Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International has completed deals worth over EUR1 billion during what are typically considered to be the quieter summer months – activity which has seen the company’s average deal value soar to EUR84 million. Following the first anniversary in June, of the merger to create Clearwater International,
HIG Middle Market, the dedicated middle market investment affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital, has acquired Universal Fiber Systems (UFS). Headquartered in Bristol, VA, with additional facilities in the United States, Europe, Thailand and China, UFS is a global leader in the production of custom solution-dyed synthetic fibres. The
Wellington Financial, a privately held specialty finance firm providing growth capital to Canadian and US-based companies, is pleased to announce the launch of a new USD900 million investment program. Wellington Financial Fund IV, capitalised with USD200 million of re-circulating equity capital in 2012, was a successor fund to three previous
Funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman (H&F), a US-based Private Equity firm, have agreed to acquire the entirety of Bain Capital’s interest in Securitas Direct Verisure Group. The acquisition places H&F in a majority shareholder position alongside Company management and creates an optimal platform for continued growth. Securitas Direct
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided GBP21 million in funding in the form of senior term loans and working capital facilities, for Mayfair Equity Partners’ second deal, the acquisition of Europe’s biggest supplier of fishing equipment, Fox International. Stephen White (pictured), who led the funding team at Investec, says
The British Business Bank is to provide a GBP100m facility to Hitachi Capital UK to fund a portfolio of newly originated small business asset finance receivables. The transaction is the first of the British Business Bank’s innovative new ENABLE Funding programme, which aims to increase significantly the supply of leasing
Sell-side mid-market M&A firm Cavendish Corporate Finance has advised on the sale British digital agency Dare to Oliver Group. Founded in 2000 by Mark Collier, the former Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) joint managing director, Dare is one of Britain’s great digital success stories. Established as one of the first digital
Middle market private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP) has held the first and final close of its sixth fund (Fund VI) at the hard cap with USD1.8 billion in LP commitments. AIP secured commitments from a globally-diversified investor base comprised of leading endowments, insurance companies, funds of funds, gatekeepers,
There were 230 trade sale exits in Q3 2015, nearly matching the record 231 exits in Q4 2012, with a combined value of USD98.7 billion, the highest quarterly value on record according to figures release by Preqin. This total is expected to increase further as more information comes to light,
ACE Group has launched a bespoke liability insurance solution for private equity and venture capital firms in Hong Kong and Singapore designed with new regulatory requirements, the volatile economic environment and increasingly complex deal structures in mind. The life cycles of private equity/venture capital companies can stretch from a firm
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