AXA Private Equity, the European diversified private equity firm, has signed an agreement with the management team of Fives Group, led by Frédéric Sanchez, to acquire a stake in the company. As part of the same transaction, the management team becomes the majority stakeholder as Fives enters the next phase
United Initiators has acquired Syrgis Performance Initiators (SPI) from Syrgis Performance Products, which is owned by Edgewater Capital Partners. SPI is a manufacturer of customer tailored formulations of ketone peroxides in North America and Europe and benzoyl peroxides in North America. Both products are organic peroxide initiators used in
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Arctic Glacier Income Fund. The transaction was effectuated pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) and the US Bankruptcy Code. The new company, Arctic Glacier Holdings, will be based in
FundCount, a provider of investment management and accounting software, has integrated FINCAD’s F3 into its FundCount Risk Analytics solution. F3 provides comprehensive, calculated risk measures that enable companies to obtain a better picture of their portfolio's risk. FundCount provides technology for financial professionals such as hedge funds, fund administrators, fund
Singapore-based asset manager, Milltrust International Group, founded by Simon Hopkins in January 2011, has launched an innovative range of emerging market UCITS funds, ad
Bertram Capital has sold Author Solutions to Pearson, a learning company and parent of Penguin Books. The USD116m all-cash deal marks Bertram Capital’s third portfolio company exit in the last nine months. Since Bertram Capital’s investment in 2007, ASI has grown to be a leading provider of professional self-publishing services.
A former trader at Nomura Holdings Inc is preparing to launch a USD250million Asia-focused volatility hedge fund reported Reuters this week, in what should become one of the region’s bigger start-ups so far this year. Jean-Noel Payer was a managing director at the Japanese bank and worked with Benjamin Fuchs,
The Carlyle Group, together with management and employees of Service King Collision Repair Centers, is to acquire majority ownership in the largest independent US chain of auto body repair shops. Founder Eddie Lennox will retain a significant ownership stake in Service King. Chief executive officer Cathy Bonner will become chairman
Mid Europa Partners, a private equity firm focused on Central Europe and Turkey, is to partner with the founders of Walmark by acquiring a 50 per cent stake in the company. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in Q4 2012. With
KPS Capital Partners’ portfolio company International Equipment Solutions has acquired, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, CWS Industries. This is the fourth acquisition by IES since its formation. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. KPS formed IES in September 2011 as a platform for investments serving the
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