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Mike Amey, PIMCO’s head of sterling portfolio management and ESG strategies on the challenges facing the Bank of England…
The Bank of England has had to navigate a difficult set of circumstances in its attempts to raise interest rates. As far back as 2014, Governor Mark Carney suggested that rate rises could come “sooner than markets currently expect,” only for those aspirations to be dashed. Indeed, the next move in interest rates turned out to be a rate cut, in the aftermath of the June 2016 Brexit vote.
Then, after a carefully choreographed set of speeches indicating the time had finally
Inflexion Private Equity has created Comparison Technologies, a multi-channel price comparison enabler in home services (energy, broadband, TV and telephone), through the simultaneous buyouts of Energy Helpline (EHL) and UK Web Media (UKWM).
Founded in 2002, EHL is a price comparison tool for the electricity and gas sectors. It operates in both the direct and affiliate channels via on and off-line customer conversion. Founded in 2001, UKWM is a marketing solutions and price comparison business. The business operates a number of price comparison websites which help customers to compare and switch a range of home services focused on TV and
The Primal Pantry, a specialist in healthy snacks, has landed a GBP3 million investment from NVM Private Equity for a minority stake in the brand.
Primal Pantry says it is creating a ‘real food revolution’ with its range of natural award winning snack bars, which are made with only a handful of carefully selected ingredients. The company has also launched a new and enhanced range of protein bars, which, rather than relying on whey, contain 15g of plant based protein instead. Included in their latest brand extension is a Double Espresso High Protein Bar, which, in addition to 15g of
Ropes & Gray has advised Nordic Capital, a leading private equity investor in the Nordic region, on the closing of its milestone EUR2.5 billion continuation vehicle for its seventh fund.
The innovative secondary transaction is the world’s largest ever GP-led secondaries deal. Ropes & Gray advised Nordic Capital alongside Kirkland & Ellis and Carey Olsen.
The transaction involved the transfer of nine unlisted portfolio companies, with a combined enterprise value of EUR4.4 billion, from Nordic Capital’s 2008 vintage fund, Fund VII, into a new vehicle, Nordic Capital CV1. The transaction provides Nordic Capital Fund VII portfolio companies with the opportunity
Natterbox has secured significant Series A funding from Octopus Investments to continue its rapid growth.
Self-funded to date by its founders, Natterbox has always heavily invested in product development and evolving its service offering. Natterbox says the new injection will boost marketing and sales, helping to further improve customer service which customers such as Groupon and Legal & General rely on. It will fuel growth within existing geographies – UK, Germany and Australia – as well as moving into new territories including North America and the Nordics.
Natterbox chose to partner with Octopus Investments based on its track record
Macfarlanes has advised venture capital investor Dawn Capital on the raising of its third fund, Dawn III, which after increasing its hard cap twice, attracted commitments of GBP165 million, making it one of the largest venture capital funds raised in Europe in the last couple of years.
The fund which focuses on early-stage investment in fintech and Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses secured investments from UK, European and US institutional investors and notably the European Investment Fund (EIF).
The Macfarlanes team for this matter was led by investment management partner Stephen Robinson with assistance from solicitor Sweta Tandle.
CVC Credit Partners and the EQT Credit platform’s European Private Debt businesses have jointly arranged GBP218 million of senior and subordinated financing for Paymentsense.
This is the second round of financing agreed by CVC Credit Partners and EQT Credit to Paymentsense, following the GBP110 million unitranche facility provided in November 2016.
As Europe’s largest merchant services provider, Paymentsense specialises in providing fast, affordable and reliable card processing services to over 65,000 small and medium-sized businesses processing GBP7 billion of transactions per annum. The Company’s proprietary technology platform allows it to deliver industry leading service levels to its rapidly growing
Mobius Motors, a Kenya-based designer and manufacturer of durable, affordable vehicles for Africa, has successfully closed an equity and debt funding round led by Pan-African Investment Company, with participation from Playfair Capital, Techstars, Chandaria Industries and VestedWorld.
The debt financing is being provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the development finance institution of the United States. The financing will be used to launch Mobius Motors’ new production facility in Nairobi as well as accelerate its growth strategy.
Mobius Motors was conceived to provide locally-designed and manufactured cars for the African mass market. At present, the majority of automotive
Zencap Asset Management is about to launch its third senior infrastructure debt Fund after the success of the first two funds; Zencap Infra Debt, launched in 2014, and Zencap Infra Debt 2, launched in 2016.
The first two funds gathered together more than EUR500 million in capital commitments from institutional investors mainly belonging to the insurance sector.
The new Fund will follow the investment strategy of the first two funds devoted to senior financing of European infrastructure with a first closing target of EUR200 million. This vehicle will provide access to Natixis Real Asset Debt platform, dedicated to infrastructure
European workforce management solutions provider PIXID, has acquired Carerix, a Dutch-based CRM and ATS supplier.
Adding a leading supplier for CRM and ATS systems to its ranks allows PIXID to reinforce its expertise, enhance its service offering and strengthen the value chain offered to the temporary employment sector.
The purchase also means PIXID can now add a presence in Benelux to its existing offices in France, in the UK (since its acquisition of The Internet Corporation in 2017) and its operations in Germany.
A complete online software solution for recruitment and staffing agencies, Carerix is currently helping more than
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