Deals
Royal Bank of Canada is to acquire the 50 per cent stake that it does not already own of the joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services Limited (RBC Dexia) from Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA (BIL) (formerly Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA) for a total consideration of EUR837.5 million (CAD1.1 billion) in cash. Following the closing of the transaction RBC will own 100 per cent of RBC Dexia.
RBC Dexia is a top 10 global custodian that serves a diverse base of institutional investors through a wide range of advice and services including global custody, fund and pension administration,
Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has made its first investment in the North West, with a GBP3.25 million investment in award-winning Mexican street food chain, Barburrito.
This is BGF’s fifth deal in three months, making it currently one of the most active investors of long-term growth capital in the UK and bringing its total investment in fast growing companies to GBP37 million to date.
Founded in 2005 by Manchester based entrepreneurs, Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpatrick, award-winning Barburrito is a chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants that offer healthy food to
Markit has acquired Data Explorers, a provider of global securities lending data, from mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
Data Explorers’ data set, which covers USD12 trillion of securities in the lending programmes of over 20,000 institutional funds, provides a comprehensive view of short interest data and institutional fund activity across all market sectors. It is used by beneficial owners, custodians, agent lenders, prime brokers and asset managers to help inform investment decisions, manage risk and produce independent benchmarks.
This acquisition comes as the new regulatory environment is changing the dynamics of the securities financing markets. By combining Data
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners, in collaboration with High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Estag Capital, has taken a financial stake in GameGenetics (www.gamegenetics.com), as part of a series-A financing round.
The financial investment is in the seven-digit Euro figure, and will support the Berlin-based aggregator and distributor of free-to-play online games in its planned expansion into the UK and US markets.
GameGenetics GmbH enables game developers and publishers to market more effectively and to speed up their global growth. The company also supports traffic and media partners across the globe with a first-class line of games. GameGenetics works with
Energy and resources-focused global private equity firm Denham Capital Management has closed its sixth fund, Denham Commodity Partners Fund VI LP.
Launched in July 2011 and closed eight months later in March 2012, Denham Capital raised USD3 billion in total third-party commitments for Fund VI from a variety of institutional investors globally, representing leading foundations, endowments, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. Fund VI was oversubscribed, exceeding the targeted cover amount of USD2.5 billion. Denham received strong support from investors in its prior fund, with nearly 90 percent of commitments participating in Fund VI.
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Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) has signed a definitive agreement with to acquire StarBev LP, owned by funds advised by CVC Capital Partners Limited (CVC) and StarBev management, for EUR2.65 billion (USD3.54 billion).
Headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Prague, Czech Republic, StarBev operates nine breweries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and generated 2011 sales of nearly EUR0.7 billion (USD1.0 billion) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of EUR241 million (USD322 million).
“The acquisition of StarBev fits squarely into Molson Coors’ strategy to increase our portfolio of premium brands and deepen our reach into
The Africa Health Fund (AHF) has completed a USD5million investment in Therapia Health Limited, the holding company for The Bridge Clinic Limited, the first assisted reproductive centre in West Africa.
The Bridge Clinic is one of the few of its kind able to provide the same standard of reproductive technology in Nigeria as is available in more developed countries.
The Africa Health Fund is managed by Aureos, a leading private equity fund management company specialising in small and medium-size businesses in emerging markets. The Fund’s objective is to help low income Africans gain access to affordable, high quality health
Private equity firm Advent International has announced a partnership with the founders of CARE Hospitals (CARE).
Advent will invest USD105 million of equity capital in CARE by acquiring shares from some of the existing investors and injecting additional capital into the business. This will help the business consolidate its position in the healthcare sector and capitalise on the growth opportunities. The business will continue to be run by the founders following Advent’s investment.
CARE is the largest multi-specialty hospital chain in South India, with strength in cardiac care, neurology, nephrology and general medicine. The hospital chain is ranked number
Vistra has opened a new office in Mauritius to target the growing opportunities in the region and in particular in the African and Indian markets. Vistra (Mauritius) Limited opened on 02 April, following the granting of a licence to operate as a Mauritius management company by the local regulatory authority.
Vistra believes Mauritius offers an excellent gateway for clients seeking investment structuring solutions for African markets, given the continent’s vast natural resource wealth and rapidly growing economies. At the same time, Vistra believes having a Mauritius base will offer significant opportunities to target inbound and outbound investments in the Indian
Halyard Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, has formed Digital Fortress, a new data centre colocation platform, along with two initial acquisitions of digital.forest, Inc. and Fortress Colocation Services.
Headquartered in Seattle, Digital Fortress capitalises on the underserved market of regional small to medium sized enterprises seeking to enhance their overall IT infrastructure capabilities through outsourcing with colocation service providers. The company is also well-positioned to meet the growing demand among national corporations for data centres that have access to abundant low-cost electricity with a high concentration of renewable energy.
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