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MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has gained all regulatory approvals for its acquisition of Capital Analytics, the private equity administration business of Neuberger Berman Group.
The deal, which is now closed, is part of MUFG Investor Services’ strategy to become a global industry-leading fund administrator and brings its private equity and real estate assets under administration (AUA) to USD145billion, and total AUA to USD384billion.
Junichi Okamoto, Group Head of Integrated Trust Assets Business Group, Deputy President, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, says: “The acquisition of Capital Analytics is another indication of
Six Degrees Group (6DG) has acquired application hosting provider Insite Limited, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX hosting and managed services in the Cloud. Insite specialises in hosting and managing business-critical applications based on Microsoft technologies.
Established in 1994, Insite owns and operates its own tier 3 aligned data centre where it hosts private cloud infrastructure, dedicated to each client, upon which it builds tailored platforms to operate ERP and CRM platforms, predominantly but not exclusively for Microsoft applications.
With customers spanning both private and public sectors, Insite regards IT security as being absolutely intrinsic to its business and
European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital is to acquire a majority stake in the aerospace division of Avingtrans Plc, a UK precision engineering components manufacturer for the commercial aerospace sector.
Sigma is being bought for an enterprise value of GBP65.0 million and its existing management, led by its founding CEO, Mark Johnson will acquire a minority interest. Completion of the transaction is subject to Avingtrans Plc shareholder approval and regulatory approvals from the German and Austrian competition authorities.
Sigma operates from four sites in the UK and two sites in China employing approximately 750 people and serves global aerospace
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (Weil) is advising Bain Capital and Advent International on the EUR1.1 billion acquisition by Mercury UK Holdco Limited, the current majority shareholder of Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane’s (ICBPI), of Setefi Services (Setefi Processing) and Intesa Sanpaolo Card (ISP Card) from Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo.
Setefi Processing, based in Milan, is a payment processing platform of Intesa Sanpaolo in Italy, one of Europe’s leading banking groups and Italy’s number one commercial bank. ISP Card is the payment processing platform of Intesa Sanpaolo’s CEE business and operated in nine countries including Hungary, Slovenia, Romania and Croatia.
Monroe Capital has acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior secured credit facility to support the refinancing of Solterra Recycling Solutions (Solterra), a portfolio company of Roark Capital.
Based in Ewing, New Jersey, Solterra provides non-hazardous solid waste, organic waste and recycling collection and hauling services. The company serves over 30 municipalities, 400,000 residential households and 2,000 commercial customers throughout central and north New Jersey and in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Nir Regev’s Regev Group, which is based in Missouri, has joined DFPG Investments, a national independent broker-dealer and RIA.
"We are very pleased that Nir identified the fit with our firm," says DFPG's CEO, Mike Bendix. "Nir brings a lot of value to DFPG, not the least of which is his stellar reputation and respect from so many industry peers and partners."
Nir Regev (pictured) says: "Part of the draw to DFPG was the established expertise they provide relating to alternative products, which I consider important to my practice. But the tipping point for me was DFPG's people. I recognised
Private equity funds managed by Baird Capital have invested in investment consultancy bfinance. Current CEO David Vafai (pictured) will continue to lead bfinance. He will be joined on the board by Andrew Ferguson, managing director at Baird Capital, and CFO Mark Brownlie, as directors.
Also joining the board as chairman is highly experienced financial and investor relations professional Tim Trotter, who founded public relations group Ludgate, co-founded Citywire, the information service for the global fund management industry and is a non-executive chairman at a number of financial services and asset management related blue-chip companies.
The collective expertise and experience of
Antares Capital is serving as administrative agent, lead arranger and bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of SambaSafety by ABRY Partners.
Headquartered in Albuquerque, NM, SambaSafety provides driving and fleet safety solutions and motor vehicle records to every industry across the US.
“Antares’ flexibility and strong presence in the technology space made them a great partner on this transaction,” says Nathan Ott, principle for ABRY Partners.
“We’re pleased to have supported ABRY on this transaction,” says Sean Sullivan, managing director for Antares Capital. “SambaSafety’s experienced management team and innovative approach together with ABRY’s expertise is
WorldQuant Ventures, an angel investment firm focused on disruptive companies in technology, with a particular focus on data and finance, has invested in Certrax Risk Compliance Solutions, Inc.
Certrax is a state-of-the-art application and service that allows real estate owners, property managers and service providers to manage third-party risk by electronically tracking, managing and storing contracts and insurance certificates. As part of the agreement, Steven Lau, Managing Director at WorldQuant Ventures, will join Certrax’s Board of Directors.
The application’s cutting edge technology, along with its superior leadership, including Certrax’s Chief Executive Officer Brian O’Keefe and Chief Operating Officer Robert Mitchell,
Noerr has advised Payleven Holding on the merger of the Payleven group with the SumUp group, both mobile payment providers.
The combined company will operate under the name SumUp. The merger is intended to accelerate the international growth of both businesses. All former shareholders in SumUp and Payleven will remain shareholders in the combined holding entity.
A team led by Felix Blobel, a Berlin based Partner and Venture Capital specialist acted on behalf of Payleven. Felix Blobel already advised Payleven in connection with a Series D Financing Round in the course of which Seventure Partners joined Payleven as new investor.
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