Euronext has expanded its ‘Federal model’ with the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares and voting rights of The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) for EUR137 million. The acquisition is in line with Euronext’s long term strategy, and sees Ireland become its sixth core European country. Euronext intends to
Ardian, an independent private investment company, has entered into exclusivity with some family shareholders and Tikehau Capital to acquire a controlling stake into Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques (DRT). The proposed transaction values DRT at approximately EUR1 billion and is fully supported by DRT’s management team which will remain in
Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on financial services investing, has held the final close of its fourth private equity fund, Lightyear Fund IV, with more than USD950 million in capital commitments, with an additional USD75 million raised in a related co-investment vehicle. Fund IV received commitments from US
Mubadala Investment Company, an Abu Dhabi Government owned company, has acquired Verno Capital’s private equity advisory unit to strengthen its internal investment and asset management capability across Russia and the CIS region. The transaction sees a number of Verno employees transfer to Mubadala, who will now have a complete focus
Praesidian Capital, a provider of senior and subordinated capital for small and mid-sized businesses, has led a USD12.0 million mezzanine debt investment and a USD0.3 million equity co-investment to support the acquisition of Remedy Health Media (Remedy) by Topspin Partners (Topspin). Headquartered in New York, NY, Remedy is a leading
RPC and The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) have launched a new guide on private equity fund restructurings to bring clarity to this complex area. RPC has produced the guide for fund sponsors, investors and investment professionals, going through potential scenarios that could require a private equity
KKR is teaming up with Ron Voigt, formerly an executive at Danaher Corporation, to work together to identify and acquire mid-market businesses in the industrials sector. Together with KKR, Voigt will focus on acquiring manufacturing businesses generating roughly USD25 to USD50 million of EBITDA. Once a company has been acquired,
APEXX, a single marketplace for global payments, has closed an initial seed funding round and been awarded a grant by Innovate UK, activity totalling USD4 million (GBP3.2 million). The round was led by Forward Partners, a top London-based VC which specialises in applied artificial intelligence (AI) and have previously invested in EmpowerRD,
Yukon Partners (Yukon) has held the final closing of Yukon Capital Partners III, and its associated parallel funds, at its hard cap of USD558.7 million in total capital commitments. Since its inception in 2008, Yukon has raised over USD1.2 billion in total capital commitments across three funds. Fund III will
The State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for November 2017 decreased to 97.1, down 1.0 point from October’s revised reading of 98.1. The minor decline in global sentiment was driven largely by a 12.0 point drop in the European ICI to 81.0. By contrast, the North American ICI rose by
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