Global private equity investor Actis is paying USD102 million to acquire a significant minority stake in Brazil´s prestigious University Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional. Founded in 1965 Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional today has a total of 36,000 students across eight sites. Offering both undergraduate and post graduate study, long distance learning
An affiliate of Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, has acquired Bonmarché from the Administrators, KPMG. It is intended that the business will trade from approximately 230 stores, thereby providing continued employment to approximately 2,400 employees in the UK. However, in order to ensure that the
Castle Hall Alternatives, a specialist provider of operational due diligence to global investors, has expanded its activities to Europe, opening a new office in London. Michael Bolger, ACA CFA FRM, recently joined Castle Hall as Director to lead the firm’s European due diligence practice. “We are delighted to expand our
RJD Partners has sold the operations of European Boating Holidays (EBH), the largest independent operator of European inland waterway boating holidays, to a French syndicate-backed management buy-in, led by Serge Naim and financed by Avenir Entreprise and AMS Industries. The value of the transaction was undisclosed. EBH is the sixth
"These individuals have proven to be exceptional contributors and we are delighted to announce their advancement," says Richard D Tadler, a Managing Director of TA Associates. "They are very adept at advancing the interests of our limited partners and portfolio companies, and truly representative of TA’s talented team of professionals
The Paris office of international law firm Taylor Wessing has acted as sole counsel to Proparco and Unigrains in connection with their respective investment of USD7.5m and USD2m into SEAF India Agribusiness International. SEAF India Agribusiness International was established by SEAF, an international not-for-profit organisation that sets up and
PineBridge Investments has signed an agreement to invest in, and provide services to, Method Holdings (Method), a financial holding company focused on aggregating the wealth management subsidiaries of “Top 100” CPA firms. The PineBridge-Method partnership is designed to bring PineBridge’s proven investment strategies, asset allocation capabilities and manager selection expertise
HazelTree, a provider of Treasury management services for alternative investment managers, has announced the appointment of Paul Calderone to the position of Managing Director of Operations, effective immediately. Calderone brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from his years in institutional sales and development at Credit Suisse. In his new
Hogan Lovells has advised long-standing client Kelso Place Asset Management LLP (Kelso Place) on its acquisition of the global fashion brand Nicole Farhi alongside current owner, private equity firm, OpenGate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was announced on Wednesday 11 January. Nicole Farhi is a British fashion lifestyle
Actis, the pan-emerging market private equity investor has announced the promotion of three Directors to Partner – David Grylls and Nick Luckock in London, and Natalie Kolbe in Johannesburg’ Grylls is a member of the Energy team, responsible for Actis’s current and future African energy investments including Umeme.
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