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Wealth management boutique Signia Wealth acted as an adviser to EME Capital in its offer for Theo Fennell Plc and played a key role in introducing co-investors into the acquisition vehicle for the transaction, Mirfield 1964 Plc.
Theo Fennell is a British designer of jewellery and silverware.
The deal reflects Signia’s entrepreneurial approach to investment, where exclusive investment opportunities are made available to clients with a preference for direct private equity investing and tailored wealth management products.
Nathalie Dauriac (pictured), founder and chief executive of Signia Wealth, says: “The Theo Fennell transaction is a powerful illustration
TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, has completed an investment in Flashtalking, an international advertising technology company.
Terms of the investment have not been disclosed.
Flashtalking provides a software platform for intelligent ad serving – the creation and delivery of online advertising campaigns, including robust post-delivery analytics and reporting. Customers build, execute and track campaigns via an efficient self-service platform.
The company offers products for desktop, tablet and mobile devices across multiple ad formats, including video, rich media and standard display. This is complemented by a dynamic creative platform that is used to deliver real-time creative
Hub International, an insurance brokerage, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds advised by Hellman & Friedman.
The transaction values Hub at approximately USD4.4bn.
Under the terms of the agreement, investment funds managed by Hellman & Friedman will hold a majority interest in the company, while members of Hub’s senior management will continue to have a significant equity position.
With more than 6,500 employees in the US (including Puerto Rico), Canada and Brazil, Hub is expected to achieve 2013 revenue of approximately USD1.2bn, after the annualised impact of acquisitions.
Martin Hughes, Hub chairman
Blackstone has closed on its acquisition of Strategic Partners from Credit Suisse.
Strategic Partners is a secondary private fund of funds business, with USD10bn in assets under management.
Strategic Partners seeks capital appreciation through the purchase of secondary interests in private equity, real estate and venture capital funds from investors seeking liquidity on a fair, timely and confidential basis. From its start in 2000, it has raised over USD11bn of capital commitments, completed over 700 transactions, and acquired over 1,500 underlying limited partnership interests.
Strategic Partners’ team of 29 secondary investment professionals is headed by Stephen Can
A marked improvement in the availability of debt financing for mid-market private equity deals has seen PE deal values rise to their highest level in a year, according to BDO’s latest Private Company Price Index/Private Equity Price Index (PCPI/PEPI).
The index, which compares the EV/EBITDA ratios being paid on the sale of private companies to trade (PCPI) and private equity (PEPI) buyers, showed a quarter-on-quarter jump of 36 per cent on the values paid for private equity deals – up to 10.5 in Q2 2013, from 7.7 in Q1 2013 – and marking the end of a decline that had
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided follow-on financing to existing client 2M Group, owner of chemicals distribution businesses Surfachem and Banner Chemicals, to fund its recent acquisition of INEOS ChlorVinyls’ packed chlorine business.
In March 2012, Investec backed 2M’s chairman Mottie Kessler on the buy-out of the business from its co-founder Ieuan Thomas. This was followed in July 2012 by the acquisition of Northampton-based KMZ Chemicals, which augmented the business’ specialty chemicals product offering.
The INEOS Acquisition is Investec’s third deal with 2M and marks the business’ entry into the industrial gas distribution sector, servicing the UK
Equistone Partners Europe has acquired Karl Eugen Fischer Beteiligungs, a portfolio company of Equita.
Equita was advised by Baird, a mid-market investment bank.
Based in Burgkunstadt, Germany, Karl Eugen Fischer specialises in tyre cord cutting machinery.
Equita is an independent, non-bank-affiliated investment company based in Bad Homburg, which invests in mid-sized companies in the German-speaking countries.
Equistone Partners Europe is an independent investment firm that operates across France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.
Mandarin Capital Partners has sold its portfolio company Gasket International to Hutchinson.
Mandarin was advised by Baird, a mid-market investment bank.
Italy-based Gasket International is a designer and manufacturer of premium quality valve sealing solutions for critical applications in the oil and gas industry. With two facilities in Italy and one in China, Gasket serves over 200 valve OEMs across the globe.
Private equity firm Mandarin Capital Partners invests in small and medium sized businesses in Italy and China.
France-based Hutchinson is a global, diversified manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomer and rubber solutions serving the aerospace, automotive,
Terra Firma has reached an agreement to sell 100 per cent of Carmel Capital II, including its wholly owned subsidiary Phoenix Natural Gas Limited, to Hastings’ managed fund Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA) and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund (RBSGPF).
Hastings manages an unlisted infrastructure mandate for RBSGPF.
Phoenix is Northern Ireland’s largest natural gas distribution and energy services company. Phoenix Natural Gas owns and operates the Greater Belfast natural gas network and is responsible for making gas available to around half the population of Northern Ireland.
Guy Hands, chairman of Terra Firma, says:
NTT Communications, Arkadin International and AXA Private Equity have entered into exclusive negotiations over NTT Com’s acquisition of a majority stake in Arkadin.
The agreement will be implemented after the necessary notification and consultation with the relevant works council. The management of Arkadin will reinvest alongside NTT Com. The agreement remains subject to the authorisation of the antitrust authorities.
Arkadin offers a wide range of conference-related solutions covering audio, web, video conferencing and unified communications services. It serves approximately 37,000 customers in 32 countries, including France, Germany, the UK, US, Australia, China, Singapore and Japan. The company was
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