Agreement has been reached in principle for Guernsey fund administration firm Fund Corporation to be acquired by Brazilian emerging markets specialist Providence Financial, subject to regulatory approval. All 10 Fund Corporation employees will join a newly-established Providence Financial Guernsey office. Fund Corporation was founded in 2007 by the Trust
Private equity firm American Capital has sold its portfolio company BCCK Holdings, parent to Specialty Brands of America, to B&G Foods, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded shelf-stable foods. American Capital and its affiliated funds received USD93 million in equity proceeds and realised a gain of USD60 million from
Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has formed a joint venture with SEACOR Tankers, an operator of a fleet of seven US-flag Jones Act vessels transporting crude oil, petroleum and specialty chemical products. Under the terms of the joint venture, ACP III Tankers LLC, a wholly owned entity of Avista,
Silver Oak Services Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm focused exclusively on service businesses, has made an investment in iSystems in partnership with the founders and management. iSystems, headquartered in Colchester, Vermont, is a Software as a Service provider of payroll, tax and HR management software for
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has completed the acquisition of ITW’s Industrial Packaging Group, renamed Signode Industrial Group, for USD3.2 billion. Signode Industrial Group is a leading global supplier of industrial packaging consumables, tools and equipment. The company’s products secure and protect industrial and consumer goods during manufacturing,
Private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has completed the previously announced acquisition of the products division of the material handling business of FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI). The new company will be named Syntron Material Handling, LLC ("Syntron"). Headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi with operations in Changshu, China and Salt
Salvepar has invested EUR16 million in S2A Group, a multiregional French voluntary sector home care provider, operating in the Pays de la Loire (Aliseo), in the Midi-Pyrénées region (Sadir Assistance) and in Haute Normandie (Adir Assistance). A number of entities complement the Group in the development of operations in the
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Automic on its planned acquisition of ORSYP, the IT operations software specialist. The contemplated acquisition is subject to the completion of the customary works council information and consultation procedures. Founded in 1986, ORSYP is headquartered in Paris and delivers transformational
CertiVox has raised Series B funding of USD8 million from NTT DOCOMO Ventures and current investors Octopus Investments. The investment by NTT DOCOMO Ventures is its first in Europe, signifying the innovation and strength of CertiVox’s technology and its breakthrough potential to solve current problems in online authentication systems. Taken together with the company’s Seed and Series A financings, CertiVox has raised USD17
RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) has closed its acquisition of the Cetera Financial Group, an independent broker-dealer, from affiliates of Lightyear Capital for USD1.15 billion in cash. The transaction creates the second largest independent financial advisor network in the US adding some 6,632 financial advisors to RCAP's growing retail financial advisory platform.
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