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IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has provided GBP34.7 million of lending to SMEs across the UK following its acquisition in April 2016.
As of close of business on 1 December, the business has doubled its ‘funds out’ to small and mid-market organisations since its management buy-in/buy-out earlier this year.
John Onslow, CEO of Independent Growth Finance, says: “This is a fantastic achievement for IGF and we are ending a successful year on a high. The IGF team is vital to the success of the business and we are in a strong position to realise our growth plans
Elm Creek Partners’ portfolio company The Care Group has acquired Walson, a provider of in-home respiratory therapy and enteral feeding services.
The acquisition of Walson, which services patients in Texas and Louisiana, offers TCG a broader geographic reach, a more diversified patient base, and new product offerings.
Led by CEO Roy Spradlin, The Care Group continues to expand its footprint outside of Houston and is actively pursuing new acquisitions and de novo opportunities.
“Walson is a natural addition to The Care Group platform,” says Spradlin. “The company has a great reputation for delivering quality care and gives us
Vistra, a corporate service providers of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, and fund administration services, has acquired the Jordans Group from its current shareholder, The West of England Trust Limited.
Founded in 1863, Jordans comprises four companies: Jordans Limited, Jordans (Scotland) Limited, Jordans Corporate Law and Jordans Trust Company.
Its headquarters are located in Bristol, where most of its 160 global staff are based. Offices are also located in Edinburgh and London, as well as in the BVI, Cyprus, Seychelles, and Hong Kong.
Vistra’s Jonathon Clifton, group managing director, company formation, says: “We have admired the Jordans business for
Manhattan West Asset Management has added an ESG (environmental, social and governance) focused private equity fund to its offerings.
Roberto Barragan (pictured), former CEO of VEDC (Valley Economic Development Center), joins as shareholder and senior managing director to oversee the fund.
The new fund will provide financing and credit solutions for minority owned businesses across the US.
"Access to capital severely limits the establishment and expansion of minority-owned businesses. By focusing on credit and debt structures with collateral ranging in size from USD500,000 to USD2,000,000, we will seek to eliminate those access barriers," says Barragan. "My business lending
Alstom has signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of Nomad Holdings, commercially known as Nomad Digital, from Amadeus Capital Partners, SEB Venture Capital and Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments.
Nomad is a provider of passenger and fleet connectivity solutions to the rail industry.
It employs around 230 people and is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, with 13 offices worldwide, principally in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Canada, Australia, and the US.
Nomad Digital offers a broad portfolio of applications and ICT solutions to train operators that both enhances the passenger experience, while improving the operational efficiency, reliability
London-based private equity firm Metric Capital Partners has backed gaming and lottery technology supplier Win Systems’ acquisition of Gold Club, a Slovenian-headquartered developer and operator of gaming machines and electronic roulettes.
The combination of the two companies will create an emerging leader in the global gaming industry, capable of offering both lottery and casino clients end-to-end solutions including casino management systems, VLTs, electronic gaming machines and electronic table games.
Following the acquisition the group will have a footprint in Europe, South Africa and the Americas.
The acquisition comes after a period of substantial organic growth for Win Systems,
Van Dijk Educatie (VDE), the Netherlands’ largest provider of learning materials, has teamed up with TowerBrook Capital Partners to accelerate its national and international growth strategy.
The British-American investment fund acquired the majority of shares in the education company Van Dijk on terms that have not been disclosed.
VDE has a turnover of EUR303 million (2016) and plays a leading role in the learning materials market for the secondary and higher education. VDE works with more than 780 educational institutions in the Netherlands and Belgium with a total of over 1.3 million pupils and students. In the past school
Fortress Investment Group is to acquire a significant portion of a EUR17.7 billion portfolio of non-performing Italian loans from UniCredit.
At closing, the UniCredit transaction will represent the largest ever non-performing loan (NPL) transaction in Europe.
Fortress began investing in Italian loans and loan servicing in 2000, with its investment in Italfondiario, which was subsequently transformed from a mortgage bank into a specialised loan management company.
Fortress’s other major transactions include its acquisition in 2005 of EUR13 billion in NPLs from Intesa banking group, and in 2015 the acquisition of specialised servicer UniCredit Credit Management Bank (renamed doBank).
Law firm White & Case has advised The Smithfield Group, managing shareholder of Innovia Group, on the CAD1.13 billion (EUR810 million) sale of Innovia to CCL Industries.
Innovia is a specialist in polymer banknotes and the producer of the UK’s new GBP5 note, which caused controversy when it was revealed that it contains small amounts of tallow.
The transaction is subject to regulatory and other change of control approvals and customary completion procedures, with closing expected by the end of the first quarter of 2017.
“We advised The Smithfield Group on its acquisition of Innovia in 2014, and
EuroMena has held the second and final closing of its third fund EuroMena III for a total consideration of USD150 million.
The fund also held the first advisory committee meeting of EuroMena III in London at the headquarters of one of its major limited partners, the CDC Group.
EuroMena attracted first-time international investors to its third fund such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG), and the UK’s Development Finance Institution (CDC Group) in addition to third and second time investors such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the French Public Wealth
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