LBO France has appointed Franck Abadia as Director within the firm’s operating team which is composed of former CEOs and operational managers who offer portfolio companies the benefit of their experience and networks. They assess the company’s potential for creating operational value on the basis of three criteria – strategic
The climate for IPOs in Germany has considerably improved, according to the IPO sentiment indicator jointly developed by Deutsche Börse and TU Munich. The indicator climbed from 30.1 points to 34.2 points, reflecting buoyant sentiment among investors, companies and underwriters in the primary market. The indicator is based on surveys
Archangels, alongside Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm, Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), has completed additional rounds of funding totalling over GBP3.3m for three growing Scottish businesses. All three businesses are now competing on a global stage and have received support from Archangels from early stage. The capital raised will enable all three
Private equity firm Agilitas' waste management portfolio company, Impetus Waste Management, has acquired a further waste transfer station and processing facility in the North East of England. The consideration for the acquisition of T Shea Limited, based in Leeds, is not being disclosed. Impetus is one of the largest waste management
CORESTATE’s Luxembourg-based subsidiary CORESTATE Capital Fund Management has obtained a license to operate as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) from the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF). Going forward, this will permit CORESTATE to design and manage regulated investment products as well as to sell them to investors anywhere
GE Antares is serving as administrative agent on a USD145.6 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Lazer Spot by Greenbriar Equity Group. GE Capital Markets served as co-lead arranger and co-bookrunner on this facility. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Atlanta, Lazer Spot is a leader
Millennium Trust Company, a provider of alternative asset custody solutions to institutions, advisors and individuals, has made two promotions within its Alternative Solutions Group. The firm has named Jeremy Christensen, Director of Private Fund Custody and Matt Nitschke, National Director of the Alternative Solutions Group. Prior to his new role,
Peer-to-peer secured business spending platform ThinCats has partnered with ESO Capital Group to underwrite a regular series of large deals on the ThinCats platform. The deal will initially involve GBP20m-GBP50m being deployed on the ThinCats platform but both partners expect this figure to rise significantly over the next few years.
Halesowen-based Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) has secured a substantial funding package from banking group Santander and private investment firm SEA Equity. Prominent West Midlands businessman, Roy Kishor, has taken the role of Chairman and will lead the management team in growing the GBP10 million turnover firm in the longer term,
An investor group led by Siris Capital Group has completed the acquisition of commerce-as-a-service solutions provider Digital River. The execution of a definitive merger agreement outlining the terms of the transaction, which is valued at approximately USD840 million, was initially announced on 23 October, 2014. In the transaction, all outstanding
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