announces first close of new EUR100m opportunities fund

Isomer Capital has completed the first close of “Isomer Capital Opportunities”. The new co-investment fund is backed by British Business Investments, through its Managed Funds Programme, amongst other global institutions. The goal of the new opportunities fund is to build on the success of ‘Isomer Capital I’, the firm’s fund-of-funds that invests into early-stage venture […]

Clessidra Private Equity holds first closing of Clessidra Capital Partners 4 at EUR270m

Clessidra Private Equity SGR, a management company in the Italian private equity market, has held the first successful closing of Clessidra Capital Partners 4 fund, closed-type alternative investment fund. The placement reached about EUR270 million and has registered a significant participation of subscribers from previous funds. Amongst the investors, some of the primary Italian institutional […]