Business Growth Fund (BGF), established to help the UK’s fast growing smaller and medium sized businesses, has invested GBP6.25m of growth capital for a minority stake in London-based Peyton and Byrne, the restaurant group, retail bakery and events business. Peyton and Byrne operates in three distinct areas. It currently operates restaurants at eight iconic London visitor attractions including The National Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and Kew Gardens. Peyton Events provides catering for private functions at 20 high profile venues in London such as The Wallace Collection and Lancaster House. The business also runs retail bakery and café outlets

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has completed the sale of Anthony International, a manufacturer of glass doors and related products serving the commercial refrigeration market, to Dover Corporation for USD602.5m, subject to normal closing adjustments. Since Avista acquired Anthony in June 2011, the company has achieved significant growth. Anthony’s "close that case" initiative, which allows retailers to deliver on their energy efficiency and sustainability goals by enclosing open refrigerated cases with Anthony doors, has helped to drive the company’s strong performance. Anthony has also created meaningful value through international growth and the acquisition of BiG Services, a regional installation

Dunedin, the UK mid-market private equity house, has delivered its third exit in six months with an exit from its conference and training venues business, etc business. The management team has carried out a secondary buyout of the business which sees Dunedin realise a money multiple of more than 3x on its investment. The exit follows Dunedin’s sales of WFEL and Capula to international trade buyers earlier in the year.   With Dunedin’s backing the business has consistently grown year on year through a new venue roll-out programme and the significant expansion of its existing venues. Sales have increased from

CSG Partners, the New York-based boutique investment bank, acted as the exclusive financial adviser for a USD11m senior debt financing for Ambertek’s acquisition of SS Equipment Services (SSE).  SSE is headquartered in Cotulla, Texas and is an oil field services company focused on providing critical pre- and post-drilling construction services to many oil and gas exploration and production firms in the Eagle Ford Shale region of Texas. "CSG Partners is proud to have worked with The Ambertek Group to help finance this acquisition," says Alex Meshechok, a managing director at CSG Partners. "This is an exciting opportunity for Rick Pfeiffer

Seventy per cent of institutional investors in North America and Europe recommend that a Latin American company pursue an initial public offering in today’s capital markets, according to a survey released by JP Morgan’s depositary receipts (DR) business. Survey participants, who were interviewed in September 2012, believe that despite significant macroeconomic headwinds in Europe and China, Latin America is a region with steadfast domestic markets and attractively-valued companies that demonstrate significant growth potential.   “Each year we survey North American and European institutional investors, with the aim of helping our Latin American clients better understand investor sentiment toward companies in

PARTNERS+simons, a brand communications company specialising in the healthcare and financial services industries, has secured an investment from Baird Capital Partners. The investment by Baird Capital Partners will enable PARTNERS+simons to expand on its services as the changing landscape in both healthcare and financial services remain prominent on the national agenda. The company plans to build or acquire additional capabilities in public relations, direct-to-consumer marketing, data-driven analytics and CRM, social media, mobile and tablet applications, and patient engagement. “There is enormous opportunity to develop even more comprehensive, cross-channel communications models for our clients, and this partnership with Baird Capital Partners

Babson Capital Management has provided a combination of senior debt and subordinated debt and equity to support River Capital’s purchase of Blue Wave Products. Babson Capital served as the sole provider of senior and subordinated debt on the transaction. Illinois-based Blue Wave is a distributor of above-ground swimming pools, pool accessories and other products to internet dealers and the internet channels of large national retailers. Blue Wave serves as a one-stop shop offering more than 6,000 wholesale recreational products including pools, automatic cleaners, steps and ladders, winter products, games and saunas. “As a reliable partner on eight portfolio investments spanning

ChemDesign Products, a portfolio company of The Resilience Fund II, has been acquired by Lubar, a Milwaukee-based private investment firm.  ChemDesign is a provider of custom toll manufacturing services to the global chemical industry. The company has developed a strong reputation for partnering with its blue-chip customers, using its technical personnel, flexible manufacturing facilities and process optimisation capabilities to produce highly complex chemicals. The sale of ChemDesign generated a 3.8x net return on invested capital and a 25.9 per cent net internal rate of return. "Our investment in ChemDesign is a great case study in corporate renewal.  Through hard work,