Cloud solutions provider (CSP) Cloud Direct has acquired Connect Support Services, following hot on the heels of its January acquisition of AOG Group, a Microsoft gold partner for hosting and communications. In previous months, Cloud Direct acquired Redblade in July 2016, ihotdesk in December 2015 and Datel Business Systems in June 2015. The acquisition of Connect
One of First Allied Securities’ affiliated independent financial advisory firms, Lifestyle Financial Advisors, has completed the merger of the Laura A Nagle independent advisory practice into its organisation. Nagle, a 35-year industry veteran, has joined Lifestyle with more than USD167 million in client assets, as of 31 October 2016.
Palamon Capital Partners has completed the sale of SARquavitae, an elderly care provider in Spain for EUR550 million. Palamon sold SARquavitae’s operating business to GeriaVi, which holds Geriatros, another leading player in the Spanish elderly care market, and is a subsidiary of DomusVi (a PAI Partners portfolio company) for EUR440 million.
Mid Europa Partners is to sell Alpha Medical, provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs. The transaction, which is subject to customary clearance by local competition authorities, and is expected to close in Q2 2017, represents the largest healthcare transaction in Central Europe since
Private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners is to acquire a majority stake in Foreside Financial Group, a provider of a variety of regulatory compliance and distribution solutions to clients in the investment management industry. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Established in 2005 and based
Proper fund governance has long been championed by leading offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, which for the last decade has encouraged its hedge fund clients to hold at least annual directors meetings. Initially this was met with some resistance according to Robert Briant (pictured), Partner and head of
Circle Partners is an independent fund administrator with offices in the BVI, Cayman Islands, and across the EU, the Americas and Hong Kong. "We've seen a lot of growth in new BVI fund vehicles over the last 12 months – both the Incubator Fund and the more popular Approved Fund,"
"We see the funds industry as continuing to contribute to the overall offering of financial services. There remains good interest in the BVI product and we envisage that will continue," asserts Glenford Malone, Director, Investment Business Division, BVI Financial Services Commission, when asked to comment on the growth of the
Barings has acted as mandated lead arranger of a senior secured credit facility to support Battery Ventures' portfolio company Forterro. Forterro is a group of European enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies serving small- to medium-sized enterprises across a variety of sectors. The company will use the credit facility
One of Enstar Group’s wholly-owned subsidiaries has signed an agreement to reinsure RSA Insurance Group UK’s employers’ liability legacy business. Enstar’s subsidiary will assume gross insurance reserves of approximately GBP957 million (approximately USD1.2 billion), relating to 2005 and prior year business, which primarily consists of UK employers’ liability reserves. Net
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