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FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, is to acquire Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) from Brockway Moran & Partners.
CPI specialises in crisis prevention, non-violent physical intervention and dementia care training for education, healthcare and corporate customers. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, CPI provides mission critical training in de-escalation of aggressive behaviours for duty of care providers at schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, long-term care facilities, juvenile detention centres, and other organisations.
“With more than 9,000 customers globally – some they have served for over
European buy and build activity in the first half of 2016 reached its highest level since 2008 with the largest number of deals in the UK and Ireland, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest semi-annual European Buy & Build Monitor.
The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken by European headquartered companies backed by private equity, identified a provisional total of 325 add-ons in the first half of 2016 compared to the 204 and 250 add-ons recorded in the first and second halves of 2015 respectively.
In the first half of this year the average disclosed value
Baird Capital has sold its portfolio company Watkins Hire to Carrier Rental Systems (UK).
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1998, Watkins is a provider of industrial and commercial heating and cooling equipment rental services. Watkins supplies heaters, steam and water boilers, fuel tanks, dehumidifiers, air handlers, air conditioning and chillers to a wide variety of blue chip clients. The company also has a dedicated events division, providing equipment rental at UK and international major events, including the 2012 London Olympics.
Headquartered in Lydney, Watkins has four depots dedicated to serving its customers
Seedrs alumnus FreeAgent has floated on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM, marking the first time an equity crowdfunded company has gone on to IPO.
This announcement comes directly after Beauhurst announced that Seedrs has completed 122 deals in private companies by the end of Q3. This is more than any other investor during the period, according to a report released by the independent research firm.
More than GBP160 million has now been invested into campaigns on Seedrs since July 2012 when the company launched and October became a record-breaking month with almost GBP20 million invested into campaigns.
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Kirkland & Ellis has advised EMR Capital, a mining private equity manager, on the closing of the oversubscribed EMR Capital Resources Fund II with commitments of USD860 million.
The fund, which will make investments in global metals and mining companies and projects, accepted commitments from a broad mix of global institutional investors, including endowments, foundations, family offices and fund of funds.
The Kirkland team was led by London-based investment funds partner Christopher Braunack, investment funds associates Jennifer Feng, Holly Clarke, Feni Ajumogobia and David Pritchett and New York-based tax partner David Grenker.
Law firm Howard Kennedy is acting for Octopus Apollo VCT on the issue of its 2017 prospectus and on its proposed merger with Octopus Eclipse VCT.
Its 2017 issue will see Octopus Apollo VCT target a fundraise of GBP20 million.
The proposed merger with Octopus Eclipse VCT will bring efficiencies in the annual running and administration costs whilst enabling it to spread portfolio risks across a broader range of investments.
Howard Kennedy is the only English law firm able to act as both sponsor, through Howard Kennedy Corporate Services, and legal adviser to VCTs. The firm acts for 80
Activa Capital and Paluel-Marmont Capital are selling their stake in Gaz Europeén to DCC, a shareholder of Butagaz since 2015.
Following the acquisition of an equity interest and a capital increase in December 2013, Activa Capital and Paluel-Marmont Capital have been accompanying the development of Gaz Européen as shareholders alongside the founders (majority shareholders) and the management.
The DCC group has submitted a binding offer to acquire Gaz Européen, a natural gas retail and marketing business which supplies business and public sector customers in France, founded in 2005 when the French natural gas market was first deregulated and opened
Financial technology group ayondo has acquired the TradeHero brand, a Singapore investor education app that has been ranked the number one Apple iOS finance app in over 90 countries.
The acquisition for TradeHero’s brand outside of China and the US, further expands ayondo’s footprint in Singapore nearly a year after it announced a partnership with KGI Fraser Securities to launch KGI Contrax, a platform for investors to trade Contracts for Difference (CFD).
ayondo’s social trading platform allows retail investors to copy the trades of experts.
Robert Lempka, CEO of the ayondo Group, says: “For ayondo, mobile technology is
Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) and Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co (TPH) are to planning to merge their two businesses with the combined firm adopting the Perella Weinberg Partners name.
TPH’s energy practice will continue to operate as Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Subject to customary conditions, the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2016. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed although PWP’s founding investors will remain shareholders in the combined company, with some providing additional growth capital.
The combination of the firms will create an investment banking and asset management firm
Hatteras Funds, a provider of alternative investment solutions for financial advisers and their clients, has agreed a sub-advisory relationship with Adams Street Partners, a global private markets investment firm.
Through multiple sub-advisory relationships, Hatteras Funds intends to provide financial advisers access to a series of evergreen private investments strategies. Hatteras Funds selected Adams Street Partners as the private equity sub-adviser because of its long history of experience and expertise.
“Our sub-advisory relationship with Adams Street gives us much-needed access to return enhancing strategies in today’s otherwise low growth environment,” says Michael Hennen (pictured), head of investment management at Hatteras
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