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Cairngorm Capital Partners (Cairngorm Capital) has acquired Parker Building Supplies (Parkers), an independent builders’ merchant based in the South East of England. Cairngorm Capital is acquiring the business from its founder and Managing Director, Tom Parker.
This is Cairngorm Capital’s 13th proprietary transaction since July 2016. Cairngorm Capital will seek to expand Parkers through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The aim is to transform the scale of the business, to become a market leader in the builders’ merchant sector in southern England.
Founded in 1984, Parker Building Supplies serves trade and retail customers with its core offering
TECHNEDs, a specialist in technology investment, has expanded its service portfolio with the addition of cyber security specialists, Guardian Technologies. The company also added Ed Crane as a non-executive director.
“The opportunities that digital transformation provides means that all businesses need to redefine their requirements for digital security. This is especially challenging in today’s hybrid IT environments where availability and protection need to be compliant, flexible and scalable,” says Simon Mewett, CEO, TECHNEDs. “We are excited to see the investment in solution innovation with customer success being realised through business growth and the expansion of expertise that Guardian Technologies will
Future Finance, a private student lender, has closed a EUR40 million Series C round of venture capital financing. The internal round was led by KCK with participation from S-Cubed, Invus, Fenway Summers and other existing shareholders.
Future Finance has now raised nearly EUR90 million in equity and GBP150 million in debt. More importantly, Future Finance has funded over GBP60 million in loans to deserving students.
This capital raise will support Future Finance’s effort to scale and hire top talent in London, Dublin, and Chicago. Hiring will focus on top software engineering and data science/analytics talent, which will be critical to
Ryan Labs Asset Management, a Sun Life Investment Management company, has added a five-strong Leveraged Finance Group to its offering.
This new division provides expertise in managing senior loan portfolios, and third-party managed collateralised loan obligation (CLO) investments.
Led by Mark Pelletier, who assumes the role of Senior Managing Director & Head, Ryan Labs Leveraged Finance, the Group provides a non-investment grade, floating rate capability that complements the firm’s existing fixed-rate, investment grade strategies, broadening the scope of solutions to meet the needs of institutional investors throughout the market cycle. Pelletier will report directly to Richard Familetti (pictured), President
Private investment firm GI Partners has acquired Group Management Software and Payments specialist Togetherwork from Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services and technology.
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
“Our partnership with Aquiline Capital Partners has successfully allowed us to build out and scale our platform, enabling businesses acquired by Togetherwork to become larger and faster growing than they would have on their own,” says Neil Platt, CEO of Togetherwork. “We are confident that under the new ownership of GI Partners, we will continue to focus on driving high
Tikehau Capital, a pan-European alternative asset management and investment company, and SPRIM Ventures, a medical and scientific consultancy firm, has held the initial closing of their first venture capital fund, TKS1, which will focus on early stage investments in med-tech and life science companies. Total committed capital for the fund as of its initial closing is USD50 million.
This unique partnership combines Tikehau Capital’s background in pioneering new initiatives and proven successful investment track record with SPRIM’s domain expertise and experience in the healthcare industry.
Administered out of Singapore and with investment sizes ranging between USD500,000 and USD5 million,
Law firm Paul Hastings has signed a pre-let agreement to locate its new London office at 100 Bishopsgate.
The firm will take the top two floors of the 37-storey tower totalling circa 40,000 sq ft Paul Hastings joins other confirmed occupants including Royal Bank of Canada, Jefferies and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The target date for Paul Hastings’ occupancy in 100 Bishopsgate is in the Third Quarter of 2019.
Located in the heart of the City of London, close to the Bank and Liverpool Street commuter hubs, 100 Bishopsgate is set to become one of the most prominent office towers
Natixis is to make strategic investments in three flagship independent M&A boutiques, all of which are recognised as strong leaders in their respective market segments – Financial Services, China M&A and Technology.
The combined impact of these three investments on Natixis’ CET ratio is estimated at around 8bps.
Following the acquisitions of Leonardo & Co France and 360 Corporate (renamed Natixis Partners and Natixis Partners España respectively) in 2015, and of PJ Solomon in New York in 2016, these transactions will allow Natixis to accelerate the internationalisation of its businesses, further strengthen its M&A advisory offerings in the Financial
Augentius, a specialist global service provider to private equity and real estate funds, has appointed Nancy Vailakis, a well-known figure in the US alternative asset management industry, as its Business Development Director for the Americas.
The move follows another successful year of 19 per cent growth and Augentius’ continued expansion in this region.
Vailakis (pictured) brings with her a wealth of industry knowledge acquired through various roles including Vice President of Investor Relations at Cerberus Capital Management as well as Blue Mountain Capital Management. She is also involved with many non-profit and professional organizations including High Water Women and 100 Women in
BondMason’s latest investment fundraising round raised GBP1.85 million, to drive the growth of the business and fulfil the company’s vision to enable more investors to access returns from direct lending.
The direct lending market in the UK is continuing to come of age, offering investors the potential to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns with lower volatility compared to equity capital markets. This was marked by another record year of growth for direct lending in 2017.
Recognising this, the team at BondMason took the decision to raise another round of investment funding to fuel the continued expansion of the business.
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