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FM:Systems, a provider of Integrated workplace management systems (IWMS) and computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software, has secured a substantial investment from tech-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR.
The investment will provide capital and resources to accelerate product innovation, growth in new and existing markets and service offerings to support an expanding international client base and rapidly evolving market.
FM:Systems' over 300 blue-chip customer base spans six continents and a range of industries, including healthcare, higher education, technology, manufacturing, retail, banking and the public sector.
"FM:Systems has experienced rapid growth over the past few years and was looking for an
Silverfleet Capital has appointed Andrew Harrison as head of investor relations, based in the firm’s London office.
Harrison joins Silverfleet from Credit Suisse where he spent over 12 years, latterly as a member of the firm’s Private Fund Group (PFG).
During his time in the PFG, Harrison raised capital for a number of buyout, energy, credit and infrastructure investment strategies including Silverfleet’s second independent fund.
Most recently, Harrison was responsible for the PFG’s origination and due diligence activities across Europe and Asia.
Neil MacDougall, managing partner at Silverfleet Capital, says: “We are very pleased that Andrew has decided to
The South African M&A market will grow by 66 per cent in the next two years, according to the Global Transactions Forecast issued by global law firm Baker McKenzie in association with Oxford Economics.
The report shows that South African M&A slowed in 2016 amid economic and political uncertainty. While 211 M&A deals were finalised in South Africa in 2015, this dropped to 115 deals in 2016.
The report predicts that around 190 M&A deals will be concluded in 2017, rising to 274 in 2018; and growing to 295 finalised deals by 2019.
South Africa is also included
SK Capital Partners, a private investment firm with a focus on the specialty materials, chemicals, and pharmaceutical sectors, has acquired Niacet Corporation, a producer of specialty ingredients for food, feed and pharmaceutical applications and a global leader in propionates and acetates.
Headquartered in Niagara Falls, New York, Niacet currently serves more than 300 customers in 57 countries and employs approximately 190 people across its headquarters and two production facilities.
SK Capital is recapitalising Niacet in partnership with Kelly Brannen, who will continue to serve as CEO and retain a significant stake in the company. The Brannen family purchased Niacet
Private equity firm HIG Capital has sold Fibercore to Humanetics Innovative Solutions, a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Fibercore, based in the UK, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of specialty optical fibre and offers the industry’s most comprehensive suite of specialty fibre products serving multiple high-growth end-markets, including use in aerospace & defence, oil & gas, and biomedical applications.
Founded over 30 years ago, Fibercore works with some of the world's largest companies assisting in the development of new optical fibre technologies.
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Specialist direct lender Beechbrook Capital has held a final close of its inaugural UK SME credit fund with commitments in excess of GBP150 million.
The fund has completed two new investments.
Beechbrook Capital UK SME Credit I, which backs small and medium-sized businesses in the UK with a turnover of between GBP10 million and GBP100 million and EBITDA of more than GBP1 million, has attracted investors from across the UK, Continental Europe and North America.
Nick Fenn, Beechbrook managing partner, says: “We are delighted that investors continue to see the attractiveness of high-quality investment opportunities among UK SMEs,
The fourth Albion Growth Report, based on interviews with 1,000 SMEs, finds that less than half (45 per cent) of microbusiness owners with fewer than five employees expect their company to grow over the next two years compared to almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of larger scale SMEs.
The report sheds light on the factors that create and impede growth and reveals a significant divide in confidence between small and larger scale SMEs across a range of key indicators.
The majority (57 per cent) of SMEs expect to register an increase in productivity in the next 24 months compared to
Ramsdens Holdings, a diversified financial services provider and retailer backed by NorthEdge Capital, is to seek admission of its shares to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange following a successful institutional placing.
Admission is expected to occur on 15 February 2017.
Ramsdens operates in the four core business segments of foreign currency exchange, pawnbroking loans, the buying and selling of precious metals and the retailing of second hand and new jewellery.
Headquartered in Middlesbrough, the company operates from 127 stores within the UK and has a growing online presence, serving over 700,000 customers across
Independent trust, corporate and fund services company ZEDRA has expanded its team in the Channel Islands with three senior hires.
Paul Nayar has been appointed finance director, Joe Donohoe as client director and Mark Cleary as head of relationship management and funds, Guernsey.
Nayar and Cleary have pan-island roles working across Jersey and Guernsey. Nayar is responsible for all financial procedures, policies, controls and reporting systems. He works alongside the managing directors and the CFO. Cleary is managing the relationship management of bespoke fund services, ensuring high quality service is provided to clients and he will also act on
CIP Capital has formed Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), a provider of technology-enabled regulatory and compliance solutions to the financial services industry.
The CSS platform was created through CIP Capital’s investments in three businesses in the governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) market – Advise Technologies, Ascendant Compliance Management and The MoneyMate Group.
CIP Capital believes this strategic combination will result in a global platform that leverages software across a broad range of solutions to enable clients in the financial services industry to meet mandatory regulatory and compliance requirements.
The CSS platform provides a technology-enabled offering encompassing regulatory
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