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Chequers Partenaires, a Paris-based private equity firm investing principally in control buyouts of European mid-market companies, has held the single and final closing of Chequers Capital XVII above its EUR1 billion target.
Established in 1972, Chequers Capital has been investing in unquoted companies in Continental Europe with a primary focus on France, DACH and Italy.
Over the last 45 years, Chequers has been instrumental in promoting the growth of its portfolio companies through selected acquisitions and a focus on international development, enabling the emergence of global industry leaders such as Accelya and TCR.
Chequers Capital XVII was
Henkel is to acquire Sonderhoff Holding, a provider of high-impact sealing solutions for industrial assembly based in Cologne, Germany.
With the acquisition of the privately owned company, Henkel will further enhance its sealants competence.
Foam-based sealing solutions are used in a variety of industrial applications, protecting lighting systems, filtration solutions or appliances against humidity and dust.
Sonderhoff is a manufacturer of foamed-in-place gasketing solutions for sealing and has broad expertise in developing and manufacturing customised dosing equipment.
“Targeted investments in complementary leading technologies are an integral part of our global strategy. With this acquisition, we will
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has delivered a GBP650,000 facility to European Packaging Distributors (EPD), made up of a GBP500,000 invoice finance and a GBP150,000 revolving cashflow facility.
EPD sought a new finance partner as the incumbent financier was unable to offer the facilities to maintain its cashflow and allow the firm to purchase increased levels of stock from overseas suppliers.
Longer term, the funding has allowed the business to support its growth and free up additional funds for its expansion, starting with the hire of two new recruits since the facility was
SEAF has been appointed, through wholly-owned affiliates, as the general partner and investment manager of the Southeast Europe Equity Fund II and affiliated vehicle (SEEF II).
SEEF II is a USD320 million, 2006 vintage private equity fund that made control and significant-minority equity investments in companies operating in Southeast Europe and Turkey.
The current portfolio of six majority-owned investments are located in Turkey, Romania, Albania, and Kosovo, and reflect SEEF II’s activity in the healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications and media sectors.
SEAF and its team in the region will oversee the continued development of the portfolio
ACON Investments has held the final closing of ACON Equity Partners IV (AEP IV) with commitments of approximately USD1.07 billion, the fund’s hard cap.
The fund represents ACON’s fourth US investment fund targeting mid-market control investments primarily in US businesses.
AEP IV was significantly oversubscribed in relation to its target commitments of USD850 million with substantial re-commitments from existing ACON investors as well as several new limited partners.
The fund’s investors include public and private pensions, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors from North America, Asia, and Europe.
The fund has already closed
DoFinance has become the first European-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform to open a customer centre in Indonesia.
Coming a month after the launch of its platform for investors in Europe, DoFinance is now available to investors in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea and India.
“The financial market in Asia is rapidly growing, and becoming increasingly stable. As a result, there is a continuous demand for new FinTech solutions. Due to the large population and conservative banking industry, Asia is an attractive destination for financial technologies. People in Asia are looking for safe investment opportunities, and they
Carlton James Group, a private investment group specialising in diversified portfolios, has launched the Carlton James Diversified Alpha Fund, a regulated mutual fund listed on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX).
The fund is led by chairman Anthony “Tony” Moore who has more than 40 years’ experience in the global financial services industry and has transacted business in 20-plus countries; CEO Simon Calton, who has led The Carlton James Group for several years; Ryan Whitefield, who possesses over two decades’ experience working in real estate development and construction; and Dr Umair Mehmood, a renowned precognition strategist who has advised
Innova Capital, a CEE private equity fund, is to acquire almost 75 per cent in the Polish seating manufacturer Profim.
The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2017, after clearance by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK). The parties have not disclosed the value of the transaction.
Two of the founders of Profim, including its CEO Ryszard Rychlik, will continue as shareholders.
It is the 10th such founder succession transaction executed by Innova Capital in recent years. A similar model of cooperation was deployed by the fund in other investments, including Dom Finansowy QS,
YOPA, the hybrid estate agency, has raised GBP15 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT).
The round included funding from Grosvenor Hill Ventures, the proprietary investment arm of Savills.
YOPA operates a network of 75 local estate agents across the UK and plans to double this number by the end of 2017. The company’s hybrid model enables customers to sell their property for a fixed fee of GBP839 with the use of its online platform. Industry experts predict that online and hybrid estate agents could handle up to 50
Thomson Reuters has launched the SIA Bookbuilding application on its flagship desktop platform Eikon, offering sell-side professionals a new fully integrated application for the IPO syndication and distribution process.
SIA Bookbuilding is available through App Studio, Eikon’s third-party development platform.
With SIA Bookbuilding, developed by SIA, investment banks can directly manage deals such as initial public offerings, follow-ons and convertible bonds by exploiting simultaneously Thomson Reuters investor ownership data, league tables, news, and a wealth of research and analytics.
The availability of both financial data and execution functionality on one platform creates an effective integrated transaction workflow
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