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Arctos Sports Partners (Arctos), a private investment platform dedicated to providing growth capital and liquidity solutions to professional sports franchise owners across the “Big 5” North American leagues and European soccer, has appointed Chad Hutchinson as a Partner on the investment team and management committee.
“With tenacity and courage, Chad has built two incredible careers – one in professional sports and one in private equity,” says Arctos co-founder and Managing Partner Ian Charles. “He brings with him the experience and rigour of helping build and grow one of the private equity industry’s leading platforms as well as the unique perspective
MFS Africa, a pan-African digital payments platform, is to acquire Capricorn Digital, owner of Baxi, one of Nigeria’s leading super-agent networks. A team from Akin Gump advised the sellers on the transaction.
The deal, which is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will be the second-largest fintech acquisition in Nigeria.
Founded in 2014 by Degbola Abudu and Folu Majekodunmi, Baxi is one of Nigeria’s largest independent electronic payment networks, processing over USD1 billion in transaction annually through a network of more than 90,000 agents.
The Akin Gump team was led by London corporate partner
Trilantic North America has made a strategic capital investment in WebFX, a tech-enabled digital services provider for premium SMBs.
This partnership furthers the mission of WebFX to provide Digital Marketing That Drives Revenue for companies around North America. WebFX partners with businesses looking to earn more website traffic, drive more qualified leads, and increase revenue growth through revenue maximisation services.
The capital partnership between WebFX and Trilantic North America’s Fund VI will assist future growth for the Pennsylvania based company, supporting expansion in talent, new services, geographic offices, technology, data analytics, and AI. WebFX plans to create 300 additional jobs over
The number of M&A deals targeting UK retailers has increased by 28 per cent to 37 in the last 12 months (year-end Sept 30), up from 29 in the previous year, new research from international law firm RPC shows.
Deal value has skyrocketed by over 40 times from GBP416 million to over GBP17 billion in the last year, largely due to the GBP7.1 billion PE bid for Morrisons and the takeover of Asda.
RPC says that an increasing number of prospective buyers see now as a good time to buy ahead of the full recovery of trading on the
JTC has supported the GBP125 million launch of Disruptive Capital Acquisition Company Limited (Disruptive), a Guernsey registered Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) on the Euronext exchange in Amsterdam.
JTC will provide administration and registry services for the new vehicle. The listing of Disruptive creates a structure aimed at acquiring another company within the financial services sector throughout Western Europe and/or Northern Europe, though the potential target has not been publicly identified. It is also the first SPAC on Euronext Amsterdam to be listed and traded in sterling
SPACs are publicly traded vehicles with the sole purpose to create a merger
Ben Gillespie (pictured), Partner at law firm Seddons examines the FCA’s proposals to introduce standardised rules that set out how much asset managers must disclose about their impact on climate change and the ‘practical concerns’ raised by the BVCA…
Consultation paper CP21/17 was issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in June 2021 with comments requested by 10 September 2021 and is part of the UK Government’s green commitment of achieving a low-carbon economy and net-zero by 2050.
The purpose of the proposed rules and guidance (Rules) is to place mandatory climate related disclosures on assets managers, life insurers and
ComplySci, a provider of regulatory technology and compliance solutions for the financial services sector, has launched an M&A growth strategy with the acquisition of National Regulatory Services (NRS), an provider of compliance consulting services and technology solutions for investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity firms, insurers and other financial services firms.
The transaction further strengthens and expands ComplySci’s ability to support its financial services clients’ compliance needs by combining its technology, which automates and streamlines mission-critical employee compliance functions, with NRS’ longtime, hands-on expertise in helping clients navigate the ever-changing industry regulatory environment.
Moving forward, NRS – which
Private markets digital platform has achieved USD4 billion-plus in assets and deals in a year as it continues rapid growth which has seen more than 70 financial institutions across Europe, North America, the Middle East, South America and Africa using its technology in 2021.
VALK, which is backed by venture capital funds and strategic financial investors R3, SIX Group, Ascension Ventures and Metavallon, has seen growth of 2,500 per cent in just nine months, having only celebrated hitting USD1 billion in deals in M&A and fund-raising activity just five months ago.
The London-based company enables clients including investment banks, hedge
Global investment firm Carlyle’s Global Credit platform has provided the debt financing package, alongside Pemberton Asset Management, to support the acquisition of Cesar di Barbarossa Enio (Cesar), Gruppo SDA Servizi Distribuzione Associati (SDA) and VDM (VDM) by an affiliate of HIG Capital.
The Companies operate under the Acqua & Sapone brand, Italy’s leading non-food discount retailer selling a wide range of household and personal care products at value prices through a network of more than 700 retail locations. The Companies will generate over EUR900 million in revenues in 2021.
Acqua & Sapone’s commitment to high-quality consumer experiences and its expansive
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), the asset management division of Macquarie Group, has agreed to acquire New York-based Central Park Group (CPG), an independent investment advisory firm delivering private client access to institutional hedge fund, private equity, real estate and funds-of-funds.
The agreement underscores MAM’s commitment to offering individual investors a diversified platform of institutional-quality alternative investments managed by Macquarie and other leading sponsors.
With more than USD3.5 billion in assets under management, Central Park Group is a pioneer in providing financial advisors and their clients access to top alternative investment talent in structures specifically designed to meet the needs
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