Axa Private Equity has sold its 46.5 per cent shareholding in private home builder Trecobat Group to the management team, which is increasing its capital stake and thus becomes the new majority shareholder. Marcel Treguer, the group’s founder and chairman, steps back from operations by passing on the group’s leadership
Following approval by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, Appleby is now licensed to offer fiduciary services through Appleby Trust (Guernsey). This follows the opening of a Guernsey office in April for the provision of legal services. Chris Ward (pictured) has been appointed as managing director of Appleby Trust (Guernsey) and
Wheb Ventures, a European clean technology private equity firm, has invested in the German company Friedola, a recycled plastics processing and products business. Wheb led the round with a EUR10.8m investment. Friedola’s products consist of up to 80 per cent recycled materials, feedstock which is generated by its own
European financial directors are concerned about accessing sufficient levels of working capital in 2010, according to research from London-based working capital solutions provider Demica. As a result, a majority (62 per cent) believe they will be unable to make the most of economic recovery when it emerges. European corporations are
Augmentum Capital, the entrepreneurial fund founded by Tim Levene and Richard Matthews, has formally launched. It comes soon after its first investment in BullionVault, the online physical gold investment platform. The fund is targeting GBP50m of private equity deals over the next three years and is backed solely by RIT
The Amplio Group, an operator and investor in the renewable energy and environmental sectors, has acquired a majority stake in Puresep Holdings, the UK water purification, filtration and separation company. This acquisition is the first geographic expansion for Amplio Filtration, a subsidiary of Amplio Group, which last year acquired Nasdaq-listed
Lloyds Banking Group is selling a portfolio of 40 private equity investments in its Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance business to a new joint venture called Cavendish Square Partners. The new joint venture will be majority owned (approximately 70 per cent) by private equity firm Coller Capital, with Lloyds Banking
Global Capital Management’s Global Opportunistic Fund I has exited its investment in Banawi Industrial Group. Banawi, a diversified industrial group based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was founded in 1957 by Sheikh Ali Al-Banawi as the first commercial printing and paper-based packaging company in the GCC region. The company is currently
Resilience Capital Partners, an Ohio-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Taylor Lumber and its subsidiaries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1889, Taylor Lumber is one of the world’s largest producers of rift and quartered sawn lumber. The company is headquartered in Ohio and
OJK, part of Gresham Private Equity backed James Grant, has acquired Addis, a Stockport based accountancy practice. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. OJK provides accountancy, tax and consultancy services to clients within the music, entertainment and sports sectors. Clients include Bryan Adams, Davina McCall and Sir Bob
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