Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm Epiris on the completion of the sale of TI Media, the large UK publisher previously known as Time Inc UK, to Bath-based media company Future.TI Media owns a diverse portfolio of publications including Ideal Home, Wallpaper and Horse & Hound, and sells over 350
TigerRisk Partners, a risk, capital and strategic adviser to the global insurance and reinsurance industry, has partnered with private equity firm Flexpoint Ford to enhance its ability to assist clients as well as provide additional capital and expertise in the current unprecedented market environment.TigerRisk’s management team, including CEO and co-founder
Alternative investment specialist, Aquila Capital, has secured further capital commitments for its infrastructure fund, ACIF. The fund’s volume now exceeds EUR200 million. The defensive fund, with a focus on Core and Core+ investments in OECD countries, achieved a further net growth of 9.5 per cent for the full year 2019. Since
Global private equity secondary deal flow could fall by as much as 40 to 50 per cent this year, compared to 2019, as the repercussions of coronavirus play out over the next few quarters. But for those operating in the lower middle-market, discounted opportunities could be highly attractive. Last year,
European bolt-on activity grew rapidly in Q1 accounting for 63.4 per cent of deal volume – a new Q1 decade peak – as the Covid-19 effect has yet to show up in later quarters this year. Private equity deal activity reached a new first quarter peak in Q1 2020, at
Mid-market private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has acquired Assistansbolaget Försäkring Sverige, a B2C roadside assistance provider. The acquisition is the third platform investment in Stirling Square’s Fourth Fund, which closed at EUR950 million in January and focuses on the European mid-market. Founded by Stefano Bonfiglio and Gregorio Napoleone,
UK private equity house Maven Capital Partners has completed a GBP2.5 investment in Precursive, a maker of business management software. This investment by Maven will allow Precursive to pursue an ambitious growth strategy in both the UK and USA, including funding further product development and expanding its sales and marketing teams.
Private equity firm Foresight Group has sold the UK’s largest independent online retailer of golf equipment, Clubhouse Golf, to European ecommerce business, all4golf.Clubhouse has found a strong strategic partner in all4golf, and together they will look to become the pan-European market leader for golf equipment. This represents the first exit
Private equity firm Sorfam Capital has acquired an American boatbuilding company, Century Boats, for an undisclosed amount. Sorfam purchased Century Boats’ parent company, All Craft Marine, and will continue operations at its headquarters in Zephyrhills, located just north of Tampa. Sorfam and All Craft Marine were both represented by Anchors Aweigh
Regionall focussed specialist asset manager Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused specialist asset manager, is pleased to announce that the British Business Bank (BBB) has allocated an additional GBP54.3 million to regionally focused specialist asset manager Mercia’s two existing investment mandates from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
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