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Notable Transactions: Q1 2018

06.26.18

(Article from Registered Funds Alert, June 2018)

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

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M&A Transactions

Acquiror(s)

Acquired or
Target Company

Type of Transaction
and Status

BlackRock, Inc., a global investment manager with approximately $6.28 trillion in AUM

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, a private credit manager with approximately $9 billion of committed client capital

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Blackstone Strategic Capital Holdings, a Blackstone permanent capital vehicle which specializes in acquiring long term interests in leading alternative asset managers

Rockpoint Group, L.L.C., a real estate private equity firm and registered investment adviser

Acquisition of a passive, minority equity stake (terms not disclosed)

Franklin Templeton, a California-based global investment management organization with approximately $753 billion AUM

Edinburgh Partners Limited, an independent fund management company that specializes in global and emerging markets equities with approximately $10 billion AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Lovell Minnick Partners LLC,a private equity firm with expertise in investing in the financial and related business services sectors with approximately $1.7 billion in committed capital

CenterSquare Investment Management, a global investment manager focused on actively managed real estate and infrastructure strategies with approximately $8.9 billion AUM of real estate and infrastructure securities

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, a division of Macquarie Asset Management of Macquarie Group with approximately €94 billion AUM

GLL Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment management group that focuses on commercial property portfolios in the international real estate sector with approximately $8.66 billion in AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Mercer, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

BFC Asset Management Co., Ltd., a Japanese independently owned multi-manager

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., an investment manager specializing in alternative investments with approximately $100 billion AUM

and

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda-domiciled financial services holding company with approximately $6.5 billion AUM

Kudu Investment Management, LLC, a capital provider to asset management and wealth management firms

Acquisition of minority stake for $250 million

Scotiabank, a Canadian international bank

Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited, an independent investment management firm with approximately $40 billion AUM

Acquisition with a purchase price payable at closing of approximately $950 million will be satisfied primarily by the issuance of Scotiabank common shares

StepStone Group Real Estate LP, a real estate investment firm that is part of StepStone Group LP, a private firm that oversees approximately $130 billion in private capital allocations with approximately $34 billion AUM

Courtland Partners, Ltd., an institutional investment adviser that provides advisory services in the real estate, infrastructure, energy, timber and agriculture sectors with approximately $95 billion AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers

Sustainable Growth Advisers, a growth equity manager focused on providing high conviction U.S., global and international portfolios primarily for institutional clients with approximately $11.6 billion AUM

Acquisition of a majority interest (terms not disclosed)

W.E. Donoghue & Co., LLC, a boutique investment firm with approximately $2.6 billion AUM

JAForlines Global, a New York-based investment management company with approximately $700 million AUM

Acquisition
(terms not disclosed)

White Oak Equity Partners, a private equity firm that purchases non-controlling GP interests in alternative asset managers

FCO Advisors LP, a private municipal credit focused investment fund

Acquisition of a minority interest (terms not disclosed)

1st Quarter 2018 Closed-End Fund Public Offerings

Tortoise Tax-Advantaged Social Infrastructure Fund

Structure:

Interval fund with quarterly repurchase offers of 5% of its outstanding common stock

Investment Objectives/Policies:

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to generate attractive total return with an emphasis on tax-advantaged income. “Tax-advantaged” income is income that by statute or structuring of a security is in part, or in whole, tax-reduced, tax-deferred or tax-free with respect to federal, state or municipal taxes. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its total assets in the social infrastructure sector. The “social infrastructure sector” includes assets and services that accommodate essential services related to education, healthcare, housing, human service providers and social services. Such assets and services may include, but not be limited to, primary, secondary and post-secondary education facilities; hospitals and other healthcare facilities; seniors, student, affordable, military and other housing facilities; industrial/infrastructure and utility projects; and nonprofit and civic facilities. The Fund is not required to invest in all such types of social infrastructure securities at all times. Issuers of social infrastructure securities and obligations may include governmental entities or other qualifying issuers of states, municipalities, territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, private non-profits, 501(c)(3)s, public nonprofits and other entities authorized to issue private activity and tax-exempt municipal bonds.

Manager:

Tortoise Credit Strategies, LLC

Distributor:

Quasar Distributors, LLC