Amicus Finance, a specialist in short term lending solutions, has acquired City-based brokerage Norton Folgate Capital Group Limited including Norton Folgate Capital Consulting for an undisclosed sum. Amicus has secured an initial stake of 75% in Norton Folgate Capital Consulting LLP with the remaining 25% being held by the
Asahi Kasei Corporation has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore International, a manufacturer of microporous membranes, which currently has two business segments: Energy Storage and Separations Media. In conjunction with this transaction, Polypore has also entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to sell the assets and
Red Rocks Capital’s Global Listed Private Equity (GLPE) index continues to provide long-term performance comparable with the Cambridge Associates Global Buyout & Growth Equity Index. GLPE Index has approximately USD500 million in ETF tracking assets, and was the first US-based investable index to monitor global listed private equity companies. The
Baring Private Equity Asia has held the closing of The Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VI, a private equity fund with USUSD3,988,000,000 in commitments. Fund VI, which reached its first close of USD3.3 billion last year within four months of launching, closed at its hard cap and was heavily oversubscribed.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has acquired PowerPlan, a provider of accounting, tax and capital budgeting optimisation solutions for capital asset-intensive businesses, from current investors JMI Equity and TPG Growth. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. “PowerPlan has addressed the information gaps that develop between finance and
Shore Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Summit Medical a medical device manufacturer that has been designing, engineering and manufacturing microsurgery products for over 30 years. In addition to its Instru-Safe instrument protection line for infection control and sterilisation in the critical care market, Summit Medical manufactures ear, nose,
Blackstone Group’s Equity Healthcare has selected ConSova Corporation as the preferred dependent eligibility partner for its 40+ affiliated companies. Through this agreement, ConSova joins forces with Equity Healthcare to offer a full range of health care cost containment solutions to the companies within the Blackstone Group’s global asset management portfolio
DMS Offshore Investment Services Ltd and White Oak Global Advisors have launched of an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) hosted on the DMS Irish platform. White Oak has engaged the DMS AIF platform, which is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an AIFM in Ireland, and by the CSSF
Hamburg-based shipping company Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft is to buy the container line operations of Chilean shipping line Compañía Chilena de Navegación Interoceánica (CCNI), Valparaiso. The relevant contracts were signed last weekend. As part of the transaction, Hamburg Süd is also acquiring the agency business of Chilean firm Agunsa Agencias Universales
2014 was one of business angel syndicate Archangels’ most active years for investment in Scottish-based early stage and established technology and life sciences businesses and provided strong levels of returns for investors. Archangels arranged funding of GBP12.2m for 14 companies, comprising GBP7.5m of investment from Archangels’ investors, with a further
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