2013 was a year of strong private equity exit activity in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, the third highest on record, according to the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA). Unlike the previous two record years, 2013 was not dominated by one or two large disposals.
Highland Capital Management has launched a non-traded product line with a publicly-registered business development company (BDC) NexPoint Capital. The BDC will be the industry’s first healthcare-focused fund of its kind with a target raise of USD1.5bn in capital for investing primarily in medium-sized businesses. NexPoint Capital represents Highland’s initial
SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services, a provider of operational and administration support services to institutional asset managers, has completed the enhancement of its Asian business. SuMi TRUST has strengthened its operational and client service teams in all three centres with all asset servicing and client relationship activity for Japanese and
Kate Mitchell, co-founder and partner of Scale Venture Partners and former chairman of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) board of directors, has re-joined NVCA’s board as a director. Mitchell’s term will expire in 2016 and comes after Adam Grosser, managing director of Silver Lake Kraftwerk, resigned from the NVCA
Topaz Energy and Marine has secured a USD75 million equity investment from Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE). Under the terms of the investment, SCPE will inject USD75 million of equity in return for a 9.8 per cent stake in the business. The funds will be deployed in support of
BGF, established to help the UK’s growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has appointed Sarah Ledwidge as an investment manager, based in its Bristol office. Ledwidge will be responsible for identifying investable local businesses in Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and the Thames Valley, and working with them to achieve their growth
Brookside Equity Partners has appointed Richard T Dell’Aquila as a managing director. Previously, Dell’Aquila was a managing director at Parallel Investment Partners in Dallas, Texas, where he was involved in sourcing, evaluating, structuring, managing and exiting several private equity investments. Before joining Parallel, Dell’Aquila was a principal at Southfield
Private equity firm GTCR has completed the acquisition of Cole-Parmer Instrument Company from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Cole-Parmer, headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty laboratory equipment, instruments and supplies to a diverse range of customers in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, chemicals, food and other research-based or
Sensata Technologies is to acquire the Schrader group of companies from private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners for a total enterprise value of USD1.0 billion. Schrader specialises in tyre pressure monitoring sensors (TPMS). The transaction provides TPMS and additional low pressure sensing capabilities that address large and fast growing
Accountancy firm Monahans has appointed Stephanie Hurst to the position of corporate tax manager. Based at the firm’s Bath office, Hurst specialises in business and corporate tax, research and development relief, mergers, acquisitions and business restructuring. Hirst qualified as Chartered Tax Advisor in 2013. She joins Monahans with almost
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