After nearly 12 months in operation, over 400 limited partner firms and more than 600 general partner firms from 60-plus countries actively use Palico. LPs, GPs and advisers have connected on more than 500 investment opportunities posted on Palico in the past year. Palico is the first regulated
The aggregate value of all disclosed value deals grew 58 per cent year-on-year to USD36.4b, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update: January – March 2013. Deal volume fell 12 per cent YOY and five per cent compared with the previous quarter to 661 deals. Aggregate
Playnation, the supplier of amusement and leisure machines backed by Palatine Private Equity, has appointed Pets at Home founder Anthony Preston as non-executive chairman. The appointment comes after the Manchester-based private equity firm backed the management buyout of Playnation, formerly the amusement and leisure division of London-based Inspired Gaming,
With just over eight weeks to go before the AIFMD transposition deadline, Sebastien Danloy (pictured), Head of Investor Services Europe and Offshore at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, comments on late implementation and its effects on asset managers… The clock is ticking. Member States have until July 22 to transpose
Irresistible Materials (IM), a UK materials technology company spun-out from the University of Birmingham, has secured GBP290,000 of further support from its investing shareholder Mercia Fund Management and new business angels from the US and UK. IM has also appointed Stuart McIntosh as its new chairman. McIntosh has 40 years’
Joseph W Bartlett has joined law firm McCarter & English as special counsel in the firm’s corporate, securities and financial institutions practice in New York. A recognised pioneer of the national private equity and venture capital bar, Bartlett (pictured) contributed to the original models for private equity and fund
Tailwater Capital, a newly formed Dallas-based private equity firm, has partnered with Landmark Partners to complete the secondary purchase of HM Capital’s legacy energy portfolio. Jason Downie (pictured) and Edward Herring will lead a team dedicated to investing in the energy industry with a primary focus on investments within
China, Japan and India are paying more for quality European assets, bucking a trend of declining company valuations throughout the rest of the world, according to a report on global M&A trends. The EBITDA multiples paid by these countries for deals abroad have been rising over recent years, increasing
Electranova Capital, the private equity innovation fund managed by Idinvest Partners in association with EDF, has invested in Forsee Power Solutions with the aim of supporting its growth and business development. Founded in 2011, Forsee Power Solutions is a leading participant in the market for batteries, specialising in integration
HBJ Gateley has advised the private equity firm Azure Investments on its acquisition of Dundee-based construction business Muirfield Contracts, as the builder seeks to target Scotland’s thriving energy sector. Despite the continuing difficulty in the building industry, Muirfield has posted consistent year on year growth, with GBP2m profit from
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