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ADM Capital, a London and Hong Kong-based private credit fund manager, working closely with Tejara Capital and Houlihan Lokey, has led a successful USD520 million refinancing for International Oasis Holding Company KSCC (International Oasis).
ADM Capital led a consortium of international investors including certain funds and accounts managed by Empyrean Capital Partners, LP, NatWest Markets Plc and CQS Dedicated Opportunities Fund.
Funds managed by ADM Capital provided USD300 million of the total refinancing package. International Oasis’s investments include a stake in Aston Martin, the British luxury car brand.
Kuwait-based International Oasis was advised by Houlihan Lokey, Dubai, Tejara
PNC Bank has closed a USD315 million senior secured credit facility for JD Sports Fashion’s (JD Sports) acquisition of The Finish Line, Inc. (Finish Line).
JD Sports is based in Manchester, England, and is a retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, The Finish Line, is a retailer of athletic shoes, accessories and apparel. Founded in 1976 as The Athlete’s Foot, the company rebranded as Finish Line in 1991. Brand names offered by Finish Line include Nike, Brand Jordan, Adidas, Under Armour, Puma, and many others.
“PNC has worked with Finish Line for almost 20
Progress Partners, a Boston- and New York-based M&A advisory firm, has advised on the sale of Swiftpage, the provider of Act! CRM software, a leading cloud-enabled platform aimed at helping small and mid-sized businesses grow, to SFW Capital Partners (SFW), a specialised private equity firm that invests in the middle market across the information value chain with a particular focus on information, software, and analytical instrumentation.
SFW’s principals have supported the growth and development of some of the most successful and well-regarded analytical information, data network and workflow management companies, including DaySmart Software, Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), AGDATA, MD Buyline,
Funds affiliated with private equity firm Warburg Pincus have acquired Supplier Assessment Services, a provider of technology-enabled third party pre-qualification and health and safety accreditation services in the UK, from Capita plc.
Supplier Assessment Services includes the Constructionline and Acclaim portfolio of products and services.
Supplier Assessment Services provides mission-critical and high value-add compliance services to public and private sector customers in the construction, facilities management, education and utilities industries, with supply chain risk management becoming an increasingly critical issue in the UK and abroad. Warburg Pincus will work alongside Supplier Assessment Services’ ambitious management team to accelerate the
CoInvestor, a platform that digitises alternative asset transactions for advisers, fund managers, and private investors, has integrated its technology with financial advice back-office software supplier Intelliflo’s ‘Intelligent Office’ (iO), to deliver an upgraded service to customers.
CoInvestor is now available to iO users via Intelliflo’s app store and for the first time allows financial advisers using Intelligent Office to allocate and manage their clients tax-efficient investments within their existing back office. The CoInvestor integration will help to deliver and receive updates directly from fund managers, such as dividends, valuation updates and exits.
Since its inception in 2004, Intelliflo has
Global regulatory and compliance services provider, Lawson Conner has launched a new outsourced anti-money laundering (AML) solutions offering for Cayman funds.
Following the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) requirement to appoint an AML Compliance officer (AMLCO), Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and a Deputy MLRO for Cayman domiciled funds, Lawson Conner has developed a comprehensive services offering, including the relevant appointments of regulatory experts, and the relevant compliance monitoring program.
Andrew Frost (pictured), Executive Director at Lawson Conner, says: “The ongoing anti-money laundering compliance environment in the Cayman Islands continues to be a key issue for the financial services
LGIM Real Assets (Legal & General) has provided a GBP48 million senior financing to support Fiera Infrastructure, a Canadian infrastructure investment management firm, on its investment into a fully operational Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology portfolio consisting of more than 13,250 residential and commercial rooftop systems.
This transaction marks Fiera Infrastructure’s first sole investment in the UK and the first staple financing solution for LGIM Real Assets Infrastructure platform. Located across England and Wales, the residential and commercial rooftop and ground mounted solar PV systems are operational and have a combined capacity of around 41MWp. The portfolio benefits from a 20-year
Northleaf Capital Partners (Northleaf) is opening an office in Melbourne, Australia as the firm continues to expand its USD10 billion global private markets investment management platform.
The announcement coincides with Northleaf reaching financial close on its third Australian infrastructure investment – a 40 per cent equity interest in Lal Lal Wind Farms, two wind generation projects located near Ballarat, Victoria.
“A formal presence in Australia extends Northleaf’s worldwide network, enhancing our capabilities to provide investors with access to highly differentiated mid-market infrastructure, private equity and private credit investments globally,” says Stuart Waugh, Managing Partner of Northleaf. “Establishing the Melbourne
Pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire KPMG Sweden’s (KPMG) division for accounting, payroll and related advisory services (Business Accounting Services).
Business Accounting Services is a leading provider of accounting, payroll and related advisory services with approximately 300 employees across Sweden. The transaction represents an attractive opportunity for both employees in accounting and payroll administration and for KPMG as a whole.
In February 2018, IK announced the acquisition of Aspia, which operated as a separate division within PwC, supporting over 27,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Aspia is one of the leading companies in accounting,
Gunderson Dettmer has appointed Malcolm B Nicholls III as a partner in the firm’s fund formation practice in Boston.
Nicholls brings over 20 years of experience representing venture capital, private equity fund managers and investment advisors globally on a wide range of issues, including formations, secondary transactions, internal governance, and divestments and distributions. A significant portion of Malcolm’s practice focuses on representing general partners in the formation and maintenance of venture capital and private equity investment funds and funds of funds.
“We are delighted to welcome Malcolm to the firm,” says Robert V Gunderson, Jr, Chairman of the firm.
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