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Catalyst Development, a specialist financial markets consultancy, has acquired investment management consultancy Knadel.
The deal is the first in a series of planned strategic acquisitions by Catalyst, with the combined group forecast to almost double business revenues in the coming financial year. The acquisition follows investment from mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge in October 2017.
Knadel provides business and technology consulting across the full range of the investment industry. Since launching in 2009, Knadel has worked on circa 400 projects with over 120 different clients. With offices in London and Jersey, Knadel works with firms who have UK, European
Heitman LLC (Heitman), a global real estate investment management firm, has appointed Tony Smedley as Managing Director, Head of European Private Equity.
In this role, Smedley will lead Heitman’s European Private Equity group and is tasked with broadening the scope of the firm’s European operations while continuing to serve its clients in meeting or exceeding their European real estate investment objectives.
Smedley brings with him nearly 30 years of experience in real estate and investment management. Prior to joining Heitman, Smedley was the Head of Continental Europe for Schroder REIM where he provided leadership, direction, and management for fund
Barings Real Estate has expanded its European asset management and transactions team with the appointment of Guillaume Bieganski as Director, Asset Management & Transactions.
Bieganski, who will be based in Barings’ Paris office, will support the development of the business in France and will report to Séverine Laffineur, Head of France.
Bieganski joins from Abenex (formerly ABN AMRO Capital France) where he was a Director overseeing the launch and development of the Company’s real estate activity. Between 2013 and 2016, Guillaume served as a Portfolio Manager for Standard Life Investments where he was responsible for asset management and acquisitions in
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice-Backed Motor Fuel Group (MFG), has acquired MRH, the UK’s largest petrol station and convenience retail operator in a transaction valued at approximately GBP1.2 billion.
The deal will create the UK’s No1 operator by number of sites and No2 by fuel volume.
MFG and MRH together will operate more than 900 sites, which are predominantly company-owned and franchisee-operated and manage third-party fuel, convenience, and foodservice brands. These include fuel brands BP, Esso, Jet, Murco, Shell and Texaco and retail brands Budgens, Costa Coffee, Greggs, Spar and Subway, as well as the MRH-owned brand, Hursts. On a
Epiris Fund II, advised by Epiris LLP, has agreed to acquire Time Inc UK (TIUK), one of the UK’s largest consumer magazines and digital publishers, from Meredith Corporation. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
TIUK’s 50-plus brands reach 17 million adults and 13 million online and digital users across the UK. The company’s portfolio spans a range of interest areas, from entertainment and women’s lifestyle to luxury, sports and technology. Amongst its titles are household names such as Woman’s Weekly, Country Life, Ideal Home and Trusted Reviews, as well as specialist titles such as Decanter, Wallpaper, Cycling
Reed Smith has appointed fund finance partner Bronwen Jones to the firm’s Financial Industry Group in London.
Jones (pictured), joins from Macfarlanes, where she led the investment fund finance group and previously served as the firm’s head of finance. As a key player in the funds finance market in London, Jones brings a wealth of experience at a key moment of growth for Reed Smith’s funds finance practice.
Ranked Band One in the 2017 Chambers UK Directory for Banking & Finance, Jones represents banks, other financial institutions, sponsors, general partners and fund managers on a range of fund finance
CYOSS a German provider of data analytics, IT and OT security, has acquired RadarServices, a European technology company in the field of cyberattack detection & response.
Drake Star Partners acted on this transaction as exclusive financial advisor to CYOSS and its parent company ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik, a specialist in development, integration and operation of complex and security-related electronic- and IT systems.
The integration of RadarServices into the CYOSS operations allows full coverage of the cyber security value chain and the merging of conceptual and operational business levels.
The merged company now shows a fully combined portfolio of consulting,
Omnes has been selected by MEDEF, France’s largest employer federation, as a partner for the MEDEF Accelerator of Investment (MAI) platform aimed at financing SMEs.
Omnes supports MEDEF’s initiative to make it easier for SMEs to access long-term financing and is joining the MEDEF Accelerator of Investment (MAI) platform. MAI was launched in October 2017 with the aim of helping SMEs to find finance tailored to their growth needs by linking them up to long-term investors (crowdfunding websites and private investment funds). Eighteen investment funds have already been indexed, mobilising more than EUR1 billion to help grow SMEs.
This
Cairngorm Capital has promoted Alex Bayliss and John Naylor-Leyland to Managing Director. This is in recognition of their significant contributions to the growth and success that Cairngorm Capital has achieved since its formation in 2014. It also marks the expansion of Cairngorm Capital’s senior leadership team.
Bayliss and Naylor-Leyland were founding members of Cairngorm Capital’s investment team, joining Managing Partner, Andrew Steel, shortly after the successful close of Cairngorm Capital’s first fund in August 2015. Together they have been instrumental in defining and implementing the firm’s growth and buy and build investment strategies. They have led or overseen the majority
Hg has today made an investment in DADA, a provider of online hosting services to SMEs in Italy, the UK and other regions across Europe.
Founded in 1995, DADA is headquartered in Florence and has around 650,000 business and consumer customers across Europe. DADA’s digital services enable SMEs to administer their online presence: creating, managing and hosting domains and websites.
As well as operating in Italy under the Register.it brand, DADA also operates in the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Portugal and the Netherlands under the Namesco, Register365, Nominalia and Amen brands, respectively.
The process follows an initial investment
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