UK Private equity house Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has led the management buyout (MBO) of Acton Banks Limited (Acton Banks), a UK healthcare staffing business. The transaction is Maven’s third investment from its buyout fund, having earlier this year led an investment in Manchester-based hardware designer and supplier UAP Limited
London-based babble cloud holdings limited, a UK provider of cloud-based communications technology, is strengthening its portfolio and doubling its industry footprint by acquiring Birmingham-based Arden Group for an undisclosed sum. The deal will add strength in mobile and IT managed services to babble’s existing market-leadership in Unified Communication (UCaaS) and cloud-based
ARX Equity Partners (ARX) has successfully completed the exit of its investment in Fincentrum, an independent financial advisory business operating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia respectively. Fincentrum facilitates the sale of mortgages, life insurance and investment products and boasts more than 3,000 financial advisors and a turnover in excess
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Petershill programme has made a strategic minority investment in middle-market private equity firm Harvest Partners. The passive investment, which represents 15 per cent of the firm, will allow Harvest Partners to expand the ownership of the firm and further develop its platform, building on the firm’s
Mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has submitted a binding offer for the acquisition of the whole business of Courir. The equity value of this offer is EUR283 million. Equistone has now entered today into exclusive negotiations with Groupe Go Sport. The completion of the deal, which
Top 20 accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed Ian Johnson as Director. He is based in the London office with a national role. Johnson specialises in advising law firms on areas including financial reporting, statutory accounts and audit issues. He regularly advises law firms on SRA Accounting Rules, financial and
METRON, the France-based developer of an energy intelligence platform for industry, has completed a new EUR8 million fundraising. The fundraising includes commitments from BNP Paribas, Financière Fonds Privés, which enables private investors to invest directly in high potential companies, and existing shareholder, Breed Reply, a leading active operational investor in
Guernsey has registered a Guernsey-domiciled agribusiness fund as the world’s first regulated green fund. The Cibus Fund, launched last year, becomes the first fund to be awarded the Guernsey Green Fund regulatory “kitemark” by the island’s regulator, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, following the launch of the Guernsey Green Fund
Independent asset manager Dunas Capital has launched the Rainforest Dunas Iberia Fund I FCR, the first private equity fund of funds that will invest exclusively in Spanish and Portuguese GPs. The fund of funds manager will look for investment opportunities in buyout and growth capital funds but will also have
Palatine Private Equity has exited its investment in the telecoms arm of MJ Quinn following the sale to Visabeira/Constructel. MJ Quinn, which is headquartered in Liverpool, specialises in the provision of a variety of telecoms services including access network solutions, fibre roll out for businesses and households and provision of
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