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Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP), which has offices in Leeds and London, is celebrating a record-breaking year, having completed four deals worth a total of GBP28 million in 2017, the latest in a string of investments it has made in growing SMEs nationwide.
A leading investor in the underserved smaller buy-out market, KCP specialises in working with profitable medium sized businesses with potential for growth. Typically, the firm makes investments of between GBP3m to GBP15m and has highly experienced partners who are able to advise the management teams of its portfolio businesses, helping them to realise their expansion ambitions.
ZAIS Group Holdings has signed a definitive merger agreement with Z Acquisition, a Delaware limited liability company (Z Acquisition), and ZGH Merger Sub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZAIS.
Christian Zugel, the founder of ZAIS Group, the Company’s operating subsidiary, and the Company’s Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, is the sole managing member of Z Acquisition. Pursuant to the merger agreement, all of the outstanding common stock of ZAIS that is not (i) beneficially owned by (A) Z Acquisition, the members of Z Acquisition (including Mr. Zugel and Daniel Curry, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer), certain trusts for members
Ocorian – an independent provider of corporate, alternative investment and private client services – has completed the acquisition of MAS International (MAS), a Luxembourg and Mauritius based provider of fund administration and corporate services.
The acquisition represents a significant milestone in the development of Ocorian’s growing international portfolio of financial services, increasing its presence in Luxembourg to over 80 in-country experts, extending its capability in both regulated and unregulated funds and alternative investments, including AIFMD depositary services and providing a full range of corporate and domiciliation services, including director services and office rental facilities.
Established in 2003, MAS brings
Twelve Capital Group invested USD67.0 million in three bilateral Private Debt transactions in December 2017, with ACCC Holding Corporation (USD15.0 million), Federated National Holding Company (USD25.0 million) and a commercial US based insurer for small to medium sized businesses (USD27.0 million).
On 28 December 2017, Federated National Holding Company (Federated National Insurance) (FNHC) placed USD25.0 million Senior Unsecured Floating Rate Notes for a ten-year period. Twelve Capital Group acted as the sole investor in the note offering. The deal was arranged by Aon Securities Inc.
Federated National Insurance intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the
Pan-African private equity specialist DPI, has been instrumental in creating KMR Holding Pédagogique, a state-recognised higher education platform in Francophone Africa.
This is because of rapidly growing demand for quality degrees and strong job placement that stem from the ever-growing emerging middle class on the continent, particularly in Africa’s fastest-growing region, Francophone Africa.
KMR announced today the acquisition of Université Internationale de Casablanca (UIC) from Laureate Education, Inc, the world’s largest global network of higher education institutions, subject to regulatory approvals. The acquisition is part of KMR’s mission to deliver affordable, quality higher education and strong employability for its students.
Northern Trust Corporation has reached an agreement with Citadel to bring Omnium technology development in-house – including a team of key development professionals as well as software development rights for its Omnium technology platform.
The agreement gives Northern Trust greater control over technological enhancements. Additionally, the transaction enables deeper collaboration between Northern Trust’s operations professionals and the team of developers to provide innovative solutions for alternative fund managers, asset managers, institutional investors and family offices worldwide.
Northern Trust acquired Citadel’s hedge fund administration business (Omnium®) in 2011 and licensed their middle and back office investment technology. That business, now
Tikehau Capital, through its asset management branch Tikehau IM, has arranged a EUR33.6 million Unitranche facility to support L Catterton in its acquisition of Scandinavian fashion brand Ganni.
Founded and headquartered in Copenhagen in 2000, Ganni is a premium fashion brand offering differentiated women’s apparel. Ganni succeeded in establishing an international presence through its owned stores and more than 400 premium retailers in 20 countries including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, Germany and the US.
L Catterton took a majority stake in Ganni alongside its current management team, and will bring its unparalleled expertise in brand building and its
Private equity firm CenterGate Capital has made an investment in AC Photonics (ACP), a provider of precision optical and fibre optic components and modules designed and engineered to its customers’ precise specifications.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, ACP designs and engineers its products to its customers’ precise specifications, creating photonic solutions across a wide range of fiber optic communication applications. With an industry leading quality control program that delivers high reliability products, its product portfolio includes fiber optic components and modules, both passive and active, fused and/or filter based- all of which are relied on by its customers to enhance
Carolon Capital Ltd (Carolon) is partnering with TB Capital in Sweden and Ely Solutions in the United Kingdom on the distribution of fund products throughout Europe.
Carolon is currently marketing a diverse suite of products that include both UCITS funds and non-UCITS funds. The strategies include US micro-cap, small-cap emerging markets, all-cap emerging markets, mining and natural resources, listed private equity, infrastructure and fixed income mandates.
TB Capital works with asset managers to deliver multi-strategy products to institutional investors throughout Sweden, Norway and Finland. Ely Solutions has expertise in business development for a variety of products in the financial services
Private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Talkwalker, a global listening and analytics company.
The acquisition allows the software company to leverage Marlin’s operational resources and expertise in growing technology businesses. Talkwalker’s founders and management team will continue to lead the company during this exciting new stage of growth with a focus on accelerating product innovation and international expansion.
Utilised by over 1,000 clients, Talkwalker’s state-of-the-art multi-tenant cloud platform uses AI-powered technology to analyse images and text in 187 languages across social, online and traditional media. The company’s social listening and analytics software allows
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