LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in financial services in Africa and Asia, has exited from Ghanaian insurer Express Life, selling its majority stake to Prudential PLC for an undisclosed sum. The transaction marks the entry of one of the world’s largest insurers into the fast-growing African insurance industry. LeapFrog’s
MoneyPlus Group, backed by Manchester-based Palatine Private Equity, has been authorised as a licensed body by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The debt and financial services provider, which represents around 35,000 people, has purchased Manchester firm Richardson Mail Solicitors to facilitate the new legal service. This is the seventh acquisition
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has exited its investment in MTN Côte d’Ivoire (MTNCI), a mobile network operator in Ivory Coast, through Planor Capital International (PCI). Planor Capital International is a Mauritian investment vehicle and is the second largest shareholder in MTNCI. The investment delivered a cash multiple of 2.6x on
International investment bank Altium has advised management of Air Products’ homecare operations on a deal that sees Duke Street, the mid-market private equity group, acquire a majority share in the business. The Crewe-based company delivers oxygen-therapy, sleep apnoea therapy, ventilation and tele health services to patients in the home. It
Private equity firm TA Associates has agreed to acquire CMOSIS, a pure-play supplier of high performance standard and custom CMOS image sensors. The transaction is conditional on regulatory clearance and is expected to be completed by early 2014. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. CMOSIS is a
Black Swan Energy has completed a USD150m increase in the equity capital commitments from its existing shareholders which include Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and KERN Partners. This brings the total capital commitment from its shareholders to USD501m, with the new capital being used to fully fund the
Mid-market European private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of its majority stake in Cambridge Education Group (CEG) to Bridgepoint. The sale will generate a return on investment for Palamon of 14.6 times, with a capital gain of GBP141m and an IRR of 58 per cent. Cambridge Education Group
Segulah IV LP is to acquire Øglænd Industrier AS, a developer, manufacturer and seller of multidiscipline support solutions, cable trays and cable ladders world-wide to the oil & gas, infrastructure, ship building, wind power, water treatment and clean room industries. These solutions deliver added value through reduced installation time, maximised
Mid-market private equity provider LDC has completed the sale of its stake in Kee Safety, a global safety business, in a GBP90m deal with Dunedin. LDC took a significant stake in Kee Safety in February 2011. Headquartered in Meriden, near Birmingham, Kee Safety is a provider of safety systems
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a GBP16m integrated debt facility to support the growth strategy of the London-based garment designer and manufacturer Carmel Clothing. As part of the financing arrangement, Investec has provided Carmel with revolving and amortising loan facilities, delivering working capital funding and support for future
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