Funds advised by private equity firm Apax Partners have received a binding offer and have entered into exclusive discussions to sell Azelis to the EQT VIII fund and PSP Investments. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, and other conditions including consultation with employee representatives, is expected to close
Assetz Capital’s first ever rate rise saw investors add around GBP10 million to their Access Accounts in the first month. The peer-to-peer business lender moved target interest rates for the Quick Access Account and 30-Day Access Account from 3.75 per cent to 4.10 per cent and from 4.25 per cent
Platinum Equity is to sell Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management, in a transaction valued at approximately EUR1.2 billion. The sale is expected to close during Q4 2018, subject to regulatory approval and certain closing conditions. Since Platinum Equity acquired the company in 2015, WFS has
Micrima, a Bristol-based breast imaging company, has raised GBP4.4 million in additional equity funding led by Technology Venture Partners, The Angel CoFund(ACF), and Venture Founders – plus a group of returning and new individual investors – bringing the total amount raised to GBP10.7 million. Roy Johnson, Micrima’s Executive Chairman, says: “I am very happy
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in Consulting Solutions International (CSI), headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. The company is a leading provider of contract consultants for information technology (IT) and staff augmentation for commercial customers. “CSI serves a growing base of blue chip customers,”
Middle-market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has acted as exclusive advisor to Visma Sverige Holding AB (Visma) on its divestment of market-leading mass hosting providers Loopia and Active 24 to Axcel Management A/S (Axcel). The transaction was led by Thierry Monjauze and Sylvain Noblet of Harris Williams & Co’s
Private equity veteran Thomas S Roberts, formerly Managing Partner at Summit Partners, has founded Equality Asset Management, a next-generation firm focused on making long-term investments in durable technology, healthcare, and tech-enabled growth companies. Equality plans to implement an innovative fee structure that reflects the current return environment and more closely
ADM Capital, a London and Hong Kong-based private credit fund manager, working closely with Tejara Capital and Houlihan Lokey, has led a successful USD520 million refinancing for International Oasis Holding Company KSCC (International Oasis). ADM Capital led a consortium of international investors including certain funds and accounts managed by Empyrean
PNC Bank has closed a USD315 million senior secured credit facility for JD Sports Fashion’s (JD Sports) acquisition of The Finish Line, Inc. (Finish Line). JD Sports is based in Manchester, England, and is a retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands. Headquartered in Indianapolis, The Finish Line, is
Progress Partners, a Boston- and New York-based M&A advisory firm, has advised on the sale of Swiftpage, the provider of Act! CRM software, a leading cloud-enabled platform aimed at helping small and mid-sized businesses grow, to SFW Capital Partners (SFW), a specialised private equity firm that invests in the middle
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