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Volution Group, a supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets, has acquired the entire share capital of Breathing Buildings.
The deal provides an exit for the company’s previous backers including MMC Ventures.
Breathing Buildings is based in Cambridge, UK and was formed in 2006 by Dr Shaun Fitzgerald from a collaboration between Cambridge University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Since then, Breathing Buildings has developed its own hybrid ventilation technology niche for the UK commercial ventilation market and is now a UK market leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of energy efficient, intelligently controlled natural
Independent trust, fund, real estate and corporate services provider First Names Group has promoted Karen O’Hanlon to managing director of its Singapore business.
The appointment is effective immediately.
O’Hanlon will lead the team in Singapore, continuing to build on the foundations developed over her last two years as director with First Names Group.
O’Hanlon has nearly 30 years of global experience providing trust services to corporates and family businesses.
“Karen is a highly experienced professional who I am certain will be an invaluable asset as we continue to attract new business and deepen our footprint in the
UK peer-to-peer (P2P) finance platform Assetz Capital has lent a record GBP105 million to UK businesses in 2016 to date.
Experiencing increasing growth during the year, including a final quarter when it lent as much as in the whole of 2015, Assetz Capital is now providing secured loans of GBP25 million per month to businesses.
According to independent data tables, the business is now the third largest business P2P platform in the UK.
Aimed at helping British small and medium sized businesses and property developers with their funding requirements, to date GBP191 million has invested through the platform,
Affiliates of Xura, a provider of digital communications services, are to acquire Mitel Mobility, a division of Mitel Networks and Ranzure Networks.
Mitel Mobile, formerly Mavenir Systems, is a provider of Voice-over-Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi), video, Rich Communication Services (RCS), messaging, radio access and packet core solutions.
Ranzure, founded by former Mavenir Systems CEO Pardeep Kohli, is an early-stage venture focused on developing 5G Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) technology.
The Xura board of directors has appointed Pardeep Kohli, formerly CEO of Mitel Mobile’s predecessor Mavenir Systems and co-founder and CEO of Ranzure Networks, to succeed Philippe
LPA, in association with Toullec Solicitors, has advised Bluecom Group, an e-commerce solutions provider in Asia-Pacific, on the sale of 100 per cent of its share capital to Dentsu Aegis Network, a provider of media, digital and creative communications services.
Established in 2012, Bluecom specialises in designing and implementing e-commerce consulting, platforms and solutions of multi-channel online stores for medium to large, international, B2B and B2C companies across Asia Pacific.
With regional offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City, Bluecom has clients in Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand.
Bluecom
Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final closing of its eighth private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors VIII, with USD2.2 billion in total commitments.
The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap due to strong support from existing limited partners, coupled with commitments from new institutional investors.
“We are deeply gratified by the tremendous support from our existing limited partner base and pleased to welcome several new, distinguished limited partners to Fund VIII,” says Sam Frieder, managing partner at Kohlberg. “Our success in raising the fund is continued validation
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), a representative industry body of over 230 members based in Cyprus, has become an associate member of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA).
ICMA, the association for the global sell-side and buy-side industry, will support the development of Cyprus’ position as an emerging European funds jurisdiction.
CIFA’s affiliation with the ICMA follows its upgrade to full member status of the National Association of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), granted in June 2016.
CIFA’s accession to the ICMA follows a number of recent measures that have enhanced the legislative and
Peer-to-peer lending platform TWINO and KPMG have published a report entitled ‘Alternative lending market trends in Continental Europe in 2016’, revealing the findings of research into the state of the alternative finance market across the continent.
According to the authors, the report shows that the UK still leads the way in alternative finance, with four times higher volumes in aggregate than the rest of Continental Europe. Despite this, the key geographical market for European alternative online lending platforms is still Continental Europe, where lenders are increasingly taking up niches in both the subprime and prime unsecured lending segments.
The research
Perhaps it is apt that Protégé Partners, LLC is located above the world-renowned Museum of Modern Art in New York given that its modus operandi is to find the best and most creative talents in the hedge fund industry.
Some seed investors look for portfolio managers with proven skills in investing, not running businesses or dealing with clients.
"We want them to do all three. We want them to be great portfolio managers/analysts, great at running a business, great at dealing with clients: we want the whole package. We are looking for Renaissance men and women who are multi-talented," says Jeffrey
Caledonia Investments has agreed terms for the sale of Park Holidays UK, the UK's third largest holiday park operator, to Tiger Bidco, a special purpose vehicle incorporated by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), for a headline enterprise value of GBP362 million.
Caledonia will receive GBP197 million in cash, net of fees, for the sale of its 81.5 per cent fully diluted equity stake. The net proceeds will be held on deposit for future investment.
The net proceeds represent a premium of 47 per cent to Caledonia's carrying value of Park Holidays at 30 September 2016 of GBP134 million and are
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