MIddle market private equity firm The Sterling Group has completed the acquisition of the Dexter Axle business from Tomkins Industries, a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings. The investment is Sterling’s fourth investment in its third fund, an USD820 million fund raised in 2010. Dexter is the second business Sterling has acquired
First Investors Financial Services Group has completed its previously announced merger with an affiliate of private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners. The total consideration to be received by the former holders of First Investors securities will be approximately USD100 million. First Investors, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of a
Global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has named Dayna Grayson as Partner. A venture capitalist with operational and product development expertise, Grayson will work with NEA’s East Coast technology team, focusing on early-stage investments in enterprise and consumer internet companies. "Dayna is a talented investor who is intensely
Deutsche Bank has launched an app-based fund solution that provides access to its fund administration services as well as award-winning research and analytical tools in one place via the Bank’s Autobahn App Market. The Autobahn App Market not only consolidates hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity applications in
Mindbody, a provider of online business management software to the beauty, health and wellness industry, has completed a USD35m investment round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The company’s existing investors, Catalyst Investors and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), also participated in the latest investment. The capital raised will be
Private equity firm GTCR has acquired Premium Credit from MBNA Europe, a subsidiary of Bank of America. Premium Credit is a provider of payment facilitation and financing services in the UK and Ireland. GTCR is partnering with new chief executive Andrew Doman and existing management of Premium Credit to recapitalise
On the back of the HSI Volatility Index (VHSI), which measures Hang Seng Index (VNKY) option prices, reaching a six-year low earlier in October, Asian hedge funds are positioning themselves to bet on a return of volatile asset prices reported Bloomberg News this week. Andrew Wong, a former Artradis Fund
Euro Choice II, the private equity investment programme focusing on the European market, has sold its majority stake in SENIOcare, a long-term care group in Switzerland, to funds managed by private equity investment group Waterland. Founded in 1983, SENIOcare has 26 nursing homes across Switzerland and over 1,000 residents cared
TowerBrook Capital Partners has acquired a majority interest in Vistage International, the world’s largest for-profit peer-advisory membership organisation of chief executives and business executives. With more than 16,000 members in 15 countries, Vistage delivers leadership development and business value to CEOs and key executives in the US and around the
European private equity firm Cinven has completed its acquisition of Amdipharm, the family-owned international niche pharmaceuticals business, for a total consideration of GBP367m. This deal follows Cinven’s acquisition of Mercury Pharma, an international specialty pharmaceuticals company, in August 2012. Amdipharm will be merged, over time, with Mercury Pharma. The
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