Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, has completed the acquisition of Equity Insurance Group, a motor insurer based in the UK. It was purchased from Insurance Australia Group (IAG). Equity Insurance Group includes motor insurer Equity Red Star and Equity Syndicate Management
Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity firm, is backing the GBP30m management buy-out and expansion financing of Drake & Morgan, a London-based bar-restaurant group. Drake & Morgan was founded in 2008 by the Imbiba Partnership, the specialist bar and restaurant investment partnership, and managing director Jillian MacLean, a leisure
Altus Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on niche middle market manufacturing companies in the US, has hired three professional staff members. Russell J Greenberg, co-founder and managing partner, says: “We will continue to invest in resources as we move ahead in investing Altus Capital Partners II and managing
Apex Fund Services has appointed Elliott Brown to the newly created position of managing director – Americas. Brown will have responsibility for overseeing the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America. Brown was formerly with JP Morgan for 18 years, most recently as the
Leeds-based Help-Link, the only central heating specialist apart from British Gas to work throughout the whole of the UK, has completed a deal with NorthEdge Capital, a private equity firm. The business, which started 15 years ago as four men in vans, has built its growth on making it
JTC Group, a provider of private wealth, corporate, employee benefit and fund administration services, has acquired Ardel Fund Services Limited (AFSL), a Guernsey-based third party fund administration provider. The move significantly boosts JTC’s numbers in this jurisdiction adding specialist fund expertise both locally and for the group. AFSL, formerly
The Carlyle Group has made a significant investment in Addison Lee, a well-known brand in the transportation and private hire services in London and the South East of England. Capital for this investment will come from Carlyle Europe Partners III, a EUR5.4bn fund that makes mid and large cap
Jersey Finance has welcomed the signing of a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) between the authorities in Jersey and Luxembourg. Geoff Cook (pictured), chief executive of Jersey Finance, says: “The DTA with Luxembourg is a welcome addition. There are strong commercial links between some firms in Jersey and those in
Gruner + Jahr, advised by CMS Hasche Sigle, has sold its stakes in various Polish companies that handle G+J’s magazine business in Poland to Burda International. Bertelsmann and Constanze (Jahr Group) were also included on the vendor side. The Polish G+J companies publish well-known titles such as Gala,
Lyceum Capital-backed Access Group, a developer of business management software, has acquired SaaS-based staff planner and team management solution TeamSeer, increasing the number of subscribers to its cloud-based platform aCloud. The transaction represents Access’ ninth add-on since Lyceum Capital invested in the company in March 2011. Access is
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