Global M&A activity in the insurance sector hit new highs in 2015, with EUR129.3 billion (USD143.5 billion) worth of transactions announced during the year, according to Towers Watson’s latest Insurance M&A Annual Report. The reports says that this surge reflects a number of macro themes, including the continued availability both
Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund (NVCF) has made commitments totalling USD30 million to two leading Canadian venture capital funds: iNovia Investment Fund 2015 and Information Venture Partners II. These recent commitments are in addition to the commitments that NVCF has already made to a number of other top Canada-based/focused venture fund
Private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners’ portfolio company, Katun Corporation has completed a successful USD52 million recapitalisation with HSBC and Comvest Capital. The proceeds of the recapitalisation were used to repay Katun’s existing debt and to pay a substantial dividend to Katun’s shareholders. Katun is one of the world’s
Mid Europa Partners a private equity firm focused on buyouts in Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey, has promoted Dominika Kozlowska-Login and Viktoria Habanova to Associate Directors, Lukasz Wlodarczyk to Senior Associate and Bartosz Malecki, Can Karapence, Filip Kisdobranski and Tomas Vrba to Associates. Additionally, Berke Biricik, Csanad Daniel and
Adams Street Partners has appointed industry veterans Bill Sacher and Shahab Rashid to establish and build a private credit platform. The pair will lead the firm's credit capabilities from a new Manhattan office. Adams Street provides investors with access to high-quality private company securities, both directly and indirectly, through a
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a year before, according to Preqin’s 2016 Global Alternatives Reports. The private capital industry in particular has grown over the past year, as almost every constituent asset class saw
BDC Capital has committed an additional CAD3 million to the early stage venture capital fund managed by Mistral Venture Partners, bringing its total commitment to CAD6 million. The Business Development Bank of Canada subsidiary had made a first commitment of CAD3 million in June 2014. This increase will enable Mistral Venture
Law firm Howard Kennedy and its regulated London Stock Exchange sponsor, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services, have advised Maven Income and Growth VCT 6 PLC on the launch of its 2016 VCT share offer. The VCT is managed by Maven Capital Partners UK LLP, one of the largest VCT investment managers
PrivatEquity.biz, Israel’s first online secondary market trading arena, has launched its Global Provider Program, aimed at helping mature private, pre-IPO high-tech companies in receiving investments from both private and institutional investors in their region through a local secondary market web trading platform. PrivatEquity.biz is working to establish partnerships with financial
EMEA is the strongest performing region for global early-stage mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with the UK outperforming the region and shrugging off concerns over the results of the anticipated EU membership referendum, and a potential “Brexit”. That’s according to the latest Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor (DFP), which also finds that
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