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ClearCourse’s Silverbear acquires membership management software provider Decisions

Silverbear, a member of the ClearCourse Partnership and a membership and CRM solutions provider for professional organisations, trade associations and the wider Not-for-Profit sector, has acquired Decisions, a provider of CRM solutions, application development and support for membership associations.  The deal was financed by ClearCourse and represents the first acquisition

BGF invests in Extentia Group

BGF has invested GBP10 million in Extentia Group, the property services business formed through the acquisitions of Styles & Wood Group and Southerns. BGF previously invested in Styles & Wood PLC in 2015 to support the management team’s successful growth strategy whilst listed on the AIM market. Headquartered in Greater

Activa Capital sells Atlas for Men to Latour Capital

Activa Capital has sold Atlas for Men, a European specialist in multi-channel sales of outdoor clothing for men, created in 1999, to Latour Capital. Latour Capital is now the new majority shareholder of Atlas for Men, alongside company president Marc Delamarre and his management team.   The exit of Activa

Lisa Shea, Northern Trust

But I’m not dead yet… mutual funds are alive and well

By Lisa Shea, Manager, Fund Governance Solutions â€“ While some may have dragged mutual funds out to the cart to be hauled away, they remain a sizeable and still growing presence in our industry. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are also growing, but it’s important to look at the full picture. As

Aztec Group and Carey Olsen support Inflexion with GBP1 billion double fundraise

Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, and offshore law firm, Carey Olsen (Guernsey) (Carey Olsen), have supported Inflexion Private Equity Partners (Inflexion) with a GBP1 billion double fundraise. Domiciled and administered in Guernsey, the two private equity funds, Inflexion Enterprise Fund V and Inflexion Supplemental Fund V,

Foresight launches new open-ended real infrastructure investment fund

Foresight Group (Foresight) has launched the FP Foresight Global Real Infrastructure Fund (GRIF), which has now received FCA regulatory approval. The actively managed fund will invest directly into publicly listed companies that own and operate real infrastructure or renewable energy assets globally.  The fund is targeting a total return of

Lyreco Group acquires DeskRight

Lyreco Group has acquired DeskRight, an office supplies business focused on the Singapore market.  Lyreco says the acquisition will boost business at its Singaporean subsidiary, opened in 2006, as it benefits from DeskRight’s relations with local businesses and government agencies. This B2B client base will in turn benefit from Lyreco’s

Helios Investment Partners and EAEF acquire majority stake in Misr Hytech

Helios Investment Partners (Helios), an Africa-focused private investment firm, and the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund (EAEF) through their investment manager Lorax Capital Partners (LCP) have acquired 96.7 per cent of Misr Hytech Seed International (Misr Hytech), a breeder and producer of proprietary agricultural seeds in Egypt, and one of the Middle

General Atlantic makes strategic investment in travel platform Kiwi.com

Global growth equity firm General Atlantic has made a strategic investment in online travel booking platform Kiwi.com. Co-founders Oliver Dlouhý and Jozef Képesi will remain significant shareholders and continue to drive the company’s strategic growth plans in partnership with General Atlantic.  Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.   

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