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Palamon Capital Partners and Corsair Capita are to jointly acquire control of Currencies Direct, a specialist provider of foreign exchange (FX) and international payment solutions to private and corporate clients.
The transaction value exceeds GBP200 million.
The acquisition is structured so that Currencies Direct management will increase its ownership position in the company and will also include continuing equity participation by the firm’s principal founder, Mayank B Patel OBE, who will become Honorary President.
Currencies Direct’s Private FX segment provides foreign exchange services to more than 150,000 registered retail clients. Its Corporate FX segment offers foreign exchange services to
EMEA deal volume may have slowed down across the region, down 15 per cent year-on-year with a total of 2,779 announced deals recorded, but deal value has seen a significant boost on last year’s figures, up by 16 per cent and recording a total of EUR414.8 billion.
That’s according to the half-year 2015 edition of Mergermarket’s EMEA Deal Drivers.
“Confidence among corporates that have steadily strengthened their balance sheets has risen in the last year. This in turn has leant itself to increased M&A activity among blue chips as they compete for market position,” says Paul Francis-Grey (pictured), Deputy
Sliced Investing, an online alternative investment platform that gives accredited investors access to elite investments like hedge funds and private equity, has launched Sliced Institutional.
Sliced Institutional is dedicated to giving registered investment advisors (RIAs) access to a suite of alternative investments while also automating all the manual tasks associated with private investments. Sliced Investing is launching the platform with a strategic partnership with Krusen Capital, who provides access to over 35 private offerings – many of which are household name hedge funds or private equity funds. Financial advisor firms Harvest Financial Group, Fort Point Capital and Caerus Advisors are
Centaur Private Equity has successfully exited its venture capital investment in Sport Events International Ltd (SEI).
SEI is the holding company of a series of sports based event companies including; Global Legends Series, which brings together a group of legendary football players from around the world to play against each other in legend vs legend games in different cities worldwide; F5WC, the world's largest 5-a-side football tournament; and World Soccer Fives USA, a multi city tournament to find the best amateur 5-a-side soccer team in the United States to represent the USA in the F5WC World Finals.
Global Legends
ChyronHego has acquired VidiGo, a Dutch provider of IT-based software solutions for live broadcast production workflows. Based in Amsterdam, VidiGo provides a suite of tools for the creation and management of broadcast-quality video content.
“The broadcast industry is currently quite fragmented and is primed for consolidation, with a key driver being the migration to all-IT, software-based production environments. With our recent acquisition by Vector Capital, ChyronHego is well-equipped to take a lead role in that consolidation and the industry’s IT transformation,” says Johan Apel (pictured), president and CEO, ChyronHego. “The acquisition of VidiGo, together with its products and core competencies in
Bohai Leasing Co is planning to acquire 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares of aircraft leasing company Avolon at a price of USD32 per share.
During the Exclusivity Period, Bohai and Avolon will endeavour to negotiate definitive agreements on terms previously discussed and accepted by the parties. Bohai’s offer is subject to completion of satisfactory and customary due diligence.
In connection with Bohai’s obligations under the Exclusivity Agreement, Bohai will make a good faith deposit of USD50 million into an escrow account within two business days, which amount will be in addition to the USD25
HIG European Capital Partners (HIG) has acquired Centros Único, a European provider of permanent hair removal and medical aesthetic services.
Founded in Spain, Centros Único offers diode laser technology, the most effective and lasting existing technology. Additionally, Centros Unico is a pioneer in providing medical aesthetic services, offering a wide range of non-invasive beauty treatments at very competitive prices. Centros Unico has provided its treatments to more than 300.000 customers and has a presence in Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Mexico with 156 centers, most of them located in the Iberian Peninsula.
Centros Único was
Prodigy Finance, a specialist in postgraduate student lending, has raised over USD100 million from Credit Suisse, Balderton Capital and others, including institutional investors, and also private investors such as Ed Wray, the entrepreneur and angel investor.
The new investment will allow Prodigy Finance – which helps students fund their attendance at the world’s top business schools – to support more students in their studies, while delivering financial and social benefits to investors.
Prodigy Finance is a globally-accessible platform that provides funding to international postgraduate students attending top-ranked business schools (Financial Times Top 100), while also delivering competitive financial returns
Union Group has secured a USD59m financing package for two hydropower plants in Peru from a consortium of development banks.
DEG, FMO, OeEB and COFIDE have invested in senior debt in Union Group’s El Carmen and 8 de Ogosto plants which will generate a combined 27.4 MW of capacity and be linked by a 60km transmission line to the power grid.
Union Group subsidiary Generación Andina is building the plants backed by two 20-year power purchase agreements with the Peruvian Government.
The USD88m project marks the first stage of a plan to build nine hydropower plants with 125
We take a detailed look at the hedge fund industry in Singapore, including investors in hedge funds, the number of hedge fund launches each year, fund terms and conditions and performance.
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