Acuity Trading, the UK news analytics company, has secured SEIS financing to accelerate the company’s growth in to the retail financial market and fund development of its sentiment-based products. The funding initiative, led by The Jenson Seed EIS Fund, will be also be used to expand its reach in key
Guy Hands (pictured), Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, will be the keynote speaker at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015. The Guernsey resident and private equity specialist will top the bill for the annual event, which this year is titled ‘Achieving stability in a world
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, has promoted five investment professionals in its Chicago office to the firm’s leadership team. Charles Asfour, Partner, will continue to be responsible for originating, executing and managing private debt and equity investments in middle
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to IGEFI Group, a Summit Partners portfolio company, on its sale to Temenos Group, a software to financial institutions, in a EUR235 million deal. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Multifonds provides software to financial services institutions globally, predominantly in the third-party
Private equity firm Agilitas’ portfolio company Recover Nordic has acquired Relita Industri och Skadeservice (Relita), one of the largest providers of damage control services in Sweden. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Relita was founded by its CEO Torbjorn Borgstrom and Per Johnsson in 1996. As a result
Patina Rail, a consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Hermes Infrastructure, is to acquire a 40% shareholding in Eurostar International Limited from the UK Government. CDPQ and Hermes Infrastructure intend to own 30% and 10% of Eurostar respectively. Eurostar’s other shareholders will comprise Société Nationale
Private equity backed senior executive recruitment firm, Rowan Group has exceeded its GBP1m turnover target to year-ending December 31 2014. The company is planning to appoint up to 10 new staff in 2015 to support further growth. In the last year the company, which operates through its Rowan Finance and
Hogan Lovells has advised Ovivo on the sale of its United Kingdom municipal division to Jacopa Limited, a company owned by some members of the local management team. The transaction completed on 27 February 2015. This transaction forms part of Ovivo Inc.'s wider strategy to restructure its operations to
The German financial regulator (BaFin) has recently adopted a reciprocal private placement policy whereby German funds not within scope of AIFMD are allowed to be privately placed into other EU member states, with corresponding funds from EU member states allowed to be privately placed into Germany on an expedited basis.
RCM Alternatives is to join forces with Attain Capital Management, acquiring its fund offerings, education, research and database assets while bringing its principals and employees under the RCM umbrella. The transaction is expected to close in the first week of March. Both Chicago-based companies specialise in pairing high net-worth individuals,
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