ACON Equity Partners III has completed the purchase of Injured Workers Pharmacy (IWP) from Audax Group and Parthenon Capital Partners. IWP is a specialty pharmacy serving patients in the USD8 billion workers' compensation, automobile personal injury protection and personal injury pharmacy markets in the US. As part of this
European mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity has picked up substantially in 2014 and already looks set to surpass the 10-year European average for the first time since 2007, says Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. With around USD373 billion booked in 2014, deal flow is comfortably exceeding 2013's relatively subdued totals.
As investors gain more confidence in the global economy, the wheels of the Chinese inbound and outbound M&A industry are expected to turn continuously for the rest of 2014. Vivian Lam, partner, corporate department at Paul Hastings, says: “The slowdown of the Chinese economy will not have a negative impact
Improving economic conditions in North America saw 2013 fuel the highest level of volume and values by entry enterprise value (EV) for private equity (PE) exits since 2006, according to EY’s annual North American PE exit study. The report, Returning to safer ground: How do private equity investors create value?
LogRhythm, a security intelligence company, has finalised a USD40 million round of new equity financing led by Riverwood Capital with participation by existing investors Adams Street Partners, Access Venture Partners and members of senior management, along with new investor Piper Jaffray. The proceeds will be used to accelerate investment in
Privacy Analytics has raised USD3.5 million in a round led by Vanedge Capital, a Vancouver-based venture capital fund. Vanedge joins the BDC IT Venture Fund and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) as the primary investors in Privacy Analytics. V. Paul Lee, managing partner for Vanedge, will join
Following its recent launch, ablrate.com has added the first aircraft deal to its peer-lending portal. The financing opportunity is for an ATR 42-500 turboprop, which is being leased by SATENA, a government backed regional airline in Colombia. The deal is backed by a major European bank, and will pay a
International companies continue to turn to US stock exchanges to connect with American investors for their IPOs and subsequent capital raising, according to BNY Mellon's Depositary Receipts 2014 Midyear Update. The first half of 2014 saw the highest level of DR capital raisings in the last three years. As of
La Française Group has obtained AIFM approval for all its management companies. By capitalising on its experience in the registration of UCITS funds internationally and now its AIFM status, the La Française Group is able to extend its services across Europe. The following Group management companies have obtained AIFM approval:
Swoon Editions, an online furniture business, has confirmed a GBP4 million Series A funding round to expand its business in the UK, led by Octopus Investments and Index Ventures. The investment will be used to grow Swoon Editions’ community of ‘insiders’ (interior-savvy people signed up to its email list) as
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