FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Solutions

Nurturing Hong Kong as an Asian hub

By A Paris – As the investment industry continues to face a low interest rate environment and the appetite for private capital persists, the Hong Kong asset management industry is well-placed to benefit from the drive to diversify and broaden allocations across Asia. And although some industry commentators point to further progress

Dianomi is first BGF portfolio Company to complete an IPO

BGF portfolio company, Dianomi, a provider of native digital advertising services to premium clients in the Financial Services and Business sectors, has listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. BGF – the UK & Ireland’s most active growth capital investor – invested GB{6.3 million in Dianomi in

FSC completes investment in Spanish consumer finance specialist Ufasa

Financial Services Capital (FSC), a private equity investor dedicated to the European financial services sector, has completed its acquisition of a stake in JZ Lending Ltd, which controls Spanish consumer finance specialist Unión Financiera Asturiana (Ufasa).   The Bank of Spain has approved FSC’s investment into this regulated financial services

LDC exits Magicard to US-based Brady Corporation

Leading mid-market private equity firm LDC has exited its investment in ID card printer and software business Magicard to listed international manufacturer Brady Corporation (BRC). LDC invested in Magicard in May 2016 to support the business’ organic and international growth strategy. During LDC’s partnership with Magicard, the business invested heavily

Global tech provider M&A activity will surpass 2018 highs by 2022, says Gartner

By 2022, the level of global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity involving technology providers will surpass previous highs recorded in 2018, according to Gartner, Inc. Acquisitions of tech providers were briefly impacted in 2020 by the onset of the pandemic, but M&A activity quickly rebounded into 2021 as the economy

OMERS Private Equity invests in International Schools Partnership

OMERS Private Equity is to acquire a 25 per cent stake in International Schools Partnership (ISP) from Partners Group. OMERS Private Equity invests on behalf of OMERS, a defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The transaction values ISP at an enterprise value of

HKW Portfolio Company TRSB acquires Anglocom

Middle-market private equity firm HKW’s portfolio company, Traductions Serge Bélair Inc (TRSB), has acquired Anglocom. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1993, Anglocom is based in Quebec City and is a full-service translation company. The in-house teams of French and English translators specialise in

British AI company Faculty raises GBP30m of growth funding

Faculty, a British artificial intelligence (AI) company, has raised GBP30 million in growth funding from the Apax Digital Fund (ADF). It is the largest investment Faculty has accepted to date, and brings total investment to nearly GBP40 million. The funding will be used to drive the expansion of Faculty’s pioneering

PSG makes majority growth investment in billwerk

PSG, a growth equity firm that focuses on partnering with middle-market software and technology-enabled services companies, has acquired a majority stake in billwerk, a  European provider of subscription management and recurring billing software solutions. The billwerk subscription management platform offers European companies across industries a one-stop shop to manage their

Marlin Equity Partners backs Exegy-Vela merger

Exegy Incorporated, a specialist in low-latency solutions for global market data, predictive trading signals, and hardware-acceleration technology, and Vela Trading Systems (Vela), a provider of data and execution technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, have merged business operations in an agreement backed by Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings