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Notable Transactions: Q2 2018

10.15.18

(Article from Registered Funds Alert, October 2018)

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A list of notable transactions that occurred in the second quarter of 2018, including M&A transactions and closed-end fund initial public offerings.

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 M&A Transactions

Acquiror

Acquired or
Target Company

Type of Transaction
and Status

American International Group, Inc., a finance and insurance corporation with approximately $498 billion AUM

Covenant Credit Partners, a North Carolina-based investment management company that oversees two CLOs through which it manages approximately $900 million of broadly-syndicated leveraged loan collateral

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Dyal Capital Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman Group focusing on acquiring minority equity interests in institutional alternative asset management businesses

Vector Capital, a global private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses with approximately $3.8 billion of capital under management

Acquisition of a passive, non-voting, minority stake
(terms not disclosed)

Federated Investors, Inc., a United States-based investment manager with 108 fund and a variety of separately managed account options and approximately $397.6 billion in assets

Hermes Fund Managers Limited, a U.K.-based asset manager serving the wholesale and institutional markets with approximate EUR 33 billion AUM

Acquisition of majority interest with a purchase price of approximately $350 million for a 60 percent interest will be funded through a combination of cash and an existing revolving credit facility, and put/call provisions for purchasing additional shares over the next three to six years

Fidante Partners, an international investment management business with approximately $56 billion in AUM

Latigo Partners, L.P., a New York-based fund manager specializing in event-driven investing, including distress securities, special situations and long/short credit and equity investing

Acquisition of a minority interest
(terms not disclosed)

FIS Group, a Pennsylvania-based institutional investment firm specializing in global and non-US strategies with approximately $5.6 billion in AUM

Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC, a North Carolina-based institutional money management firm specializing in active, passive and structured beta equity strategies and core fixed income management with approximately $4.7 billion in AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Hellman & Friedman, a California-based private equity firm that focuses on investing in business franchises and serving as a value-added partner to management

Financial Engines, an investment adviser with approximately $169 billion AUM

Acquisition through an all-cash transaction paying Financial Engines shareholders $45 per share in cash for an aggregate value of approximately $3.02 billion

LaSalle Investment Management, Inc., a global real estate investment manager with approximately $60 billion AUM

Aviva Investors’ Real Estate Multi-Manager, with approximately $7 billion AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

LaSalle Investment Management, Inc., a global real estate investment manager with approximately $60 billion AUM

Encore+ Fund, a diversified Continental European real estate fund with a gross asset value of approximately EUR 1.7 billion

Acquisition of Aviva Investor’s interest in the joint management of the fund whereby LaSalle will become sole manager
(terms not disclosed)

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, an investment advisory firm with more than $20 billion in gross market value

Folger Hill Asset Management, a New York-based hedge fund with more than $1 billion in AUM

Acquisition in which Folger Hill’s parent company, Leucadia National Corp. and its founder Sol Kumin will receive a revenue share in Schonfeld’s fundamental equity business

White Oak Equity Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that purchases non-controlling GP interest in alternative asset manager firms with less than $2B in AUM

FCO Advisors LP, a limited partnership operating as a private municipal credit focused investment fund with more than $1 billion in AUM

Acquisition of minority interest
(terms not disclosed)

2nd Quarter 2018 Closed-End Fund Public Offerings

Destra International & Event-Driven Credit Fund

Structure:

Interval fund with quarterly repurchase offers of no less than 5% and no more than 25% of its outstanding shares

Investment Objectives/Policies:

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide attractive total returns, consisting of income and capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in credit related instruments and/or investments that have similar economic characteristics as credit related instruments. “Credit related instruments” include bonds, debt securities and loans issued by various U.S. and non-U.S. public- or private-sector entities, including issuers in emerging markets, derivatives and cash equivalents. The Fund will allocate its assets between two strategies: (i) Multi-Strategy International Credit and (ii) Event-Driven Credit. The Multi-Strategy International Credit strategy focuses on investments in non-U.S. credit related instruments. The Event-Driven Credit strategy focuses on investing in securities of companies facing a corporate, market or regulatory event. Such events include, but are not limited to, corporate events, such as restructurings, spin-offs, mergers and tender offers; significant litigation; initial and seasoned debt or equity offerings; launches of new products; regulatory changes; analysts meetings; earnings announcements; covenant issues; bankruptcies; corporate reorganizations; shareholder activism; and significant management and external changes that dramatically change the company’s profit margins. There is no currency limitation on securities acquired by the Fund. The Fund uses the market value of its derivative contracts for the purposes of its 80% investment policy in credit related instruments.

Manager:

Destra Capital Advisors LLC

Distributor:

Destra Capital Investments LLC