Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has appointed Hiro Shimizu and Sakae Suzuki as directors for KKR Japan. Shimizu joined KKR Capital Markets from Goldman Sachs Japan, where he most recently served as managing director and head of the financial institutions group within the financing group. Suzuki joins KKR Capstone from McKinsey, where
CVC Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Eric Daniels to its global financial institutions advisory board. Daniels’ (pictured) appointment is effective immediately. Daniels, who is based in the UK, was formerly group chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to this, he was group chief executive of
AXA Private Equity has arranged a EUR220m unitranche facility for the acquisition of IPH by PAI Partners from Investcorp. The deal represents the largest unitranche financing in Europe to date. IPH is a distributor of industrial supplies in Europe. Founded in 1987 and historically based in Lyon, France, IPH
Drooms has launched AIFMD/command, a virtual data room solution for the large number of fund managers who are lacking the resources to comply with the incoming reporting obligations under the Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive. AIFMD/command enables documentation to be centrally stored and managed for reporting to regulators, investors
Diagnostic imaging company Diagnostic Healthcare has secured GBP1m investment from The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by SPARK Impact. Diagnostic Healthcare, headquartered in Altrincham, has a network of centres and mobile units across the UK providing MRI scans, obstetric ultrasound, bone density scans (DEXA scan), cardiac testing, health screening
Genstar Capital, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in the insurance and financial services, software, life sciences, healthcare and industrial technology industries, has acquired Acrisure, a retail insurance brokerage organisation. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Acrisure is the 50th largest privately owned insurance agency in the
Berkshire Partners has acquired a majority interest in SRS Distribution from AEA Investors. Members of the SRS management team will remain significant investors in the business. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. SRS is the fourth largest residential roofing distributor in the US. The company’s national network of
SunTx Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company, Huron, to a financial sponsor. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Huron, based in Lexington, Michigan, is a supplier of value-added tubular assemblies and precision machined products for the automotive industry. Originally founded in 1943, Huron uses advanced technologies
Archangels, the business angel syndicate, increased its funding support for Scottish early stage business in 2012, making it Scotland’s largest provider of business angel funding for the year. Last year, Archangels – which was established by Edinburgh-based entrepreneurs Mike Rutterford and Barry Sealey in October 1992 – invested GBP9.5m in
Independent oil and gas company Aladdin Middle East has raised USD20m in new equity from 4D Global Energy Advisors SAS (4DGEA), a Paris-based private equity investor that specialises in the energy sector. The equity financing will enable Aladdin Middle East to finance its committed and contingent work programmes and working
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