PHD Equity Partners has launched its second private equity fund, PHD Equity Partners Fund No2 LP. The firm is currently fundraising and expects to reach its target size of GBP25 million this year. Fund 2 will build on the firm’s strategy of investing in smaller UK businesses, with valuations
Quadriga Worldwide, a provider of guest technology managed services for the hospitality industry, is merging with the SmarTV Company, a developer of interactive entertainment solutions for commercial and consumer markets. The merged company’s mission is to maximise guest engagement and satisfaction, enhance the HSIA and entertainment experience, and strengthen on-property
LAI International, a portfolio company of RLJ Equity Partners, has acquired Zak Incorporated, a provider of precision machined and custom fabricated components for customers in power generation, specialty metals, and oil and gas. Founded in 1937 and headquartered in Green Island, New York, Zak is an established brand throughout the
Cabot Square Capital has agreed the sale of Equitix to a subsidiary of Tetragon Financial Group for GBP160 million. The transaction, which represents a 12x return on invested capital for Cabot Square Capital, remains subject to regulatory approval. Cabot Square Capital established Equitix in 2007 to benefit from the
Prime Meridian Capital Management has launched the Prime Meridian Small Business Lending Fund, giving investors the opportunity to invest in the growing sector of P2P small business lending. Prime Meridian’s Income Fund was one of the first P2P lending funds in the US, with over 29 consecutive months of profitable
Investment fund Project Innovation has exited from another Chinese credit-finance project with a gross internal rate of return (IRR) of 28.19 per cent. Project Innovation was structured by the BRJ China Credit Fund Limited and launched last year by ADAM’s Hong Kong-based investment manager Adamas Asset Management (HK) Limited, which
Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners have acquired Paroc Group from its existing institutional shareholder group for an enterprise value of approximately EUR700 million. Headquartered in Helsinki, Paroc is a producer of stone wool insulation in the Nordic and Baltic regions, producing building insulation and technical insulation for the residential
Carey Olsen's financial and corporate and investment funds work in the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands has been recognised in the 2015 International Financial Law Review 1000 (IFLR1000) guide. The new results come just after the firm gained tier 1 rankings across all of its
Law firm HowardKennedyFsi has advised Christian Nellemann, chief executive and founder of XLN, following the decision by private equity firm ECI Partners to sell its stake in XLN to its management team. XLN is a provider of fixed line and mobile telephony, broadband, energy and card processing services to small
Samchully Asset Management has acquired a 34 per cent interest in Cardinal Gas Services (CGS), located in Ohio’s Utica Shale play, from TOTAL E&P USA and EV Energy Partners, who owned 25 per cent and nine per cent of CGS, respectively. The total purchase price of USD544 million (USD612 million
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