Improving economic conditions in North America saw 2013 fuel the highest level of volume and values by entry enterprise value (EV) for private equity (PE) exits since 2006, according to EY’s annual North American PE exit study. The report, Returning to safer ground: How do private equity investors create value?
Following its recent launch, ablrate.com has added the first aircraft deal to its peer-lending portal. The financing opportunity is for an ATR 42-500 turboprop, which is being leased by SATENA, a government backed regional airline in Colombia. The deal is backed by a major European bank, and will pay a
International companies continue to turn to US stock exchanges to connect with American investors for their IPOs and subsequent capital raising, according to BNY Mellon's Depositary Receipts 2014 Midyear Update. The first half of 2014 saw the highest level of DR capital raisings in the last three years. As of
Swoon Editions, an online furniture business, has confirmed a GBP4 million Series A funding round to expand its business in the UK, led by Octopus Investments and Index Ventures. The investment will be used to grow Swoon Editions’ community of ‘insiders’ (interior-savvy people signed up to its email list) as
European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital has agreed to acquire AGR Holdings, the petroleum services division of Oslo-listed AGR Group, in a NOK1,640 million (EUR195m) transaction. Completion will be on or around end of August. AGR is the largest independent well management group operating globally. AGR delivers well, reservoir, HSEQ,
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Vero Software on its sale to Hexagon AB. Founded in 1988 and with headquarters in the UK, Vero is an independent provider of computer aided manufacturing software, with a presence in over 40 countries and more than 20,000 customers on maintenance worldwide.
Private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of Retail Decisions (ReD) to ACI Worldwide for USD205 million, subject to regulatory approvals. The sale will result in total Sterling investment returns for Palamon of 2.5x invested capital. ReD is a provider of payment fraud prevention technology and
21 Concordia, a private equity fund of 21 Partners, has completed an investment in Polish debt collection company EGB Investments. Founded in 1995, EGB Investments manages collection of consumer and corporate debt for banks, financial institutions, telecommunications, and utilities companies in Poland. EGB generates sales in excess of EUR12
Specialist financial services private equity investor Cabot Square Capital has made a GBP25m investment in Henry Howard Finance, in order to enable it to increase its provision of finance for SMEs. Cabot Square believes that the shortage of SME financing from banks in the wake of the credit crisis has
Nordic Capital Fund VIII has signed an agreement to acquire the majority of Lindorff, a European debt collection company headquartered in Oslo, Norway, from Investor and Altor. Investor and Altor will retain a minority holding in Lindorff. The total EV is EUR2.1bn plus EUR200m of a performance based vendor
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