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KKR buys ACP's stake in SelectaKKR has acquired a stake in the Selecta Group. The seller was Allianz Capital Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. Selecta is a vending and coffee services company in Europe.
- NGDATA scores $10.2 mln Series B
Belgium-based NGDATA, a provider of customer experience management solutions, has raised $10.2 million in Series B funding. Idinvest Partners led the round with participation from return backers that included Pamica, Capricorn Venture Partners, Nausicaa Ventures and SmartFin Capital. In conjunction with the funding, NGDATA has appointed Michel Akkermans as the chairman of its board of directors. Also, the company has added Luc Maruenda, a partner at Idinvest Partners, to its board.
- Terra Firma exits German motorway service firm
Tank & Rast has been sold by Terra Firma and RREEF Infrastructure to a group of four institutional investors.
- Allianz Capital, Basion Infrastructure buy Comsa Emte Concesiones assets
Allianz Capital Partners and Bastion Infrastructure Group said Thursday they have acquired three Spanish infrastructure assets from Comsa Emte Concesiones. Financial terms were not announced. The deal includes 100 percent of Comsa Emte's interests in three concession assets, two granted in connection with the Metro Line 9 commuter rail line in Barcelona and one in connection with the Metro Ligero Oeste commuter rail line in Madrid. Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors advised Comsa Emte while BBVA Corporate Finance advised ACP and Bastion.
Flush with cash, private equity faces $1 trillion headachePrivate equity funds are sitting on record levels of cash. And yet delegates at an industry conference in Berlin are feeling the pressure to generate adequate returns and offer value for money to investors, Reuters reports.
- Flush with cash, private equity faces $1 trillion headache -- Reuters
Private equity funds are sitting on record levels of cash. And yet delegates at an industry conference in Berlin are feeling the pressure to generate adequate returns and offer value for money to investors, Reuters News reported.
- Asset managers to invest $14 bln in UK firms and projects-Reuters
Six asset managers will put about 9 billion pounds ($14 billion) over the next five years into high-yielding investments in British companies, schools and roads following tax changes, a funds industry body said on Thursday.
- SL Capital adds two fundraisers
The Edinburgh-based firm has bolstered its team with former Goldman Sachs and Feri Trust Germany executives
Top 10 PE posts, Halloween edition: Pennsylvania gives Centerbridge the axeTrending in private equity, Pennsylvania cancels Centerbridge commitment, Ares Management seeks VP of investment operations, and Aquiline puts First Investors Financial on the block.
AIMCo, Allianz, EDF and Hastings close Porterbrook acquisitionAn investor group made up of Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo), Allianz Capital Partners, EDF Invest and Hastings Funds Management has closed its previously announced buy of Porterbrook Rail Finance Ltd, a rolling stock leasing company based in the United Kingdom. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Update: Based in Edmonton, Alberta, AIMCo manages an investment portfolio totaling $80 billion.