Aberdeen Asset Management is to acquire a 50.1 per cent stake in SVG Advisers (SVGA) for a cash consideration of GBP17.5m. This business will be combined with Aberdeen’s existing private equity capability to create a substantial private equity fund of funds business with almost GBP5bn in assets under management The
HJ Heinz Company is to be acquired by an investment consortium comprised of Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. Heinz shareholders will receive USD72.50 in cash for each share of common stock they own, in a transaction valued at USD28bn, including the assumption of Heinz’s outstanding debt. The per share price
The aggregate value of technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A) declined 35 per cent worldwide in 2012 to USD114.1bn from USD175.7bn in 2011, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update. Deal value in 4Q2012 was USD29.4bn, down four per cent year over year (YOY) from USD30.5bn in 4Q 2011.
M&A activity in the Nordic region grew in total value by 27.8 per cent in 2012 – mostly targeting healthy SMEs – while at the same time contracting by 30.4 per cent in Western Europe, according to research into the privately-held as well as listed businesses of Norway, Sweden, Denmark
The majority of fund managers (75 per cent) think the current environment is either “somewhat” or “very favourable” for private equity funds looking to invest, according to the fourth annual PErspective Private Equity Study by BDO USA. However, fund managers are not expecting a sudden boom in deal volume anytime
Huron Capital Partners has invested in Six Month Smiles. Founded in 2006 by Dr Ryan Swain, Six Month Smiles is an economical approach to adult cosmetic orthodontics used by thousands of general dentists in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. Huron, in partnership with independent sponsor equity group Exium
Manchester-based Palatine Private Equity has backed the management buyout of the amusement and gaming division of Midlands-based Inspired Gaming, in a deal introduced by Clearwater Corporate Finance. The deal is the second investment from Palatine’s Fund II. As part of the deal, the amusement and gaming division of Burton-upon-Trent-based Inspired
First Reserve is celebrating its 30th year in global energy investing, making it the oldest and largest global private equity firm exclusively focused on energy. Having begun their careers in energy investing in the early 1970s, William "Bill" Macaulay (pictured) and John Hill co-founded First Reserve in 1983 with the
Mid-market private equity firm CBPE Capital has sold Rosemont Pharmaceuticals to Perrigo, the USD10bn US listed pharmaceuticals business. CBPE acquired Rosemont in August 2006 for GBP93m. The sale to Perrigo represents an investment multiple of 3.25x CBPE’s GBP52m equity investment over the investment period for CBPE’s investors. Rosemont develops,
Cleantech investment specialist MTI Partners has completed a GBP2m investment round in Oxford Photovoltaics (OPV), an Oxford University spin-out materials/cleantech company commercialising solid-state dye sensitized solar cells for the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) sector. These new, transparent solar cells can be produced from inexpensive, abundant, non-toxic and non-corrosive materials and
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