British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has committed GBP50 million to BOOST&Co’s second fund, Industrial Lending II. BOOST&Co is an independent asset manager specialising in lending solutions for high-growth SMEs in the UK. It offers growth capital and venture debt of GBP2 million to GBP10
Axiata Digital (AD), the digital services arm of Axiata Group (Axiata), is to sell its Digital Ventures portfolio for USD140 million to Singapore-based investment fund Pegasus 7 Ventures. The sale consists of ownership stakes in category-leading digital businesses such as India’s largest rural commerce platform, StoreKing, and global micro-insurance company,
HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, has appointed Vinay Mendiratta has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Based in Boston, Mendiratta will focus on business development with distribution partners in the US to help private clients achieve their private markets objectives. “Over the past decade, wealth management
Global regulatory compliance firm Optima Partners as appointed private equity and hedge fund adviser David Gold as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). “Hiring David represents a significant investment in Optima’s growth,” says Optima Partners CEO Jonathan Saxton. “His role will ensure the consistent delivery of the high level of
Phoenix Equity Partners has reached an agreement with Souter Investments (Souter) and Manfield Partners (Manfield) to acquire a majority stake in Mobius Life, an independent provider of investment administration services to UK pension schemes. Phoenix will invest alongside the current management team, led by CEO Adrian Swales. Equity for the
A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) is is holding its 2nd Annual Rocktoberfest concert in London on 19 June 2019 when members of the hedge fund and private equity communities will come together for a night of live rock & roll entertainment, with the aim of raising money to provide
Broadstone, a UK-based employee benefits and pensions consulting businesses backed by private equity firm Livingbridge, has acquired Glasgow-based Thomson Dickson Consulting (TDC) to support its growth across consulting and actuarial. The business is owned and managed by actuaries Ann Marie Dickson and Andy Thomson who, along with all of the
Walter Global Asset Management (Walter) has become a minority shareholder in LionGuard Capital Management (LionGuard), an asset management firm that specialises in fundamental research on small and medium capitalisation companies. This is Walter’s first investment since forming in late 2018, and its new commitment includes direct allocations toward LionGuard-managed funds via
Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) has held the final close of Inflexion Enterprise Fund V and Inflexion Supplemental Fund V, securing commitments at their hard cap of GBP400 million and GBP600 million respectively. Raised exclusively from Inflexion’s existing LP base of blue-chip investors from across Europe, the US and Asia,
Challenge Group – a logistics recruitment and distribution company – backed by Praetura, has acquired TRG Logistics to form one of the largest independent providers of HGV drivers and warehouse staff in the UK. The undisclosed deal will see the two companies merge to become Challenge TRG Group, with current
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