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Amethis Finance and Metier acquire stake in Kenafric Industries

Amethis Finance and Metier have teamed up to acquire a significant minority stake in East African packaged food business Kenafric Industries. The Kenafric Group was founded in 1987 by Velji Punja Shah and his four sons.   The group has grown to emerge as a major FMCG group in East

Arma Partners advises Evidon on sale of Ghostery consumer assets

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Evidon, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, on the sale of its Ghostery consumer assets to Cliqz. Cliqz is a Munich-based web browser provider with integrated search engine owned by Hubert Burda Media and the Mozilla Corporation.   The Ghostery assets

Euronext launches family business index

Euronext has announced the launch of Euronext Family Business, the first European index dedicated to family businesses, designed to highlight the performance of 90 family companies listed in the four countries covered by Euronext. Components of the Euronext Family Business Index are selected from listed companies in compartments A, B

KKR to acquire Telxius stake

KKR is to acquire a stake of up to 40 per cent in Telxius, a critical telecom infrastructure owner and service provider in Europe and Americas. The deal implies an enterprise value of EUR3.678 billion and is subject to the customary closing conditions.   Telxius owns and operates a large

Summa Equity acquires Lin Education

Summa Equity has acquired Linfre Education AB from the company’s founder and a handful of private investors. The founder and CEO Josef Lind will reinvest the majority of his proceeds, and the management team will also invest alongside Summa Equity.   Tommi Unkuri, partner at Summa Equity, says: “We are

Enstar sells Pavonia life business to Global Bankers Insurance Group

Enstar Group is to sell its subsidiary Pavonia Holdings (US) for USD120 million to an affiliate of Global Bankers Insurance Group, the insurance and reinsurance group of companies of Eli Global. Pavonia owns Pavonia Life Insurance Company of Michigan, Pavonia Life Insurance Company of New York, and Enstar Life (US).

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SoftBank Group to acquire Fortress Investment Group for USD3.3bn

SoftBank Group (SoftBank or SBG) is to acquire Fortress Investment Group (Fortress) in a cash deal worth approximately USD3.3 billion. Under the terms of the merger agreement, which has been unanimously approved by a Special Committee of Independent Directors of Fortress's Board of Directors and Fortress's full Board of Directors, each Fortress Class

Summa Equity’s first fund closes at SEK4.5 billion

Summa Equity’s first fund, Summa Equity Fund I, has closed with commitments of SEK4.5 billion, exceeding the initial target of SEK3.3 billion after being significantly oversubscribed. The fund size was limited to SEK4.5 billion despite oversubscription.  Summa Equity was founded in 2016 by five partners brought together by a shared

Proskauer advises HgCapital on two new fund closings totaling GBP3.1bn

International law firm Proskauer has advised European buyout firm HgCapital on the close of two new funds with a combined value of GBP3.1 billion. HgCapital 8 closed with GBP2.5 billion in commitments, five months after launching in September 2016, and HgCapital Mercury 2, closed on its target of GBP575 million

One Equity Partners’ portfolio company acquires Auto Safety House

One Equity Partners’ portfolio company, The WW Williams Company has completed the acquisition of Auto Safety House, one of the largest vehicle maintenance service and parts provider for trucks, pre-owned and new buses, and other vehicles in the Southwestern US. The company is also  the Thomas Built Bus distributor for

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