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Assetz Capital, a UK-based peer-to-peer finance platform for business, has partnered with financial account aggregator and marketplace, Bud.
Assetz Capital is the latest addition to Bud’s Market+, a service that allows users to connect and interact with a host of third-party services ranging from loans, investment and foreign currency and add them to their personal dashboard for future use.
From today, Bud users will be able to add their Assetz Capital account to their Bud portfolio, ensuring all their investments and finances are visible on one straightforward and easy to use portal. Following this, there will be two further
Private equity investor Advent International is to acquire a significant ownership interest in Dixcy Textiles Pvt Ltd (Dixcy), an innerwear brand in India.
Dixcy’s Founder and Managing Director, Prem Prakash Sikka, will retain a stake in the company and continue as the Chairman following the completion of the transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The transaction is Advent’s fourth investment in India since 2015 following its purchase of equity stakes in Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, QuEST Global Services and ASK Group.
Located in Tirupur, India, Dixcy was founded in 1982 by Sikka with a vision of creating a strong
Burford Capital Limited, a finance and investment management firm focused on law, has recorded its best ever results in the first six months of 2017 including a 151 pert cent increase in operating profit to a half-year record of USD155.0 million (H1 2016: USD61.7 million), and 170 pert cent increase in profit after tax to USD142.7 million (H1 2016: USD52.8 million).
Income during the period increased by 130 pert cent to USD175.5 million (H1 2016: USD76.2 million), driven by a 148 pert cent increase in investment income to USD161.6 million (H1 2016: USD65.3 million).
The firm has declared an
The Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF), managed by Irish Life Investment Managers and AMP Capital, is to acquire a 78 per cent stake in Ireland’s largest wholesale-only carrier, enet.
IIF will form a partnership with existing shareholder Granahan McCourt Capital, a worldwide investor in telecoms and media infrastructure. Granahan McCourt Capital’s founder, David C. McCourt, will continue to serve as Chairman and Granahan McCourt Capital will retain its shareholding in the business.
The partnership boosts enet’s plans to continue expanding its network and services at home in Ireland, whilst also paving the way to further grow the company’s pan-European telecoms
KKR is to partner with Korea’s LS in LS Automotive (LSA), an electrical auto parts maker for the global automotive industry. In addition, KKR will acquire LS Group affiliate LS Mtron’s (LSM) copper foil and flexible copper clad laminate business (CF/FCCL business).
Under the terms of the agreement, an affiliate of KKR and LS will together invest to create a new joint venture holding company (LSA JV) and acquire the business of LSA. LS will maintain the control of the LSA JV owning 53 per cent of the LSA JV’s voting shares and the LSA JV will remain as an
LeverPoint Management, a full service Fund Administration firm, has acquired Lamplighter Financial. Lamplighter CEO, Brian Woodall, will take on a new role as Director, Business Development.
“We are thrilled that Lamplighter Financial is now a part of LeverPoint,” says David MacPhee (pictured), CEO, LeverPoint. “As we continue to grow and expand our client base across the country, acquisitions like these will be a vital part of the strategic process.”
LeverPoint is a Clifton Park, NY based Fund Administration firm that offers full service fund accounting, tax and back office support within the alternative investment sector. LeverPoint allows Fund Managers
Circulation, the specialist in on-demand non-emergency healthcare transportation, has raised USD10.5 million in Series A financing from a syndicate of leaders across the healthcare ecosystem, excited to create a new paradigm for delivery of people, products and services in healthcare.
Flare Capital Partners and The Providence Service Corporation (Providence), co-lead the investment and are joined by Boston Children’s Hospital, Echo Health Ventures (a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions), Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund (a strategic investment vehicle of Intermountain Healthcare, managed by Healthbox), Humana, NextGen Venture Partners and the world’s leading healthcare diagnostics company.
The
Entoro Capital has launched a private securities platform, OfferBoard, targeting Energy/Infrastructure-focused accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers.
With OfferBoard, issuers are able to rapidly communicate and promote the distribution of their Energy-related investment offerings to the family office, institutional, international, private equity sponsor, and traditional Energy-sector investment communities. Issuers include companies and funds from the Exploration & Production, Oilfield Services, Renewables, Power, Midstream, and Downstream subsectors. OfferBoard Direct Deal Issuers are pursuing capital raises with targets between USD5 and USD100 million, while Fund Issuers seek capital investments from USD25 to USD500 million.
The OfferBoard platform provides participants with immediate, global access
BlackRock has completed its acquisition of Cachematrix, a provider of financial technology which simplifies the cash management process for banks and their corporate clients in a streamlined, open-architecture platform.
The acquisition of Cachematrix adds a new dimension to BlackRock’s global liquidity management capabilities, building on its strength and scale in the cash management space and leadership position in technology and risk management. The combined set of capabilities will seek to enhance BlackRock’s ability to serve the evolving needs of cash investors and help solve their complex liquidity challenges.
BlackRock is one of the most experienced and largest cash management
LBO France and Abenex have signed an exclusive agreement aimed at the acquisition by LBO France of the majority stake in RG Safety Group currently held by Abenex.
Founded in 1987, headquartered in Saint Priest, and now managed by Pierre Manchini (CEO), RG Safety Group is the French leading specialised distributor of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The group distributes a wide range of products (35,000 references) covering 6 main protection fields: Head, Hand, Foot, Body, Breathing, and Hygiene & Safety in the working environment. The Group is also successfully selling products under its own brand, Ergos, which today accounts for
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