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Palatine Private Equity has invested in ZyroFisher, a cycling parts and accessories distributor, alongside mid-market private equity investor LDC.
ZyroFisher was originally formed in April 2016, when LDC backed the management buyout of Zyro and supported the simultaneous acquisition of Fisher Outdoor Leisure. Based in Darlington, the business supplies major retailers such as Wiggle, Halfords and Evans as well as over 2,000 independents, providing a route to market for dozens of specialist brands with best in class sales, marketing, distribution and customer services support.
Over the past 18 months, the team has successfully integrated the two separate companies and
alphabroder, a North American distributor of imprintable sportswear and accessories and portfolio company of Littlejohn & Co, has closed its acquisition of Prime Line, a manufacturer and supplier of promotional products for more than three decades.
Since its founding in 1980, Prime Line has introduced many innovative products and services and today offers more than 1700 products across 16 categories. It features exclusive brands such as MopToppers, Leeman New York, Rubik’s® and BUILT as well as numerous product collections. In 2016, it acquired Jetline, which was rebranded as Prime Line’s value line. Source Abroad by Prime is the company’s custom
Private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired Captain D’s, the franchisor and operator of 530 Captain D’s restaurants in 21 US states. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The Captain D’s system consists of 227 franchised and 303 company-owned locations with established strongholds in the American Southeast and Midwest. Captain D’s is the nation’s leading restaurant operator in the underpenetrated quick service restaurant (“QSR”) seafood sector. With Captain D’s seafood menu based on ocean-caught fish and a beach-themed dining format, it is uniquely positioned in the QSR market, a sub category that has outgrown the broader restaurant
Unilever has received a binding offer from KKR to purchase its global Spreads business for EUR6.825 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, says: “In April of this year we set out our 2020 programme to accelerate sustainable value creation. After a long history in Unilever we decided that the future of the Spreads business would lie outside the Group. The announcement today marks a further step in reshaping and sharpening our portfolio for long term growth. The consideration recognises the market leading brands and the improved momentum we have achieved. I am confident that under
Goji, an investment manager and platform in the Direct Lending sector, has added two seasoned wealth management executives to its new advisory board.
The board’s expertise will enable Goji to further pioneer Direct Lending in the advisory sector during the 2018 IFISA season.
Paul McMahon, former group marketing director of Aegon and UK CEO of FNZ, and Vincent Bordes, Founding Partner of Vestigo, the credit risk consultancy, will comprise the advisory board.
Goji has also expanded its executive team with the appointment of Elizabeth McCallum as Head of Marketing, David Beacham as Head of Distribution, and three regional
Egeria has held the first and final closing of the Egeria Private Equity Fund V, having raised EUR800 million in capital commitments in a record time of just six weeks.
The fund is the largest private equity fund in Egeria’s twenty-year history.
The capital for Private Equity Fund V has been raised from predominantly fifteen institutional investors and fund-of-fund-managers Western Europe and North America. Business Development & Investor Relations Director Barbara Glaser says: “Both existing and new investors showed great interest in this fund. This is a confirmation of their trust in Egeria and in our approach to focus
By Nick Bayley (pictured), Duff & Phelps – Fed up with MiFID II yet? We are in the home straight and 3 January is just over the hill. But rather than relief that the finishing line is in sight, many of people I speak to are just a bit fed up with the whole thing.
Of course, some firms aren’t ready and they will be on borrowed time in 2018 until they sort themselves out.
But those firms who have got their preparation done are beginning to ask ‘Is this all going to work? Is it worth all the
Two investment management firms have forged a partnership to offer a one-stop solution for ManCo services to its international client base of hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds.
Lawson Conner Group, a leading ManCo, compliance and regulatory outsourcing firm, is teaming up with Fuchs Asset Management, a management company, to expand its ManCo services into Luxembourg. Fuchs Asset Management is the asset management arm of a family-run finance group, located in Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland.
The partnership will give Lawson Conner’s clients access to integrated fund solutions and ManCo services in Luxembourg, including Alternative Investment Funds, Undertakings for
Maven Capital Partners (Maven), one of the UK’s most active private equity houses, has led a GBP1.8 million investment into Curo Compensation Limited (Curo) to support the continued growth of the business. Maven is providing GBP1.2 million of development capital alongside further investment from Curo’s existing investors Downing and Scottish Investment Bank.
Curo has developed a highly configurable and scalable compensation management software solution called CuroComp, which enables customers to manage their pay review cycle quickly and securely, in accordance with agreed, and often complex, compensation plans. The company has an impressive client list and CuroComp is currently used to
Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has acted as nominated adviser (NOMAD) and sole broker to Sumo Group, as the independent game developer announces its GBP145 million AIM IPO.
The transaction saw strong support from institutional investors, including two successful share placings undertaken by Manchester-based Zeus, raising a combined total of GBP78 million.
Sumo Group is one the UK’s largest providers of creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries and has previously provided co-development solutions to global developers and publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Sega and IO Interactive. Founded in 2003, the business employs more than 450
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