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Sentinel Capital Partners acquires cabi

Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired cabi, a direct seller of women’s apparel in the US, Canada and the UK. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   Founded in 2002, cabi sells high-quality, accessibly-priced designer clothing to a broad, female demographic via a proprietary network of

Quad-C Management sells Curvature

Private equity firm Quad-C Management has completed the sale of its portfolio investment Curvature, an IT services company and provider of new and pre-owned network hardware and IT infrastructure services. Through the deal, Curvature merged with Partners Group portfolio company SMS Systems Maintenance Services to form SMS | Curvature. Terms

Astarte and BlueLake form partnership

London-based alternatives investment manager Astarte Capital Partners has formed a partnership with BlueLake Associates, a Zug-based investment consultancy and asset allocation specialist. Through this partnership, Astarte will act as the private equity and real assets adviser to BlueLake, while BlueLake will contribute macroeconomic, asset allocation and risk management advisory services

Henkel submits USD100m offer for Darex Packaging Technologies

Henkel has entered into exclusive negotiations with GCP Applied Technologies to acquire its global Darex Packaging Technologies business for USD1.05 million (EUR995 million) on a cash and debt free basis. Darex is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and supplies high-performance sealants and coatings for the metal packaging industry around the world.

Private equity funds ‘face much tougher challenges than Trump and Brexit’

The risks posed to the UK private equity industry by recent political events have been grossly exaggerated, according to Matthew Hudson, chief executive of MJ Hudson, the alternative assets consultancy. Hudson (pictured) sees the emergence of passive private equity funds and the trillion-user base of large retail platforms, such as Snap and

Teton Advisors acquires Keeley Asset Management

Teton Advisors has acquired certain assets of Keeley Asset Management Corp (KAMCO), a pioneer in small and mid-cap value investing founded by John L Keeley, Jr in 1982. Serving as the acquisition vehicle is Keeley-Teton Advisors, a newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary of Teton. At closing, the combined firms have

Apposite Capital acquires Enara and Complete Care from Mitie

Apposite Capital, an independent investment firm focused exclusively on healthcare, has acquired the UK social care division of Mitie Group for a cash consideration of GBP2. The division consists of the domiciliary care and homecare businesses, Enara Group and Complete Care Holdings.   In addition, Mitie will contribute GBP9.45 million

Hatteras launches Venture Capital Multiplier Fund

Hatteras Venture Partners has been selected by the State of North Carolina (NC) as the manager of the Venture Capital Multiplier Fund (VCMF), which has USD60 million in capital. A portion of the VCMF has been committed to the latest Hatteras venture capital fund, Hatteras Venture Partners V (HVP V).

Estera boosts fund administration with Morgan Sharpe acquisition

Global fiduciary and administration provider Estera has acquired Guernsey-based Morgan Sharpe Administration. The deal was finalised on 27 February and is subject to regulatory approvals, following which the business will be rebranded under the Estera name.   Farah Ballands, CEO of Estera, says: “This is a great start to the

Pubs acquisition marks first M&A deal for Bosham Capital Advisors

Bosham Capital Advisors (BCA) has completed its first deal on behalf of British Country Inns (BCI), which is selling its portfolio of 16 traditional pubs. Liberation Group has bought two freehold pubs for an undisclosed sum. Both pubs are located in Somerset: the Lime Kiln Inn, Knole and Beambridge, Sampford

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