American Beacon Advisors, a leading provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail markets, has been acquired by funds affiliated with private equity firms Kelso & Company and Estancia Capital Management. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. "We are excited to begin the next phase of our
dopay has secured USD2 million in seed funding from ACE & Company, Techstars Ventures and a syndicate of angel investors working for leading banks, private equity funds and hedge funds. The funds will further the launch of the company’s services in Egypt and help drive expansion into new markets in
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised IFM Investors on the acquisition of a 24.99 per cent equity stake in toll road operator Organizacion de Proyectos de Infraestructura (OPI). OPI is the parent company of Concesionaria Mexiquense (Conmex), the operator of the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense, a 110-km toll road system
OmniVision Technologies is to be acquired by a consortium composed of Hua Capital Management Co, Ltd, CITIC Capital Holdings and GoldStone Investment. Under the terms of the agreement, OmniVision stockholders will receive USD29.75 per share in cash, or a total of approximately USD1.9 billion. The agreement was unanimously approved by
Private equity fund manager Clessidra SGR is to acquire a majority equity stake in the Florentine maison Roberto Cavalli. Founded in Florence in the seventies, Roberto Cavalli has become a brand of reference in the international luxury goods market, thanks to an extensive network of about 200 mono-brand boutiques.
SK Capital Partners has closed its previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in AEB Group, a spcecialist in wine ingredients with growing positions in beer ingredients and food detergents. SK Capital’s majority ownership was acquired via a capital increase and a purchase of shares from existing investors including Investindustrial,
Merger and acquisition activity has held up in the UK during the first quarter of 2015 despite the uncertainty created by the election, according to the latest PCPI/PEPI Index from BDO Corporate Finance. The index, which tracks the multiples paid by trade and private equity buyers for private companies found
London-listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners has acquired SAC, an operational van leasing company based south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Led by CEO Rene Ubbesen, who has been with SAC and its predecessor company for over 20 years, SAC’s business model is based on flexible short and long term leases
Private equity fundraising through the first quarter is examined in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity, Q1 2015. Q1 2015 has seen a marked drop in the number of private equity funds closed, down from 324 in Q4 2014 to just 166 in the first quarter of
In the Bain & Co Global Healthcare Private Equity Report 2015, the prominence of early stage investments in the healthcare sector is a recurring theme, detailing how larger funds are continuing the trend of investing down market. Preqin’s Funds in Market online service tracks 99 early stage venture capital vehicles
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