Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm investing exclusively in aerospace and defence, has acquired Seattle-headquartered Raisbeck Engineering. Founded in 1982 by aeronautical engineer and entrepreneur James D Raisbeck, Raisbeck Engineering develops, markets and manufactures worldwide-certified performance improvement systems for some of the most prolific commercial and general aviation aircraft
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has been named the Best North American Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2016. The awards, which celebrate the achievements of the best performing managers and service providers in the US hedge funds
One of the largest venture capital investors in the UK, Albion Ventures, is to acquire GBP490 million OLIM Investment Managers from Close Brothers Group. OLIM is a fund manager specialising in UK quoted equities with a particular focus on charities, for which it manages GBP240 million, and in investment and
Maples Fund Services, a division of MaplesFS and an independent global fund services provider, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the opening of its Hong Kong office. Commencing operations in Hong Kong in 2006, Maples Fund Services provides accounting, middle office, risk reporting and administration services to a client base
Raiffeisen Bank International has implemented SmartStream Technologies’ Corona Cash and Liquidity reporting solution to monitor and manage cash positions on an intraday basis, throughout the group. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has released ‘Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision’ for intraday liquidity management with a target date
Kuflink, a peer-to-peer lending platform where loans are secured against UK based property, is integrating Contego’s multi-source identity verification and risk-scoring platform to carry out Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks on individuals. Kuflink selected Contego’s identity verification and risk-scoring platform to support its checking requirements as part of its lender onboarding
Canadian investment bank FirePower Capital has launched an asset management arm that will provide debt financing to lower mid-market Canadian businesses. The FirePower Private Capital Division, a specialist 'Gap Debt' lender, aims to assist lower mid-market Canadian businesses searching for capital to continue to grow. "Canadian entrepreneurs just do
Equistone Partners Europe, a European investor in mid-market buyouts, has acquired a majority stake in D3T Distribution, the holding company of Motoblouz and Access-Moto, from Inspirational Stores for an undisclosed sum. Following the deal, Motoblouz’s co-founder and CEO Thomas Thumerelle will continue in his current role. Founded in 2004
Primonial REIM has acquired Gecina’s healthcare division, Gecimed portfolio. Clearwater International advised Primonial REIM on the strategic and financial analysis of the portfolio, raising the equity and debt, the organisation of due diligences and negotiations with the seller. Primonial REIM acted for a club deal, gathering several institutional investors.
Aurelius Rho Invest is to acquire the European business activities of the US-based Office Depot. Once the consultation processes with various employee representative bodies at the Office Depot Group in France have been concluded, the seller will be able to conclude an already negotiated purchase agreement. The two parties
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