Business Growth Fund (BGF), the UK’s most active investor of growth capital, has appointed Diana Noble to the board of the company. Noble has extensive background in private equity, venture capital and international development and is currently chief executive of CDC, the UK’s development finance institution managing net assets of
IP Cleaning (IPC), a portfolio company of environmental investment-focused private equity firm Ambienta, is to acquire Vaclensa Ltd, an independent distributor of professional cleaning machines in the UK. Vaclensa employs around 100 people including a network of engineers spread across the country providing high-value after-sales services to blue chip clients,
Teradata, a big data analytics company, has purchased Big Data Partnership, an EMEA-based services provider of big data solutions and training. Big Data Partnership has deep expertise in disruptive technologies, including Apache Hadoop, and helps its clients discover how to become more data driven and data savvy through data science and the
Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) has held the final closing of its second fund with total committed assets of around EUR200 million, in excess of the initial target of EUR150 million. The new fund, named Three Hills Decalia after the fundraising partnership with Geneva-based asset manager Decalia, has completed its
Altitude Partners, a regional private equity fund, has completed a development capital investment into Moortec, a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) business supplying high accuracy ‘in-chip' monitoring circuits. Founded in 2005, with offices in the Plymouth Science Park, Moortec has developed a core portfolio of IP for in-chip sensors. The three
Clearwater International has been mandated by Papierfabrik Palm to support the company in developing and implementing a favourable mid-term financing structure. Based on a tailor-made financing concept, Clearwater International coordinated a competitive process with several international banks and managed the structuring of a refinancing comprising a term loan and a
Duet Private Equity and AMCON (Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria) are to establish an investment fund focused on Nigeria’s FMCG sector. The fund will launch with an initial target size of USD400 million and AMCON will contribute six portfolio companies currently under its control. The fund will invest an additional
Livingstone, the international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm, has promoted Neil Smith to director and Harsha Wickremasinghe and Lewis Gray to associate. Smith focuses on the debt advisory and special situations sector. He advises clients on a range of debt-related assignments, including new capital raises, refinancing, dividend recapitalisations and
Jersey’s proactive approach to developing new funds legislation together with its commitment to enhancing links with overseas markets will ensure its funds industry can look forward to a positive future, according to Mike Byrne (pictured), the new Chairman of the Jersey Funds Association (JFA). Elected into the position of Chairman at the
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has further recommended Guernsey for a ‘third country’ passport under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). In its final assessment to the European Commission, Parliament and Council, ESMA stated that there are ‘no significant obstacles regarding investor protection, competition, market disruption and
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