Funds advised by Apax Partners have acquired Authority Brands, a North American franchisor of home services, from PNC Riverarch Capital. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands is the parent company of two home services franchisors:
Investec Aviation Finance has launched its fourth aircraft leasing fund to acquire some of the latest generation Airbus and Boeing narrow and widebody aircraft, on lease to a range of international airlines. The team has a 10-plus-year track record in the space having successfully exited their previous three equity leasing
Hedge fund stalwart, Lord Stanley Fink, has made a GBP3 million investment in UK-based turnkey homes specialist, Project Etopia. Project Etopia creates turn-key properties that combine passive design, affordability, renewable energy generation, intelligent heating and cooling systems and smart home technology. The cash injection from former Conservative Party Treasurer
Octopus Investments, part of Octopus Group, has announced a GBP10 million over allotment facility for its current AIM VCTs fundraise. Octopus has rapidly reached the initial GBP20 million target within just seven weeks and is now offering a further GBP10 million of fundraising capacity to meet investor demand. The
L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have launched AltitudeOne Aviation with plans to acquire a portfolio of leased in-production narrow body and wide body commercial aircraft. L1 Treasury and Airborne Capital have committed equity capital of approximately USD250 million to AltitudeOne Aviation, which will be supplemented with bank financing. Airborne Capital
Inverleith, a Scottish headquartered private equity firm, has held the final close of its first institutional fund Inverleith Limited Partnership, at its hard cap of EUR60 million. Inverleith was founded by former Chairman and Chief Executive of Noble Group, Ben Thomson and former President and Managing Director of The Glenmorangie
Private equity investment platform Seedrs has reported a platform-wide annualised rate of return (IRR) of 12.02 per cent and top quartile investor IRR of 31.34 per cent in its latest Portfolio Update, which provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics and performance of the deals funded on the platform. The
TBG AG, a Switzerland-based private holding company and the owner of DTN, an independent provider of decision-support solutions to the global agriculture, oil and gas and other weather-sensitive industries, is to acquire MetoGroup, a global weather specialist. “We welcome the new owner who has significant experience in meteorological intelligence. The
Leading global insurer American International Group is to acquire Glatfelter Insurance Group (Glatfelter), a full-service broker and insurance company providing services for specialty programs and retail operations. Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, Glatfelter brings high-quality program underwriting capabilities that will accelerate the strategic positioning of AIG’s General Insurance business. The terms
Orrick has represented the key institutional shareholders in Farfetch’s USD5.8 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick advised JD.com and Condé Nast, as shareholders, and Vitruvian Partners, as a selling shareholder, in the offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Orrick previously advised JD.com, Farfetch’s
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