Large private equity firms are increasingly flexing their scale, balance sheets, restructuring experience and connections with creditors and limited partners to tighten control and enhance return potential on investments, says Fitch Ratings. Recent examples include Apollo's and TPG's decision on Jan. 15 to voluntarily place the largest operating subsidiary of
TI Automotive, a leading provider of fluid storage, carrying and delivery systems to automotive manufacturers, is to be acquired by private investment firm Bain Capital. The existing management team will continue to lead the company. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Auburn Hills,
Scout RFP, a cloud-based sourcing platform, has raised USD2.75 million in seed financing led by venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Google Ventures and Zapis Capital. Angel investors Techammer & Tim O'Shaughnessy also participated. The funding will be used to grow the company's engineering team and
GBR Phoenix Beard has acquired Optic Asset Management following several months of detailed discussions between the firms. The new business will be called GBR Phoenix Beard and will trade with immediate effect. Optic’s London team is scheduled to re-locate from current offices in Wells Street to GBR Phoenix Beard’s Chandos
The shareholders of trial strategy consulting firm DOAR have bought back private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson’s stake in the company. DOAR provides trial strategy consulting and related services for individuals, law firms and corporations involved in high stakes civil, regulatory and white collar criminal litigation. The initial investment by
With the General Election just around the corner, 2015 promises to be another interesting year for private equity, says Gary Tipper (pictured), managing partner at Palatine Private Equity… A change in the political order can often cause changes to the way in which businesses operate and how leaders make decisions, as
Preqin has launched its 2015 Preqin Global Alternatives Reports, revealing significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at USD6.91tn*, up from USD6.22tn as of this point last year. Infrastructure enjoyed another year of solid growth
IFC, with the support of the Government of Canada and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is helping BMR Jamaica Wind build, operate and maintain a 36.3 MW capacity wind farm about 90 km west of Kingston. This will be the largest renewable energy project developed by the private sector
Money Dashboard, the personal finance platform, has raised a further GBP2.5 million as part of its Series A funding round led by private equity fund manager Calculus Capital. The round also included investment from Ariadne Capital, Par Equity, and The Scottish Investment Bank, and adds to the initial GBP2.7 million
Bravia Capital has acquired a significant minority stake in Thotakã Tecknologies India Private Limited (“Thotakã”), a Hyderabad, India based Engineering Services Company. Thotakã is a business focused on high-technology product engineering and value added pilot manufacturing. The emergence of multi-Giga Hertz data-rates at chip and system level and modern communication
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