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Broadstone has acquired 3HR Benefits Consultancy, it’s third acquisition in as many months following the recently announced purchases of Liverpool-based CS Financial Solutions and Thomson Dickson Consulting located in Glasgow.
Founded in 2008, London-based 3HR Benefits Consultancy is a subsidiary of 3HR plc and provides specialist employee benefits and international private medical insurance (IPMI) support and services to more than 200 Japanese, Korean and Chinese blue chip companies in respect of their UK and European expatriate employees. The company is the leading UK benefits consulting firm specialising in the Far Eastern market and dominates the sector with a number of
AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), a specialist European financial services private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in SundhedsGruppen, which consists of Dansk Sundhedssikring AS, an independent Danish private health insurance provider, and PrimaCare A/S a provider of healthcare networks.
AnaCap is acquiring the majority stake in SundhedsGruppen from the Company’s Founders, who will retain a minority.
SundhedsGruppen, provides health insurance and claims management services to clients’ employees and has built a market-leading technological infrastructure that also white labels to other providers in adjunct insurance areas.
The Company has a unique partnership arrangement with medical clinics throughout Denmark that allows
Siemplify, an independent provider of security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), has secured USD30 million in Series C funding led by Georgian Partners.
Siemplify will use these new funds to drive significant expansion of its global go-to-market strategy, as well as further enhance its market-leading security operations platform. Siemplify’s existing investors – 83North, G20 Ventures and Jump Capital – also participated in the round. The Series C investment brings Siemplify’s total funding to date to USD58 million, a testament to the company’s growing dominance in the SOAR space.
“Siemplify is rapidly solidifying its position as the leading independent SOAR
Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm specialising in financial and related business services companies, is to sell JS Held, a global consulting firm focused on the construction industry and insurance claim management, to private equity firm Kelso & Co.
Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed.
“It has been our pleasure to partner with Jon Held and his team over the past four years as the Company significantly expanded its practice areas, geographic coverage and consultant base,” says Robert Belke, a Managing Partner at Lovell Minnick Partners. “With a robust and growing platform, and a
KPS Capital Partners (KPS) has sold Genesis Attachments (Genesis) to NPK Construction Equipment.
KPS will continue to own Crenlo, Emcor and Siac do Brasil (Crenlo Global). Crenlo Global will continue to be led by Chief Executive Officer Steve Andrews and Chief Financial Officer Steve Klyn.
Raquel Palmer, a Managing Partner of KPS, says: “We congratulate and thank the Genesis management team for their impressive execution. We are very proud to have been their partner in Genesis’ incredible transformation. We remain committed to providing Crenlo Global with capital and resources to continue delivering products of unparalleled quality, with industry-leading
Five Point Energy, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on the midstream energy sector, has sold a minority equity stake in WaterBridge Resources (WaterBridge) to affiliates of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.
The minority equity position was acquired from funds affiliated with Five Point Energy and WaterBridge management. The transaction has closed and is not subject to any additional conditions. The purchase price implies a WaterBridge enterprise value of approximately USD2.8 billion.
Under the terms of the transaction, GIC and Five Point Energy have committed to a framework to provide incremental equity capital to facilitate WaterBridge’s current pipeline of accretive acquisition and organic
Bowmark Capital, a mid-market private equity firm, is to sell Aston Lark, an independent insurance broker, to Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division.
Completion of the transaction is expected to occur following receipt of approvals from the Financial Conduct Authority and the Central Bank of Ireland, and antitrust approval.
Aston Lark, which was formed from the merger of Aston Scott and Lark in September 2017, is the UK’s fifth largest independent chartered insurance broker. It specialises in commercial insurance, private client insurance and employee benefit advice, and operates from 27 regional offices, serving over 100,000 customers and placing in excess
Triple Point Venture Fund has led a GBP1.3 million investment in UK-based messaging company Augnet Limited (Augnet) alongside a number of industry experts.
The funds will be used by Augnet to further develop the platform, support the testing stage and invest in its sales and marketing channels.
The global A2P SMS market is forecast to be worth US$70.32 Billion by 2020 (figures from Transparency Market Research). For companies dealing with time-sensitive or confidential information, the ability to trace and confirm whether or not a message has been delivered has substantial financial and cost-saving benefits.
Augnet has developed a unique technology
Livingstone’s Business Services sector team has advised the shareholders of Incendium Consulting, an independent corporate real estate (CRE) consultancy, on its sale to The Instant Group, a global provider of flexible property solutions.
Set up by its six founding Partners in 2015, Incendium provides large real estate services procurement, consulting, and change management programmes to blue-chip clients.
Incendium Managing Director, Mike Perkis, says: “Clients are struggling to drive value through their conventional real estate strategies and are increasingly looking to introduce an agile, innovative approach that matches modern business demands. They are searching for independent advice and a fresh approach that allows them to make informed choices in today’s much-changed market. We strive to offer that
Guernsey’s Green Finance initiative was a big draw at last week’s Guernsey Funds Forum event in London (16 May) which saw more than 500 finance professionals from the City and beyond gather to hear about the Island’s funds offering.
The Ogier-sponsored event was the tenth annual conference for the Guernsey Funds industry in London. Group Partner Tim Clipstone, who attended the event as part of the Ogier contingent, says that Green Finance, the Private Investment Fund and the Island’s long-established track record on listed funds had been particularly strong talking points.
“It was an enormously positive event – there was
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