FBL Financial Group has agreed to sell its subsidiary, EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, to controlled affiliates of Guggenheim Partners, LLC for a preliminary purchase price of USD440 million in an all-cash transaction. EquiTrust Life sells fixed and indexed annuities and life insurance nationally through independent agents and marketing organisations. Guggenheim
GSO Capital Partners LP (“GSO”), the global credit platform of The Blackstone Group, has acquired Harbourmaster Capital, a leading European leveraged loan manager which manages and advises on approximately EUR8 billion (USD11 billion) of assets. The Harbourmaster Capital Dublin-based team will continue to support the Harbourmaster funds, and will form
More than 125 delegates at the Channel Islands Funds Forum, held at the Hotel de France on 28 September and sponsored by KPMG, heard from a number of expert speakers that EU and US laws coming into force over the next few years will significantly increase the burden of regulation.
Private equity investment firm HIG Capital has acquired certain assets of WhiteHorse Capital, a Dallas-based CLO manager with experience managing over USD1.7 billion of capital, and formed HIG WhiteHorse to provide flexible financing solutions to profitable and performing small and middle market companies. With more than USD1 billion of capital
GenNx360 Capital Partners has sold SiVance, LLC to Milliken & Company. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. SiVance, LLC is a leader in silicone chemistry, focused on the development and manufacture of specialty silicone technologies and intermediates required to modify basic silicone polymers. GenNx360 Capital Partners, LP
Holland Private Equity (HPE) has invested substantial primary capital in Synova SA (Synova) in a capital increase of up to CHF20 million to become the firm’s largest outside shareholder. The expansion capital will allow Synova to further execute its internationalization, sales expansion and fuel further product development of its unique
Carne Global Financial Services has added to its team of independent directors in Luxembourg with the appointment of Thomas Nummer as Managing Director. Nummer joined Carne last month from Allianz Global Investors Luxembourg SA, where he was Chief Risk Officer and was responsible for building the firm’s UCITS-compliant risk management
Signia Wealth Limited has appointed Shalini Khemka (pictured) as a Managing Director with responsibility for developing Signia’s private equity arm alongside Spencer Moulton and co-ordinating the international expansion of the business. Khemka will be based in London and work closely with Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, CEO of Signia Wealth to build
Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has hired Hakan Bjorklund, the departing Chief Executive Officer of Nycomed, as Healthcare Operating Executive. Bjorklund worked closely with Avista on the development of Nycomed during Avista’s ownership of the company, which was recently sold to Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited for EUR9.6 billion.
Pomona Capital, a global private equity firm, has added Ernest Lambers to the London office as Managing Director and John Stephens to the Hong Kong office, also as a Managing Director. Both Lambers and Stephens will focus on the firm’s investment programs in Asia and the emerging markets. Lambers
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