Peakside Capital has launched as real estate private equity firm by former senior managers of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The transaction included ï€ the acquisition by Peakside of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s 100 per cent indirect interest in the general partner of the Merrill Lynch European Real Estate Opportunity
VMG Partners, a private equity firm that specialises in investing in consumer product companies in the lower middle market, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company, Waggin’ Train, a marketer of real-meat dog treats, to Nestle Purina PetCare. The transaction has received US regulatory approval and is
CapVest, a European mid-market private equity firm, has reached conditional agreement to establish Valeo Foods, an Irish food company that will combine the businesses of Origin Foods, the food division of the ESM and AIM listed Origin Enterprises, with Batchelors, a privately-owned Irish ambient food company. On completion, CapVest will
Private equity firm Doughty Hanson is to acquire Equity Trust, a provider business administration and fiduciary services, for a total consideration of EUR350m from Candover and other institutional shareholders. The existing senior management team will invest alongside Doughty Hanson. Equity Trust provides administrative services to organisations worldwide, including secretarial and
Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based investment firm, and Flexpoint Ford, a private equity firm dedicated to the healthcare and financial services sectors, have completed the acquisition of Eagle Hospital Physicians. Eagle is a practice management company providing hospitalist contract services, telemedicine and hospitalist temporary staffing to its hospital partners, primarily in
Key Principal Partners, a USD1bn private investment firm, has sold its shares in Clover Technologies Group, which recycles and remanufactures laser toner and inkjet cartridges. Clover sells its products under its own brand names as well as under the private label brands of several large retail and business-to-business office product
Eden Ventures has made five investments in early stage European technology companies, with amounts ranging in size from GBP100,000 to GBP1m. The new investments are: Brightpearl: a Cloud-based (SaaS) business solution to manage leads, customers, sales, products, suppliers, website and finances in a single online service for SMEs. Eden has
Private equity fund administrator Ipes will this week commence the provision of central administration services in Luxembourg following authorisation and regulation by the Ministry of Finance and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier on 3 September. Ipes established the office in Luxembourg in December 2009 and was licensed as
Palamon Capital Partners, a European mid market private equity firm, has sold OmniBus Systems to Miranda Technologies, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company, for an all-cash consideration of EUR36.4m. OmniBus is a developer of software systems for television broadcasters and video content distributors over mobile and internet platforms. Its flagship
RLJ Equity Partners has joined forces with the senior management team of Enhanced Recovery Corporation to form Enhanced Recovery Company, the largest minority owned accounts receivable management company in the US. Founded in 1999 by Mark Thompson and Kirk Moquin, Enhanced Recovery Corporation uses a technology platform to perform accounts
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