Global investment bank GCA achieved record revenues of GBP148 million and EBIT of GBP27 million in 2016, successfully completing 133 deals over the course of the year. This is GCA’s first set of results since its July 2016 merger with Altium. Recent high profile deals included advising JayZ on the
Cairngorm Capital Partners is making a further investment in Polyframe Group Limited (Polyframe), a UK manufacturer of trade windows and doors, to facilitate Polyframe’s acquisition and merger with Customade Group Limited (Customade). The enlarged group, with revenues in excess of GBP100 million, will trade as Customade and now has a
APS Holding (APS) has acquired a portfolio of Croatian non-performing loans (NPL) with a nominal value significantly exceeding EUR100 million. The firm’s newly established office in Croatia is expected to have more than 40 employees in the first half of the year. The acquisition includes secured and unsecured non-performing corporate
Private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired substantially all the assets of Xtera Communications (Xtera), a provider of innovative and bespoke sub-sea fibre optic solutions. HIG previously provided debtor-in-possession financing to the Xtera debtors in connection with the chapter 11 case. Established in 1998 and based in the UK
Darby Private Equity’s Darby Converging Europe Fund III (SCS) SICAR (DCEF III) has completed a mezzanine debt investment in Unilink SA (Unilink), strengthening Unilink’s balance sheet and providing capital for growth through acquisitions. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Unilink is the leading insurance multiagency in Poland
Mark Hardwicke of boutique investment bank, Invenio Corporate Finance, writes on the tactics required to make a successful exit. The word was not even in the dictionary five years ago. Businesses were not making plans for it, the government was refusing to consider it, and almost no-one was predicting it.
Dyal Capital Partners (Dyal), a division of Neuberger Berman Group, has closed Dyal Capital Partners III (PE), its third fund, with approximately USD5.3 billion of committed capital. Dyal increased the target fund size by over USD2.0 billion during the marketing period, as investment opportunities increased and investor interest in the
Vision Capital has realised a 5.2x return its investment in Nordax Group AB (Nordax), a niche bank in the Nordic region. Vision Capital acquired a majority stake in Nordax in July 2010. During Vision Capital’s ownership, Nordax successfully implemented several important strategic initiatives to improve its business, including expansion into
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has made an investment on behalf of its clients into the Balko Wind project (Balko Wind), a 300MW installed capacity wind farm located in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Affiliates of D E Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) own Balko Wind. AllianzGI provided funding to refinance Balko Wind’s existing
Global law firm Reed Smith has advised Graphite Capital and Micheldever Group (MTS) on the acquisition of MTS by Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), Japan’s sixth largest tyre manufacturer. The sale was made for GBP215 million, 3.7 times the original investment made by Graphite in 2006. MTS is the second largest
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