Private equity firm DPI has acquired a strategic minority stake HomeChoice International (HomeChoice), a leading omni-channel home shopping retailer in southern Africa, from the the company’s majority shareholder. Founded in 1985, by Rick Garratt, HomeChoice has operations in South Africa and five other countries, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia,
Private investment firm Centerbridge Partners, is to acquire IPC Systems from Silver Lake Partners for approximately USD1.2 billion in total deal value. From its unified communications and software platform to its leading voice and data extranet and award-winning trading positions, IPC offers services and solutions focused on improving the speed,
Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management are to acquire Presidio Holdings (Presidio) from affiliates of American Securities. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Presidio is a premier IT infrastructure solutions provider for approximately 6,000 clients across the United States. Aided by the expertise of its nearly 1,200 engineers,
Workers will not only be worse off when their firm is taken over by private equity through an institutional buyout (IBO), but their company’s performance will fall behind its rivals. New research has discovered that IBOs – defined as a highly leveraged transaction where one or more institutional investors act
Arthurian Life Sciences, the fund management company led byProfessor Sir Chris Evans, has formed a partnership with US medtech firm Interrad Medical Inc. The Minneapolis-based company is the developer and manufacturer of the unique SecurAcath®, the world’s most effective device for securing catheters in hospital patients. The partnership is
Confluence, a specialist in investment data management automation, has acquired Belgium-based data solutions provider Orfival. The acquisition will allow Confluence to leverage Orfival’s product expertise and networks to provide an even more comprehensive Fund Analytics offering to the global asset management industry. Orfival was founded in 1999 and has built
European private equity firm Cinven has agreed the sale of all 245 ASK Italian and Zizzi restaurants to Bridgepoint for a consideration of GBP250 million. This transaction represents Cinven’s complete exit from its investment in the Gondola Group (‘Gondola’ or ‘the Group’), the market leader in the UK casual dining
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has racieved a 3.8x multiple return on its investment in control systems specialist EFC Group, via a secondary buyout to a consortium of private investor. The exit from EFC represents the latest profitable disposal by Maven’s Aberdeen-based team. In recent years the team has overseen the
Africa-focused private equity firm DPI, along with other investors, is to sell Assur Africa Holding (AAH) to the AXA Group “AXA) for a total consideration of approximately EUR198 million. AAH holds a 77% stake in Nigerian insurance company Mansard Insurance (Mansard). AfricInvest, DEG, FMO and PROPARCO were invested alongside the
A new foster placement scheme has been launched in Birmingham, supported by a Social Impact Bond (SIB). Following a competitive tender process, Birmingham City Council selected Outcomes for Children, a social enterprise within Core Assets Group, to deliver the service, with funding from Bridges Ventures’ Social Sector Funds. Nationally,
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