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CVC Capital Partners (CVC), the majority shareholder in appliance care specialist Domestic & General (D&G) is to sell a 30 per cent stake in the business to Luxinva, an entity ultimately wholly-owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
CVC will continue as D&G’s majority shareholder via CVC Capital Partners Fund VII. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2019, subject to customary regulatory clearances.
D&G’s appliance care plans protect individuals and families against the unexpected costs of appliance repairs and replacements. With a presence in 11 countries across Europe and Australia, D&G protects approximately 23
By Northern Trust – With Regulation Best Interest in the rearview mirror, the SEC is poised to finalise rules governing fund of fund arrangements.
Following the adoption of the long-delayed final Regulation Best Interest in June, what’s next for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
It’s likely that finalising the proposed rule on Fund of Funds Arrangements (the Proposal) is at the top of the list. Since the SEC released the Proposal late in 2018 and requested public comment, more than 100 comment letters have been posted and SEC officials have met with a variety of industry representatives.
Fashion software company Unmade has closed a new funding round of GBP4.75 million led by Octopus Ventures, with additional funds coming from MMC Ventures, Felix Capital and existing investors.
The financing will be used to fund Unmade’s continued global expansion and development of its technology, as well as improvements in serving existing customers. Unmade plans to grow its team both in Europe and the US.
Unmade has seen considerable growth this year with new customers and the expansion of its London based team. Since the last investment round, Unmade’s technology has developed to offer print customisation alongside its knitwear solution
Prospect Hill Growth Partners (Prospect Hill) has closed Prospect Hill Growth Fund II with total commitments of USD380 million exceeding the USD300 million target and the prior Prospect Hill fund.
Investors committed to Prospect Hill’s new fund include public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions and family offices, and are represented across major global investor markets with 54 per cent from the US, 31 per cent from Canada, and 15 per cent from Europe.
PHG II expects to make control equity investments of between USD25 million and USD100 million in North-American consumer and healthcare growth companies. Prospect Hill
Growth equity firm Frontier Capital (Frontier) has made a significant equity investment in Chicago-based GovQA, a leading provider of government enterprise workflow software.
The investment from Frontier is intended to support GovQA’s rollout of its Exchange Workflow Platform to government agencies across the country.
For the last seven years, John Dilenschneider, CEO, has grown GovQA’s Exchange Workflow Platform to handle high-volume workflow processes for almost 700 of the largest cities, counties, and state agencies. Governments use its secure SaaS-based platform to process a variety of work streams for open records, interagency, subpoena, correspondence, and other complex workflow and case
Philip Duffy and Sarah Bell, both of Duff & Phelps, have been appointed Interim Managers of Northern Powerhouse Developments Limited effective Sunday 7 July 2019.
The court order followed the appointment of both Duffy and Bell as Interim Managers of MBI Hawthorn Care Limited, MBI Clifton Moor Limited and Afan Valley Limited (“the Companies”), which took place on Friday 5 July 2019.
The appointment follows an application with the high court in London by seven investors who had invested in the Companies owned by Gavin Woodhouse. The appointment will enable the Interim Managers to secure the assets of the Company
SANNE, a global provider of alternative asset and corporate services, has further extended its global reach with the opening of a new office in Mumbai, India.
With existing offices in 18 leading international finance centres, SANNE now has a local presence in one of the world’s fastest growing alternative markets and is also pleased to announce the appointment of Khushboo Chopra (pictured) as Head of Business Development – India.
The opening of this new office expands SANNE’s already strong network of offices across the EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Americas region and adds further capability and scope to the services SANNE
Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has funded manufacturer and supplier of homelifts, Stiltz Limited (Stiltz), with a GBP1 million loan facility from the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF).
The debt package will allow the business to execute its growth plan; upgrade its internal system and IT infrastructure, invest in stock to meet growing customer demand in the UK and overseas for its products, whilst creating 16 new jobs in the region.
Based in Kingswinford, Stiltz manufactures and supplies a range of domestic lifts for individuals who struggle with mobility and require assistance to move up and down stairs, or who are
LGB Corporate Finance (LGB), which provides M&A advisory and capital raising services to companies, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors, has raised GBP7 million for Rheon Labs in an over-subscribed Series A equity capital raise.
Rheon Labs is a London-based international advanced materials technology business focusing on energy control and impact resistance. The RHEON technology combines highly strain-rate sensitive polymers with a range of functional geometries, generative design techniques, manufacturing process know-how and garment integration expertise. Originally developed to deliver impact protection for the body and head in extreme sports, the technology is equally applicable across a wide range of sectors. It can
Alantra Private Debt has completed a new transaction from its latest fund with a long-term financing for Foodbox, a Spanish restaurant franchising platform with well known-brands such as Taberna del Volapié, Papizza, Santagloria, L´Obrador and MásQMenos.
This financing will help Foodbox to execute its growth plan by doubling its size. The company’s objective is to open between 30 and 40 new establishments per year.
An undisclosed Spanish bank has also participated in the transaction.
The Spain-based private equity firm Nazca Private Equity acquired Taberna del Volapié and Santagloria in 2015. A few months later, it acquired Papizza and MásQMenos in
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