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Accelmed Partners (Accelmed), a private equity firm focused on acquiring and investing in US commercial stage, lower middle market HealthTech companies, as expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of two industry veterans. Eric Tansky, former Managing Director in Oppenheimer & Co’s Medical Technology practice, has joined the firm as General Partner, and Stephen Rubin, former co-head of Proskauer’s Private Equity Group, as Partner.
“Eric and Steve are both deeply experienced and well-respected in their fields, are of high character, and, most importantly, share Accelmed’s commitment to seeking to provide strong risk-adjusted returns to investors by capturing dynamic HealthTech
Firms falling within the remit of the FCA’s new Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) cannot afford to be passive. They need to set themselves on the right path now if they are to meet the January 2022 compliance deadline. Some firms have a long road ahead as the new rules mean a ten-fold rise in their capital requirements.
“This regulation is meant to simplify the current regime,” explains Priya Mehta, Head of FCA Advisory and Regulatory Reporting Services, Buzzacott. “At the moment, we have multiple versions of these regulations which worked together and have been imposed on different types of
By A Paris – January 2022 may seem far away but the preparations financial services firms in the UK need to make to comply with the incoming Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR) are considerable and they need to think about it now, if they haven’t done so already. The new rules are going to usher in significant change for a large swathe of firms active in the UK market.
Though there are no industry-wide statistics on how many firms have set plans in motion to ensure compliance, a poll taken during a webinar organised by Wolters Kluwer in April 2021, found 11 percent of attendees
Build-to-rent and PBSA investor Amro Partners has launched a venture capital arm in order to invest in proptech and fintech start-ups that are looking to solve pain points in property deal processes.
Amro’s first investment is in the residential property transaction platform Coadjute, which digitally connects buyers, sellers and professional parties on a single network.
Using blockchain technology, Coadjute is an open network which seeks to allow all parties involved in a property transaction to share information and documents through their existing software, cut costs, reduce the risk of fall-throughs and speed up the process of buying and selling homes.
Following three pilots, Coadjute will use this
The European fund environment is increasingly attracting US private funds looking to invest in alternative assets and deploy capital. In partnership with Intertrust, Private Equity Wire is hosting a webinar to discuss some of the key themes that fund managers should consider when thinking about Europe from an investor perspective.
Browne Jacobson’s Corporate Technology team has advised Agilico Bidco Limited (Agilico), a workplace technology business, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Diamond Group (Holdings) Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
Agilico specialises in providing leading workplace technology solutions to a customer base of 11,000 including: managed print, information management, agile working and telecoms and IT.
The investment will support Agilico’s strategic plans for expansion and will strengthen its offering in the North region.
Diamond Group which was set up in 1992 and is based in Gateshead delivers bespoke business solutions to a host of SMEs across the
Immersive Labs, the company empowering organisations to measure and improve cybersecurity skills across technical and non-technical teams, has closed a USD75 million Series C funding round led by new investors Insight Partners alongside Menlo Ventures, Citi Ventures and existing investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
The investment will accelerate delivery of a progressive new Cyber Workforce Optimisation platform. With cyber risk no longer confined to technical specialists, expert skills are now required across the entire organisation. From crisis management with executives, to secure software development amongst engineers and ensuring compliance in legal teams, the platform will use data insights to understand
ENSO, which is developing a revolutionary EV tyre that can increase the distance that an electric vehicle can travel and at the same time reduce tyre pollution (air and micro plastic pollution), has launched a crowdfunding campaign via the Crowdcube platform.
The Crowdcube campaign, to support the R&D and commercial development of ENSO, coincides with the success of a hypermile challenge by Mission Motorsport (the UK Armed Forces’ motorsport charity) to break the world record of driving a standard Renault ZOE electric car the longest distance on a single charge. On Thursday June 10th, the ZOE – equipped with ENSO’s
Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, has acquired Anesco Holdings, the parent company of the Anesco Group, for an undisclosed sum.
Anesco joins the group’s growing portfolio of companies who are developing and building low carbon infrastructure and helping accelerate global decarbonisation.
As a UK market leader in renewable energy, Anesco manages the development, design, construction, maintenance and market optimisation of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The company has developed and constructed more than 115 solar farms and energy storage facilities, including the UK’s first solar farm free
The Heubach Group (Heubach), in partnership with SK Capital Partners (SK Capital), is to acquire Clariant’s Pigments Business (Clariant Pigments).
The combined business will operate under the Heubach name, creating a global pigments leader generating more than EUR900 million in annual sales.
The transaction values Clariant Pigments at approximately CHF805 million, with additional consideration of CHF50 million contingent on the 2021 financial performance of the business unit. As part of the transaction, Clariant will be reinvesting for a minority stake in the combined business, demonstrating its continuing commitment to the success of Clariant Pigments and the substantial growth opportunity
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