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Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising companies at the lower end of the middle market, has acquired Nekoosa, a manufacturer of specialty paper and film products used in the graphics and commercial print markets.
Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Nekoosa, Wisconsin, Nekoosa produces a comprehensive suite of specialty engineered materials in four key product areas: application and pressure sensitive tapes used to protect and transfer graphics onto surfaces such as store windows and commercial vehicles; specialty synthetic papers that offer a digitally printable tear-and-water-proof alternative to lamination; sheeted digital
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter point to 0.5 per cent, the first interest rate rise in a decade.
Commenting on the decision, Andrew Fowkes, Head of Retail Centre of Excellence, SAS UK & Ireland says: “Today’s decision to increase interest rates will be felt by consumers immediately.
“Some brands have already invested in the ability to respond to external events in real-time to survive and thrive. Our research shows that over half (55 per cent) of UK organisations use changes in financial markets to inform their customer interactions, with telco providers, insurance companies and
Lowell, a European credit management services provider backed by the Permira funds and The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is to create the second largest credit management services company in Europe through the acquisition of the carve-out business from Intrum.
The carve-out comprises Lindorff’s entire business in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden as well as Intrum Justitia’s entire business in Norway and was specified by the European Commission as a condition of the combination of the two companies earlier this year.
The acquisition will create a leading pan-European credit management platform that benefits from significant scale and great regional, as
IK Investment Partners’ (IK) IK Small Cap I Fund has reached an agreement with Neue Verlagsgesellschaft, a subsidiary of BurdaDirect, to acquire Debitor Inkasso, a German provider of mass debt collection services, focused on recovering overdue claims and debts on behalf of its customers.
Founded in 1977, Debitor Inkasso offers a broad range of tailor-made debt collection services to its customers, primarily in the e-commerce/social media, insurance and publishing industries. With a highly automated and continuously refined collection process as well as a broad communication platform (including modern communication channels such as email, WhatsApp and SMS) Debitor Inkasso acts as
Private equity investor Mid Europa Partners is to acquire Hortex Group from funds advised by Argan Capital. Hortex is a leading consumer goods player in Poland, with a strong brand and heritage in the juice and frozen food sectors.
The Transaction is subject to customary competition authority clearance, and is expected to close in Q1 2018.
Pawel Padusinski, Partner and Co-Head of Mid Europa’s Warsaw office says: “Hortex is an iconic brand in Poland, and we believe there is potential to develop the business further through leveraging its strong foundation. We are excited about the prospects of Hortex and
Stage Capital (Stage), a private equity and real estate investor backed by funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Glendower Capital, has sold three assets totalling over EUR350 million in value.
In total, the firm – which spun out from NBGI in October 2016 – has now realised 84 per cent of its invested capital since launch.
Stage continues to focus on maximising the value of its portfolio of investments, the latest phase of which comprises three major exits: Mermeren, The Mall and the Czech Logistics portfolio.
Mermeren is a global leader in the extraction and processing
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, parent company of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, has completed the acquisition of Quadrant Capital Management (Quadrant).
Founders Jeff Fisher and Jim Kearney will remain as Chairman and President, respectively, of the new Peapack-Gladstone Bank subsidiary – Quadrant Capital Management. Their entire team of accomplished employees will remain with Quadrant and join Peapack-Gladstone Bank’s growing wealth management organisation.
“We are happy to have completed our second wealth management acquisition of 2017 and are anxious to begin working with the Quadrant team,” says John P Babcock, President of Private Wealth Management at Peapack-Gladstone Bank. “Together, we are committed to helping our clients
Dow Schofield Watts’ technology advised on a GBP5.5 million fundraising by Manchester-based Hello Soda, a global text and big data analytics service.
NVM Private Equity has invested GBP4 million in the business alongside an additional GBP1.5 million venture debt facility from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s Growth Finance team.
David Smith, Peter Barkley and Keith Benson from the Dow Schofield Watts tech team worked closely with Hello Soda on its fundraising plans and created an innovative deal structure to secure the investment.
David Smith, who leads the tech team, said it was another significant deal for the North’s tech
Crestline Investors, a credit focused institutional alternative asset manager, has closed its third Opportunity Fund (Opportunity Fund III). Opportunity Fund III, and related managed accounts, secured over USD1.34 billion in capital commitments, exceeding the fundraising objective.
Investors in the strategy include leading public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and other institutional investors.
The new fund is the ninth in Crestline’s series of opportunistic funds, which started in 2005 and have attracted more than USD5.6 billion in client commitments to date. Each of the funds is managed by Crestline’s Credit Strategies team, which has closed over 75
Valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps is to be acquired by a company backed by private equity firm Permira in a USD1.75 billion deal.
Selling equity holders include The Carlyle Group, Neuberger Berman, the University of California’s Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents and Pictet & Cie.
As part of the transaction, the Duff & Phelps management team will maintain a significant equity stake in the firm and will continue to lead the company in their current roles. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter
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