Deals
Global private equity investor Actis is paying USD102 million to acquire a significant minority stake in Brazil´s prestigious University Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional.
Founded in 1965 Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional today has a total of 36,000 students across eight sites. Offering both undergraduate and post graduate study, long distance learning and higher education the University has been widely recognised for its academic excellence.
Cruzeiro do Sul Educacional is currently made up of three institutions; the University Cruzeiro do Sul (São Paulo-SP), Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal (Brasília-DF) and Centro Universitário Módulo (Caraguatatuba-SP). It was awarded the highest grade by the
An affiliate of Sun European Partners, the European adviser to Sun Capital Partners, has acquired Bonmarché from the Administrators, KPMG.
It is intended that the business will trade from approximately 230 stores, thereby providing continued employment to approximately 2,400 employees in the UK. However, in order to ensure that the company can be placed on a sound economic footing, it is anticipated that approximately 160 stores will be closed.
Bonmarché is one of the UK’s largest women’s only value retailers focused on selling affordable, quality womenswear in a wide range of sizes to women over 45 years old. Ranges include casual
RJD Partners has sold the operations of European Boating Holidays (EBH), the largest independent operator of European inland waterway boating holidays, to a French syndicate-backed management buy-in, led by Serge Naim and financed by Avenir Entreprise and AMS Industries.
The value of the transaction was undisclosed. EBH is the sixth realisation from RJD’s first fund, RL Private Equity Fund I, which closed in April 2004. The remaining Fund I investments are ISG Technology and Equidebt.
In July 2006, RJD led the simultaneous acquisition of Locaboat, the largest independent operator of European inland waterway boating holidays, and Cardinal Cruisers, a specialist
The Paris office of international law firm Taylor Wessing has acted as sole counsel to Proparco and Unigrains in connection with their respective investment of USD7.5m and USD2m into SEAF India Agribusiness International.
SEAF India Agribusiness International was established by SEAF, an international not-for-profit organisation that sets up and manages investment vehicles around the world, with a particular focus on small and medium enterprises in developing or emerging countries such as India.
The fund will co-invest alongside SEAF India Agribusiness Fund, a local investment fund which has attracted renowned Indian investors. These two funds intend to co-invest up to
PineBridge Investments has signed an agreement to invest in, and provide services to, Method Holdings (Method), a financial holding company focused on aggregating the wealth management subsidiaries of “Top 100” CPA firms.
The PineBridge-Method partnership is designed to bring PineBridge’s proven investment strategies, asset allocation capabilities and manager selection expertise to Method’s wealth management platform for Registered Investment Advisors.
Method invests in, and provides asset management services to, the wealth management subsidiaries of large public accounting firms. These services range from a state-of-the-art investment platform to providing investment advice to individual investors.
“PineBridge has a long history of being a
Hogan Lovells has advised long-standing client Kelso Place Asset Management LLP (Kelso Place) on its acquisition of the global fashion brand Nicole Farhi alongside current owner, private equity firm, OpenGate Capital, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was announced on Wednesday 11 January.
Nicole Farhi is a British fashion lifestyle brand launched in 1982, headquartered in London, with four owned stores in London, New York, Paris and Milan; and collections available in department stores and boutiques worldwide.
Kelso Place has a strong track record in working with luxury fashion brands and will provide financial, strategic and hands-on, operational support to
Tully & Holland has acted as financial advisor to Catalog Marketplace (Glendale), in the sale of its assets to Capital Resource Partners (CRP). BCA Mezzanine Fund provided senior debt and preferred equity capital in support of CRP’s acquisition. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Glendale is a leading direct marketer of ceremonial uniform accessories and parade equipment worn and used by the military, police and fire departments, schools and organisations. Glendale sells through its catalog and its website www.paradestore.com. Glendale carries a broad selection of uniform accessories, flags and flag accessories, replica rifles, swords, and other related products used
AnaCap Financial Partners has held a successful first round of closings of its Credit Opportunities Fund II, with commitments already at GBP265 million (USD408 million), surpassing its GBP250 million target after just five months on the road.
The Fund, which has a hard cap of GBP350 million, targets performing, semi-performing or non-performing consumer and SME debt, including loans, leases, securities or other obligations requiring active asset management.
It will seek to capitalise on the rapidly evolving market opportunity in this space, driven by the need for financial institutions to de-lever after years of expansion. The financial services market now accounts
European private equity firm Cinven has reached an agreement to acquire CPA Global – a global provider of intellectual property (IP) management services and software – for an undisclosed consideration, from its current shareholders, including Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) and the founder shareholders.
The transaction is subject to the approval of a Scheme of Arrangement in Jersey and regulatory clearances, and is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
ICG acquired a significant minority stake in CPA Global in January 2010, investing alongside the Group’s management and founder shareholders (a number of patent attorneys in
Mid-market buy-out firm AAC Capital UK has sold Volution Group to funds advised by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP (TowerBrook). AAC UK generated a money multiple of 2.4x on its original investment of GBP49.25m.
Headquartered in Crawley, Volution supplies a range of ventilation products to improve the built environment with an emphasis on energy efficient solutions. Volution’s largest operation, Vent-Axia, is the UK’s leading branded ventilation business and the UK market leader in energy efficient residential ventilation and heat recovery products.
The group also incorporates the Torin-Sifan OEM fan and blower supplier, the UK’s only manufacturer of low energy motors focussing on ventilation
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