Atlanta-based private equity firm Hibernian Pacific Holdings (HPH) has bought a portfolio of 45 single family attached and detached residential properties in DeKalb County, Georgia. The properties were bought from a private seller, with terms not to be disclosed. Since its inception in 2009, HPH has focused its
Positive Cashflow Finance has secured a GBP22m funding line from RBS Invoice Finance and NatWest in a deal that gives the directors a majority shareholding in the business they founded five and a half years ago. The company, which was backed by private equity firm Infinity Asset Management in
Funds managed by Värde Partners have completed the acquisition of FirstCity Financial Corporation. Mark B Horrell, who previously served as senior vice president and head of US acquisitions of FirstCity, has been appointed chief executive officer of FirstCity, succeeding James T. Sartain. Sartain will retire and join Värde as
Scarosso, the online shoe brand, has raised series A funding from a syndicate of investors led by DN Capital. DN Capital was joined in the round by IBB Venture Capital Company managed Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, Perikles Ventures and other local angel investors. The financing will support the launch of new collections, in
Private equity funds that closed in 2012 secured on average 44 per cent of their target capital by the time they held a first close, the lowest proportion in the period since 2006, according to a study by Preqin. In addition, private equity funds closed in 2012 took an
Private equity firms GMT Communications Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) have teamed up with management to provide growth capital to IT-Ernity, a provider of business critical managed services and shared hosting for SMEs in the Netherlands. Founded in 2002 by its managing director Sebastiaan de Koning and R&D
While the first quarter of 2013 saw the lowest number of deals in the offshore region since Q1 2008, the offshore M&A market has performed better than the global average, according to a report released by Appleby. The latest edition of Offshore-i, the firm’s quarterly report which provides data
Avenue Capital Group has acted as sole lender and agent in connection with the debt financing of the acquisition of Freedom Finance Nordic, the largest prime consumer loan broker operating in Sweden, Norway and Finland, by HIG Europe. Avenue also has made a minority equity investment in Freedom Finance
The average holding period for private equity-backed portfolio companies increased year on year between 2008 and 2012, according to research carried out by Preqin. Mega deals (over USD1bn) exited so far in 2013 had an average holding period of 6.2 years, up from just 2.1 years in 2008.
Private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has sold Cabot Credit Management (CCM) to funds managed and advised by JC Flowers & Co. The transaction agreements have been signed, and the transaction is expected to complete imminently. CCM was formed after the merger in April 2011 of two businesses, Apex
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