The Central Bank of Ireland is to initiate a consultation on the Irish regulatory regime for non-Ucits funds. The consultation will outline the changes to be introduced in connection with the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) in July 2013. The AIFMD has presented the Central Bank
The scarcity in the number of quality businesses coming to market, coupled with a lack of availability of debt funding, has impacted private equity yet again this quarter as the number of deals continued its year-long fall, according to research released by BDO’s corporate finance team. This contrasted starkly with
Asset Match, the UK’s first electronic platform for trading shares in private companies, has acquired Sharemark, the online stock market for smaller listed and non-listed companies, for an undisclosed sum. Sharemark is designed to provide a low cost, online secondary trading platform. Sharemark and its multilateral trading facility (MTF)
HSS Hire Services Group has been acquired by Exponent Private Equity. The transaction value has not been disclosed. HSS is a UK-based tool and equipment hire chain that has been serving big businesses, trade and DIY customers since 1957. Operating under the banner of HSS Hire, the group
An affiliate of private equity firm Aterian Investment Partners has completed the carve-out acquisition of ten heat treating facilities in the US and Canada from Bluewater Thermal Solutions. The acquired plants will continue to operate under the Bluewater name. Bluewater is a provider of heat treating services and solutions to
Private equity firm HIG Capital has completed the sale of Texas Honing (THI), an engineering-enabled producer of high precision components used in oilfield drilling, completion, and production systems worldwide. After the transaction, the company will be included in the Forged Products segment of Precision Castparts Corporation. Based near Houston, Texas,
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has opened an office in Singapore. The office, which is KKR’s seventh in Asia Pacific, will serve as the regional hub for Southeast Asia and will be dedicated towards its investment activities throughout the region. The Singapore office builds upon KKR’s model of marrying market knowledge of experienced
Riordan Lewis & Haden | Equity Partners’ (RLH) portfolio company, ABB Concise Optical Group, has been recapitalised by New Mountain Capital. The transaction provided a favourable financial outcome for RLH’s investors while affording the ABB Concise management team the opportunity to continue their growth strategy in partnership with a new
Navatar Group, a cloud provider for financial services, has launched a new version of Navatar Private Equity CRM, a cloud solution used by alternative assets firms worldwide. This release adds to the existing functionality provided out-of-the-box by Navatar Private Equity CRM, completely through the cloud, and which is used by
Global management consultancy firm AT Kearney has appointed Alberto Fumo as senior principal to reinforce the company’s position in private equity consultancy. This appointment is part of the continued growth the practice has experienced, and will expand its presence in the UK and Europe. Fumo has 14 years of
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