Rutland Partners has completes a GBP85 million investment in Maplin Electronics, the UK electronics retail chain. Having started in 1972 as a small mail order business, Maplin has grown considerably over the years and has established itself as a national electronics chain with over 210 stores across the UK and
A private equity consortium led by Ethos Private Equity has acquired approximately 80 per cent of the RTT Group for an undisclosed sum. Other key shareholders in the consortium are African Development Partners II, a private equity fund advised by Development Partners International (DPI), and the Government Employees Pension Fund
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to Rule Financial on its sale to GFT Technologies, a Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed provider of IT services to the financial services industry. Rule is a specialist in the provision of business consultancy, IT consultancy and IT services to the global investment banking industry.
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) and the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) designed to deepen their collaboration. The agreement focuses on developing activities to create mutually beneficial opportunities for the fund industries in both countries. Luxembourg is the
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and PineBridge Investments Middle East are to establish a joint venture platform to invest in direct private equity opportunities in Africa. The MOU was signed by both Dr Adel Alsayed, KHC’s executive director for private equity and international investments, and Talal Al Zain, chief executive officer of PineBridge
Oakley Capital Corporate Finance (OCCF) has advised ISIS Equity Partners on its GBP45 million secondary buyout of Metronet (UK) from Lloyds Development Capital. The OCCF team, led by James Chapman-Andrews and supported by Anthony Yaneza, provided full M&A advisory services to ISIS throughout the deal and ran a competitive leveraged
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has invested in Afriflora, a Dutch company operating in Ethiopia with 450 hectares of land and 8,700 employees and the world's largest producer of fair trade roses. The deal is the US private equity firm’s first in Africa. The Barnhoorn family, a father and his
BC Partners portfolio company Mergermarket Group has acquired Perfect Information, the London-headquartered provider of global workflow solutions and financial information for investment banks and corporate finance advisory professionals, for GBP26 million. Founded in 1991 as the first online provider of original corporate filings, Perfect Information offers a suite of digital
DKG Group has obtained USD10 million in a new round of fundraising, which raised its net worth to an estimated value of USD800 million. Private equity firm CPC, KGV venture group and DAG Asia investment advisors have jointly invested. DKG Group has targeted its listing onto the preferred exchanges
Alter Domus has completed the acquisition of Vigel & Associés, based in Paris, France. Vigel & Associés specialises in providing accounting, tax compliance and administration services principally for real estate firms but also for private equity, corporate and private client structures for both international and local French clients. The
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