Direct Healthcare Group (DHG), a manufacturer of pressure care solutions, has acquired Transflo Cushion brand from Karomed, its third bolt-on since NorthEdge Capital supported an MBO in April 2016. Based in Caerphilly, DHG specialises in the development of clinically effective solutions for the delivery of harm-free patient care. The
Drake Star Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to American Management Association International (AMA) in its divestiture of the trade book assets of AMACOM to HarperCollins Publishers. HarperCollins will take over all front list and backlist publication, sales, distribution, and licensing of the more than 600 books in AMACOM’s
Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment management firm with more than USD32 billion of assets under management, has appointed Matthew H Scanlan to the firm’s Board of Directors, effective 1 April 2018. Scanlan will succeed long-standing board member Wilbur (Bill) H Gantz, who announced his intention to retire from
Wynnchurch Capital has acquired Heartland Automotive Services, one of the largest franchisees in the quick lube business and is the largest operator of Jiffy Lube service centres with approximately 523 locations. The acquisition of Heartland, which will which will be renamed Team Car Care, was completed in partnership with Mid-Atlantic
WestBridge Capital has appointed a new Investment Executive, chartered accountant Edward Minton. Minton joins from WK Corporate Finance, where he specialised in supporting management teams to undertake buyouts, having previously worked at Terra Firma Capital Partners. At WestBridge he will join the investment team to originate and make new investments.
Tesi made new investments totalling EUR149 million in 2017, including a EUR60 million commitment in the fund-of-fund KRR III. The firm’s direct portfolio companies also continued to grow strongly, sales increasing on average 22 per cent during the year. Coupled with a favourable operating environment, strong growth in portfolio
Small business lender iwoca is pledging to lend GBP100 million to micro and small businesses in the North of England by 2020. The alternative finance provider is making the pledge in response to the withdrawal of credit facilities for small businesses by the UK’s banks, which has been most acute
Independent fund administration specialist Circle Partners has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with the opening of a new office in Singapore. The office, which opened for business in February, is being managed by Gerben Oldekamp. This latest addition to the offices Circle Partners already has in Europe,
Since 2012, European direct-lending loan volumes have surged 120 per cent year-on-year, with an estimated 86 funds raising more than GBP50 billion.1 As Preqin noted in its Q2 2017 private debt report2, Europe had a total of USD39.1 billion of targeted capital. This is encouraging news but there are reasons to
Progressio SGR has successfully added Ifap to the Garda Plast platform it acquired eight months ago. Garda Plast is a leading player in Italy for the production of preforms in PET for mineral water, soft drinks and detergents. Ifap was founded in 1959 by the Bruseschi family and is
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