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An affiliate of private equity firm Warburg Pincus is to acquire a majority stake in Reiss Holdings, owner of the global men's and women's fashion and accessories brand REISS, valuing the business at GBP230 million.
REISS, founded by David Reiss in 1971, is an international fashion brand offering affordable luxury for both men and women. The company currently operates from over 160 locations in 15 countries and also has a highly developed e-commerce presence. In the year to January 2016, the company generated sales of GBP146 million and EBITDA of GBP24.4 million.
The partnership with Warburg Pincus will enable Reiss
A group of investors including GCP Capital Partners, Western Heritage Capital, and Performance Equity Management have acquired a significant stake in Complete Merchant Solutions (CMS), a leading provider of merchant acquisition services, credit card/debit card transaction processing services, and payment solutions.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Orem, Utah, CMS was founded in 2008 by President David Decker, Chief Operating Officer Trever Hansen and Chief Information Officer Kyle Hall, and the three founders will retain a substantial stake in the business. CMS is able to leverage its in-house risk management capabilities to work closely with merchants
Centerbridge Partners has selected SEI to provide a customised operating platform for its private equity and credit businesses.
Through its Investment Manager Services division, SEI supplies customised operating infrastructure and services to investment organisations around the world.
SEI drew on its global operating platform to provide Centerbridge with a solution tailored to its fund administration, fund accounting, middle-office and investor servicing requirements for both its private equity and credit businesses. Centerbridge also intends to use additional SEI capabilities for collateral management, treasury services and regulatory reporting.
"We chose SEI with an eye to the future because their operating solution has
Private equity firm Webfolio Management has acquired ad-tech company PicReel.com for an undisclosed sum. PicReel is now part of a larger organisation that is operating several brands in the mar-tech and ad-tech vertical.
The majority of PicReel employees will continue to work from their European and Asian offices, joining Webfolio's core team working from its world headquarters in Reno, NV.
PicReel is a conversion rate optimisation software solution that helps a brand increase leads and revenue by capturing visitors before they leave a site. Discounts and offers, solicitations for feedback, and urging visitors to take some action such as subscribing
Spring Ventures, a private equity investor specialising in management buyouts of UK companies with strong growth potential, has backed a group of commercial lending professionals to buy invoice financing provider, IGF Invoice Finance Limited (IGF), from Greater London Enterprise( GLE).
Spring Ventures will initially invest GBP9 million to fund the acquisition (buy-in management buyout) and provide growth capital. It will commit a further GBP11 million of follow on capital over the next three years and will take a majority stake.
The management buyout team includes John Onslow, John Nelson and Jon Hughes who collectively have 60 years experience
Shanda Group is to purchase Trian’s 9.9 per cent holding in Legg Mason. Shanda Group is a Singapore-based global investing holding company with a long-term investment horizon across public market equity, fixed income and commodities, private equity and real estate.
It is focused on value investment opportunities in the financial services, technology and healthcare services sectors.
Joseph As Sullivan, Chairman and CEO of Legg Mason, says: "We are pleased to welcome Shanda as a long-term strategic shareholder. We look forward to benefiting from their expertise in important areas of growth for us. We want to express our appreciation for Trian
Semios, a provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has closed an USD8 million financing with private equity individuals from the Agtech community, with assistance from Haywood Securities.
Founded in 2010, Semios has grown to be the largest worldwide network of sensors and control devices in specialty crops. The Semios internet-of-things (IoT) solution provides real-time insights into risks associated with weather, pests, disease, frost and irrigation on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis.
Combining remote access to real-time field conditions and acre-by-acre metered delivery of inputs is the cornerstone of precision agriculture. Semios enables improved deployment of pheromones, frost
Portfolio Advisors has held the final closing of its globally diversified private equity fund-of-funds, Portfolio Advisors Private Equity Fund VIII (PAPEF VIII) with total commitments of USD1.22 billion.
Limited partners include private and public pension plans, university endowments, private foundations, insurance companies, family offices and high net worth individuals. Approximately 70 per cent of the total limited partner commitments to the Fund came from investors who had previously invested in one or more PA-sponsored funds.
"We are very pleased and grateful for the continued trust and support of our investors," says Brian Murphy, Managing Member of Portfolio Advisors, LLC.
Livingstone’s Business Services team has advised Panther Logistics, the UK’s largest independent two-man next day home delivery provider, on a GBP17m management buy-out backed by LDC.
Headquartered in Northampton, Panther specialises in providing two-man and one-man assisted home delivery services, supplying household furniture, white goods and other high value items including bedroom, bathroom, fitness, garden and office products. Panther offers UK-wide coverage via a network of eight strategically located regional hubs, a fleet of 300 fully-liveried vehicles and a market leading proprietary IT platform.The company is the partner of choice for a growing number of major online and multi-channel retailers
LeverPoint Management has partnered with Hamilton Lane, a global private markets asset management firm, and the New York Credit SBIC Fund (the Fund).
The Fund, in collaboration with company management, is providing a debt and equity investment in LeverPoint that will serve as a catalyst for continued growth and enhanced client services.
Based in Clifton Park, NY, LeverPoint offers full service accounting, tax and back office support to the alternative investment sector, allowing fund managers to devote their time to core business functions such as investing and managing funds. LeverPoint's dedicated team of experts works as a seamless extension of
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