Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to sell SLV Group, a German-headquartered provider of residential and technical lighting, to Ardian for an undisclosed amount. This represents the second successful realisation of an industrials business within the last month, following Cinven’s agreement to sell Italian-headquartered Avio Spazio to Space2 and Leonardo-Finmeccanica
Maples and Calder has advised Western Digital on the Cayman Islands corporate and financing aspects of the acquisition of SanDisk by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Western Digital Technologies. The deal completed on 12 May 2016 and valued SanDisk at a total equity value of approximately USD19 billion. Under the terms
The Montreux Healthcare Fund now owns the ninth largest care group in the UK following the merger of two of its companies. The ACH Group, which operated 25 residential services in England, last month merged with The Regard Partnership which provides learning disability, brain injury, and mental healthcare. The
SS&C Technologies has acquired CRM solution provider Salentica. Tequity acted as the exclusive adviser to Salentica, which will now become a platform partner to the firm's Black Diamond wealth platform. The Salentica team brings expertise in providing integrated CRM solutions for both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce CRM platforms.
LendingCrowd, a UK alternative finance lender, has partnered with the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise, in an initiative that will see GBP2.75 million invested in Scottish SMEs across the LendingCrowd platform. It is expected that the move will stimulate loans of up to GBP35 million
Perceptive Advisors, an investment management firm focused on the healthcare sector, has closed the Perceptive Credit Opportunities Fund, which provides private credit to healthcare companies. The fund and related entities have USD323 million in investor commitments, exceeding the USD300 million target. The fund's global investor base includes endowments, family
Investec Aviation Finance, a unit of Investec Bank, has sold out of Goshawk Aviation and Goshawk Management Holdings (Manco) to its co-shareholders Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) and NWS. Co-investors CTFE and NWS each have increased their respective stakes in Goshawk and Manco from 40 per cent to 50 per
UK Green Investment (GIB) is to provide Kent County Council with a GBP10.2 million green loan to help finance the local authority’s GBP40 million streetlight conversion programme. The project involves the replacement of 120,000 traditional streetlights with energy-saving LED alternatives and the installation of a central management system (CMS), increasing
Apogee has completed the acquisition of Direct Business Systems (DBS), an independent provider of multi-functional copiers, printers, scanners and support services based in Glasgow. Established in 1995, DBS is a family-led business with clients such as distillers Whyte&Mackay, charity Sense Scotland and logistics specialist Malcolm Group. DBS provides technology
Quadrivio Private Equity Fund 3 has completed its second investment, acquiring a majority stake in Farmol, a Bergamo-based producer of aerosol and liquid based products for the household and personal care sector. Since 1946, Farmol has served multinational companies in Europe through its four production plants. It has a turnover
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