Shareholders of Young Innovations have voted to adopt the agreement and plan of merger providing for the acquisition of the company by an affiliate of private equity firm Linden Capital Partners. Approximately 98.96 per cent voted in favour of the adoption of the merger agreement, which represented approximately 90.06 per
Evercore Partners’ adjusted pro forma net revenues were a record USD638.9m for the 12 months ended 31 December 2012, compared to USD520.4m for the 12 months ended 31 December 2011. Adjusted pro forma net revenues were USD212.0m for the quarter ended 31 December 2012, compared with USD111.6m and USD149.2m for
Manager of the RWC Europe Absolute Alpha Fund, Ajay Gambhir (pictured) believes that European Equities offer his equity long/short strategy some of the greatest investment opportunities in the last ten years. Gambhir has highlighted two reasons for optimism for the asset class. Firstly, the dislocations in European equities have been
Return hungry investors are likely to continue parking their cash in high yield bonds allowing over indebted European companies to refinance their debt and new ones to access markets, according to Debtwire Europe’s 2013 Distressed Debt Outlook. “To judge by the headlines, the intensity of the European crisis has abated
Lightbank, a venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky, has opened an office in the Flatiron District of New York. Lightbank’s New York presence will enable the firm to better serve and grow its portfolio in New York and the East Coast, where it will join
At a time when investors are hungry for income, some 59 per cent of the Association of Investment Companies’ member venture capital trusts are yielding over five per cent. The average VCT is up four per cent over one year, 21 per cent over three years, two per cent over
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary, has revealed plans to raise EUR500m over the next four years and increase net asset under management to EUR1.3bn. Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners currently manages EUR1bn focusing on growth capital and life sciences in France and Europe.
Purchasing Platform, a Chicago-based procurement company focused on the real estate industry, has closed an angel round of investment capital. The company raised a total of USD565,000 from various angel investors and intends to use the investment to fund start-up operations and complete the development of its ecommerce platform. The
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a USD1bn seven-year global bond issue, the borrower’s first ever benchmark offering in this maturity. This transaction responds to global investor demand for the highest quality fixed-income investments, against the continued overall flight to quality and the backdrop of appetite
Private equity investment firm Rockpool Investments has launched a new GBP5m EIS-compliant investment opportunity in on-site utility provider Basalt Global. This is the latest in a wave of EIS qualifying deals that Rockpool has offered to investors since changes to the EIS rules were made in April 2012, making the
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