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Peer-to-peer (P2P) finance platform Assetz Capital has appointed Ian Craig as a Regional Relationship Director in Scotland. He will be responsible for helping local Scottish businesses acquire finance through the peer-to-peer platform and ensure borrowing with Assetz Capital runs seamlessly.
Craig brings with him a wealth of experience from working in the Scottish SME Banking team for Bank of Scotland as a Relationship Director, where he managed business client relationships across all sectors, helping customers deliver their strategic goals through his experience, support and the delivery of great funding packages. In his role at Assetz Capital, Ian will work alongside the rest
The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10 per cent in 2016, rising to USD4.0 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Alternatives Survey.
The survey, which captures long-term institutional investment trends by seven main investor groups across ten alternative asset classes, showed that of the top 100 alternative investment managers, real estate managers have the largest share of assets (35 per cent and over USD1.4 trillion), followed by private equity fund managers (18 per cent and USD695 billion), hedge funds (17 per cent and USD675 billion), private equity funds
3i Group (3i) has sold Mémora, an Iberian funeral services company, to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) in a deal worth GBP117 million. This compares to a valuation of GBP86 million at 31 March 2017.
Mémora was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Barcelona. It is a leading funeral services player in the Iberian market, with a total of 115 parlours, 24 crematoriums, 13 cemeteries and 91 retail outlets in the Iberian Peninsula. It has a leading position in Barcelona as well as in other regional markets in Spain and Portugal, and a strong foothold across its remaining
Three Hills Capital Partners has added three new hires to its team – Joe Jefferies, Arjan Blok and Ravi Savjani, who come from Montagu, Vitruvian and Apax respectively.
Jefferies joins THCP as an Investment Manager, having spent four years at Montagu Private Equity focused on the UK market. Prior to his experience at Montagu, He was previously at JP Morgan Cazenove in Corporate Finance.
Before joining THCP as a Senior Associate, Blok was at Vitruvian Partners for two years as an Associate in the Benelux and UK investment teams. Prior to Vitruvian, he was in Corporate Finance at Morgan
Private equity fund manager YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has invested GBP3 million in Friska Limited (Friska), a Bristol based chain of food-to-go restaurants offering ‘feel good food’ throughout the day.
The funding will be used to support the roll out of the brand into new cities across the UK.
This investment was made by the British Smaller Companies Venture Capital Trusts alongside ongoing support from Santander.
Friska was founded in 2009 by Griff Holland and Ed Brown, trading from a single site in central Bristol and based on a founding principle of delivering ‘feel good food’ made from
Align Capital Partners (ACP) has completed a growth investment in Pleatco, a family-owned specialist in the pool and spa filtration industry.
Pleatco designs and manufactures the most advanced, scientifically engineered filtration products for pools and spas. Pleatco provides over 700 unique, aftermarket filtration products for pool and spa retailers, distributors, online retailers, and original equipment manufacturers. The Company services customers throughout the United States, Canada and Europe from its facilities in New York, California, and Mexico.
“Pleatco has and will continue to thrive under the leadership of CEO Howard Smith and a strong management team due to its focus
Virtualstock, a digital supply chain specialist, has closed a USD6 million investment round with Notion Capital, a European B2B SaaS Venture Capital (VC) firm, to support its next phase of growth.
Virtualstock’s goal is to transform global B2B supply chains and marketplaces through its unique ability to seamlessly and rapidly connect systems together. The business’ core platform (The Edge) is already used by leading retailers including Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Argos and Dixons Carphone to support their digital and omni-channel strategies. The company’s platform brings increased transparency and simplicity to a company’s supply chain meaning customers can take advantage of
RSM has advised on the sale of Boweld Truck Bodies to German based manufacturer Meiller.
Based in Holywell, Flintshire, Boweld specialises in the design and manufacture of steel tipping bodies and auxiliary equipment – supporting a range of clients in the commercial motor industry in the UK.
The RSM team, led by corporate finance partner James Wild with support from Nick Wyatt and James Jarvis, acted for the shareholders of Boweld on the transaction. Hill Dickinson’s corporate partner Ian Riggs with assistance from Sean Lightfoot acted as legal advisors to the shareholders.
James Wild, corporate finance partner at
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA – Cyber security has never been as important as it is today. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017, published recently by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and undertaken by Ipsos Mori highlights some statistics that should make even the most jaded CIOs sit up and take notice.
Of the 1500+ businesses surveyed, 74 per cent say cyber security is a very high priority for their senior management, and 67 per cent have spent money on cyber security in some shape or form in the past year. For medium sized businesses, the number of organisations
Crown Capital Partners, a provider of growth capital to mid-market companies, has completed a USD50 million closing for Crown Capital Fund IV, bringing the current total capital committed to the Fund to USD225 million.
To date, USD190 million has been invested by the Fund in nine transactions, and, net of repayments, USD167 million is currently invested.
“This upsizing further underscores the quality of our growing portfolio and the strong demand from our institutional limited partners,” says Chris Johnson (pictured), Crown’s President & CEO. “We continue to deliver on our key milestones. We have completed four transactions to date in
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