LeapFrog Investments has acquired a majority stake in UT Life Insurance Company (UT Life), one of the key players in the life insurance sector in Ghana. This is LeapFrog’s third direct investment in Ghana, and second in the life insurance sector. UT Life is a rapidly growing life insurer, with
Corstone has held the closing of the Corstone Growth Strategy M&A Private Equity Fund, a KRW150 billion (USD124.5 million) fund managed primarily by Corstone Asia’s investment team located in Seoul, Korea. The Fund’s mandate is to target M&A and growth equity investments in small to mid-sized companies domiciled in South
Sonovate, a UK-based Fintech recruitment contract finance provider, has raised GBP5 million in a Series A funding round led by Dawn Capital and supported by DN Capital, with a further GBP15 million in debt funding provided by Shawbrook Business Credit. Richard Prime and Damon Chapple, former directors of a FTSE
HighQ, a specialist in software-as-a-service collaboration and content management solutions, has completed of a USD50 million growth equity investment from One Peak Partners, Morgan Stanley Merchant Banking and Goldman Sachs Private Capital. The investment will help HighQ expand its international footprint and support its product development initiatives, enabling it to
Belcan, a supplier of engineering consultancy services and technical staffing solutions, is to acquire European-based East Kilbride Engineering Services (EKES), an engineering consultancy across a variety of disciplines and sectors. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016, have not been disclosed. EKES,
Lightyear Capital (Lightyear), a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services investing, today announced that Investment funds affiliated with private equity firm Lightyear Capital and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), are to acquire AIG Advisor Group, a subsidiary of American International Group (AIG). Terms
Global M&A activity in the insurance sector hit new highs in 2015, with EUR129.3 billion (USD143.5 billion) worth of transactions announced during the year, according to Towers Watson’s latest Insurance M&A Annual Report. The reports says that this surge reflects a number of macro themes, including the continued availability both
Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund (NVCF) has made commitments totalling USD30 million to two leading Canadian venture capital funds: iNovia Investment Fund 2015 and Information Venture Partners II. These recent commitments are in addition to the commitments that NVCF has already made to a number of other top Canada-based/focused venture fund
Private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Katun Corporation has completed a successful USD52 million recapitalisation with HSBC and Comvest Capital. The proceeds of the recapitalisation were used to repay Katun’s existing debt and to pay a substantial dividend to Katun’s shareholders. Katun is one of the world’s
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a year before, according to Preqin’s 2016 Global Alternatives Reports. The private capital industry in particular has grown over the past year, as almost every constituent asset class saw
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