Gatehouse Bank, a wholesale Shariah-compliant investment bank based in the City of London, has completed the sale of its Rolls Royce manufacturing and logistics facility in Scotland. The total amount of the sale reached GBP55m, which yielded a profit on equity of 29.2 per cent post costs and taxes and
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is to acquire a majority stake in mercator, a provider of software and technology-enabled outsourcing solutions to the global aviation industry, from dnata. dnata will retain a minority stake. Headquartered in Dubai, mercator helps airlines move passengers and cargo to their destinations safely and
Albert Medical Devices (AMD) has secured GBP940,000 in funding supported by the Angel CoFund, the GBP100m government and British business bank-backed fund, alongside existing investors North West Fund for Biomedical (managed by SPARK Impact) and the London Business Angels. This is the third round of funding for the Liverpool-based med-tech company,
Virtual reality (VR) games developer and publisher nDreams and Mobile app creator No Yetis Allowed have both secured funding from Mercia Fund Management (MFM), a provider of investment, accommodation and business support services across the UK. These businesses are just two of Mercia Fund Management’s growing portfolio of gaming companies
Waterton Global Resource Management has held the final closing of its flagship private equity fund, Waterton Precious Metals Fund II (Fund II), with total capital commitments of USD1.016bn. With Fund II, Waterton Global aims to continue investing in the metals and mining space. Fund II will generally target production
West Partners has closed an investment in NoteVault, a San Diego-based provider of voice-to-text-based mobile reporting solutions for the engineering and construction industry. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. NoteVault offers construction companies a cloud-based subscription solution that enables users to post real-time notes throughout the day
Cinven has decided to roll its entire residual holding in Numericable into Altice following Altice/Numericable’s agreement to acquire SFr from Vivendi. Cinven and Altice created Numericable via a series of acquisitions through a classic “buy and build” strategy, latterly in partnership with Carlyle. Cinven (70 per cent) and Altice
Private equity firm Encore Consumer Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company, tarte Inc, to KOSÉ Corporation, a Tokyo-based global cosmetics business with a primary focus on Asia. tarte is a natural cosmetics company based in New York. Kevin Murphy, managing director of Encore Consumer Capital, says:
Water Street is to acquire a majority interest in Take Care Employer Solutions, a subsidiary of Walgreen Co that manages more than 360 US worksite health centres. Water Street also has signed an agreement to simultaneously invest in CHS Health Services, a premier provider of more than 130 worksite health
Matheson has agreed to purchase Investec’s Irish investment funds and debt securities listing business. The acquisition is expected to complete shortly, following approval from the Irish Stock Exchange. Investec’s listing unit assists applicants seeking to list investment fund shares or structured debt securities on the Irish Stock Exchange. The
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