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London-based turnaround investor Rcapital has invested in McArthur, a wholesaler and distributor of building, agricultural, steel and security fencing products.
Based in Bristol with over 250 staff in eight sites across the UK, McArthur was founded over 170 years ago by the McArthur family. 


Following a number of difficult years McArthur has restructured its business with the support of Rcapital and led by the chief executive Sam McArthur.
Sam McArthur says: “This deal has enabled us to create a solid platform for the future of our business. We have successfully resolved the underperformance of our Irish and manufacturing
The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority interest in Talent Partners, a New York-based talent payroll, production support services and rights management solutions provider to the advertising industry.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014. Equity for the investment will come from the Carlyle Equity Opportunity Fund.
In its nearly 50-year history, Talent Partners has grown from a specialty payroll company focused on commercial talent to a provider of more than 125 services, including talent negotiations and business affairs, traffic and clearance, rights and royalty
Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners, in partnership with the existing management team, are to acquire a majority stake in The Executive Centre from Headland Capital Partners.
Funds advised by Headland will retain a minority ownership in the business.
The Executive Centre, founded in 1994 by current chairman and CEO Paul Salnikow, is a premium serviced office provider in Asia, with 61 centres across 20 major cities in 10 countries across the region, generating over USD100m of revenues.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the business operates serviced offices in key Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Korea,
Fund and corporate services provider Alter Domus has completed the acquisition of O’ Donovan Stewart Corporate Services (ODS) in Ireland.
O’Donovan Stewart Corporate Services provides corporate services to a broad portfolio of client companies, particularly aircraft leasing and aircraft owning companies where it currently acts for a range of clients from the US, South Africa, Europe and Asia.
All existing ODS employees will join Alter Domus as part of the acquisition.
The founding director of ODS, Peter Stewart, will continue to serve as an independent executive director of Alter Domus (Ireland) Limited.
Laurent Vanderweyen, chief executive officer
Amba Defence, a West Midlands-based company that provides defence, security and safety equipment and monitoring services, has secured investment of more than GBP250,000 from Midven.
Amba Defence delivers bespoke services to national infrastructure, national and international governments, private institutions and high net-worth individuals.
The GBP256,000 venture capital funding, made through Midven’s Exceed Fund, will enable Amba to expand its product portfolio of advanced technologies and recruit additional staff to support the organisation’s growth plans.
Amba provides security and defence solutions delivered by its four divisions: consultancy, solutions, technology and control.
Managing director Shires Crichton, who formed Amba
American Infrastructure MLP Funds (AIM), a private investment firm, has committed up to USD130 million of capital to StoneMor Partners, including acquiring an indirect majority interest in the company’s general partner.
As part of the commitment, AIM will purchase USD55 million of four-year, non-cash common units to fund near term acquisitions, and will make available up to USD50 million of additional capital contributions to fund growth.
AIM invests in companies that qualify as master limited partnerships and manages over USD1.5 billion in assets.
"This investment commitment gives us a well-capitalised general partner," says Lawrence Miller, StoneMor's president and chief
Private equity firm MarginXL Capital Partners has been accepted into the SAS Alliance, a programme that seeks to establish relationships with key industry, solutions and specialised implementation partners of SAS software and solutions.
MarginXL Capital seeks to address a sizeable gap in middle market operational private equity investing, namely to harness and exploit the explosion of data and to generate insights from that data to improve profits and investment returns.
"We are thrilled to be announcing our new relationship with SAS today," says George Stelling, managing partner at MarginXL Capital Partners. "We've used SAS software extensively in our careers as
Ultra-low interest rates are encouraging a rebound in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with premiums on deals for small and medium-sized companies far outstripping larger transactions, according to Allianz Global Investors.
Companies, buoyed wider-spread optimism of an improving economy, are looking to put cash to work externally while business valuations are still attractive.
Improved sentiment means more corporates are likely to embrace M&A and capital expenditure compared to the organic growth and deleveraging that prevailed after the crisis.
Between 2001 and 2013, US buyers were willing to pay an average M&A premium of 25 per cent for small caps
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to the shareholder of Geo Networks, a London-based dark fibre provider, on the company’s sale to Zayo Group, an international provider of bandwidth infrastructure.
Founded in 2002 by Jonathan Watts and Chris Smedley, Geo owns and operates a high capacity fibre network in the UK, providing managed networks, dark fibre and co-location services to a variety of high-bandwidth sectors including media companies, service providers, financial services, data centres and gaming organisations. Geo is the only company in the UK to focus solely on the design, build and operation of bespoke dedicated fibre
Talis Capital has made another addition to the Project Blueline fleet, with the acquisition of a 2010 built, 24,000 DWT handysize bulk carrier.
The second vessel acquisition of 2014 brings the Blueline fleet to a total of five vessels with over 67,000 deadweight tonnage.
The addition of this larger vessel provides further diversification for the underlying investors, who are benefitting from a mid-double digit unlevered yield, paid on a quarterly basis.
Drawing upon over 17 years of shipping experience, Talis Capital is working in close partnership with INTRESCO Ltd. As one of the leading full service ship management
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