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Matthew Ingram and Tyrone Courtman, both of Duff & Phelps Ltd, have secured the future of the provision of accessible transport services for the West Midlands with the sale of Accessible Transport Group Limited, Ring and Ride West Midlands Limited and Accessible Transport Group Contract Services Limited, to West Midlands Accessible Transport Ltd, a subsidiary of National Express.
First established in 1983 the group, which went into administration earlier this year, provides essential public transport services across Birmingham and the Black Country. Operating over 600 vehicles the group provided door to door transport to 11,000 registered members of the public
Fleetondemand, a European mobility technology provider, has acquired Buckinghamshire-based vehicle management company FleetEurope for an undisclosed sum.
The significant deal was funded by Fleetondemand’s current long-term investment partner BGF, which acquired a minority stake in the technology business following a GBP5 million investment last year. BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor, has committed more than GBP2 billion in over 285 growing businesses since it was set up in 2011.
This latest acquisition will see Fleetondemand accelerate the growth of its Mobility as a Service (MaaS) solutions within the vehicle rental sector, through the provision of its market
Kemp Little has advised private equity house Apse Capital in a deal with intelligent transformation provider Ultima Business Solutions. The deal sees Ultima founder Max McNeill becomes a significant minority shareholder in the business.
Ultima utilises new technologies to drive innovation and efficiency through technology fulfilment services, technical professional services and modern managed services propositions. Private equity group Apse Capital specialises in buyout and development capital investment opportunities, partnering with high quality management teams to grow businesses, either organically or through acquisition.
The Kemp Little team was led by corporate partner Charles Claisse with support from Adam Kuan, John
Private equity investor Apposite Capital’s dentistry group, Riverdale Healthcare, has made its first bolt-on acquisition further expanding its footprint in North East England.
The acquisition consists of two mixed income dental practices in Tyne & Wear, Hebburn Dental Practice and Pelaw Dental Practices, which are located within two miles of one another and comprise a total of five surgeries. They offer significant opportunity to expand the range of private and specialist treatments with potential to add further surgeries.
Riverdale Healthcare is a new dentistry investment group with an industry-leading management team led by CEO Mark Seekings and backed by
Ropes & Gray advised Hamilton Lane on Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund V which has attracted more than USD760 million in commitments from a wide range of global LPs including repeat as well as new investors from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North and South America.
The Fund announced its final close on 30 July.
The Series is focused on making credit-oriented investments with consistent cash yield, shorter duration and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Consistent with previous vehicles, the Fund is comprised of a diverse set of institutions, including Taft-Hartley pension funds, insurance companies, high-net-worth individuals and endowments and foundations.
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) has appointed Joel Holsinger Co-Head of Alternative Credit for the firm’s Credit Group, effective immediately.
Holsinger will serve on the Ares Management Committee and work alongside Keith Ashton as Co-Head of Alternative Credit to expand the firm’s global coverage of the USD4 trillion alternative credit sector. Ares Management’s Alternative Credit strategy pursues asset-focused direct investments primarily in North America and Europe across a spectrum of specialty assets, real assets and financial assets.
“We are very excited about our substantial and growing presence in the alternative credit sector, and we see similarities between today’s alternative credit
At nearly USD8 trillion, the US defined contribution (DC) retirement market remains one of the largest – and growing – opportunities for asset managers. From 2007 to 2017, net assets grew by 67 per cent, increasing by USD3.1 trillion.
Dallas based Surge Private Equity (Surge) has closed its investment in Manhattan based Hippodrome Services Group (Hippodrome) with financing provided by Harvest Capital Credit Corporation (Harvest) and Modern Bank (Modern), which acted as administrative agent in the transaction.
Operating for 20-plus years, Hippodrome provides outsourced laundry and dry-cleaning services to 4- and 5-star hotels in Manhattan. With a nine-year weighted average customer tenure, Hippodrome’s customer satisfaction is unparalleled in the Manhattan market. Due to its focus on high touch service and avoidance of lower-quality tunnel washing, Hippodrome has emerged as one of NYC’s premier providers in the Hotel laundry industry.
LDC-backed Fishawack, a leading independent healthcare communications specialist, has acquired US-based healthcare communications agency, 2e Creative, for an undisclosed sum.
The deal, which follows the acquisitions of creative consultancy Blue Latitude, Healthcircle Advertising Limited and healthcare marketing agency Dudnyk, marks the fourth acquisition for Fishawack over the past 12 months. The firm has made a total of five acquisitions with the support of mid-market private equity investor LDC since LDC backed the GBP38million buyout of the business in 2017 with a commitment to support its international buy-and-build strategy.
The acquisitions take Fishawack’s global headcount to more than 750, placing
ComplianceOnline, a provider of global regulatory intelligence to the gambling and payment sectors, has been acquired in a management buy-out, backed by the primary buyout specialist Kester Capital (Kester).
The investment comes at a time of significant momentum for Kester, which recently expanded its investment team and completed its third portfolio bolt-on acquisition in twelve months.
Through its Gambling Compliance, Payments Compliance and RegData products, ComplianceOnline enables compliance and legal teams around the world to manage risk confidently and discover new market opportunities by providing in-depth insight, analysis, commentary and research. As the volume and pace of regulation increases
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