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Less than a year after the creation of its buy-and-build platform, Alliance Etiquettes has acquired Imprimerie D3, its fourth build-up acquisition.
Founded in 1987, Imprimerie D3 is located in Cépie, in the Languedoc-Roussillon Midi-Pyrénées region, in the department of Aude.
Led by Anthony Gleize, the company has 16 professionals.
Imprimerie D3 joins the Alliance Etiquettes Group, chaired by Olivier Laulan and hitherto composed of Groupe Laulan, Groupe Enes and Maumy Impression.
Laulan says: "We are delighted to welcome the Imprimerie D3 team to the Alliance Etiquettes Group thereby strengthening our presence in this important French wine region.
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Marc Russell-Jones as head of business development for EMEA.
Russell-Jones will be responsible for driving the growth of MUFG Investor Services’ asset servicing solutions across hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity/real estate funds in the EMEA region. These solutions include fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, custody, depository, trustee, fund of hedge fund financing, FX and wider banking services.
Formerly head of asset manager sector solutions for the Nordics and UK at State Street, Russell-Jones brings over 15 years’ experience from business development roles
BGF’s (Business Growth Fund) South West team, based in Reading and Bristol, has invested GBP12 million in Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group (SSW) to support the acquisition of Bristol based Avonline Satellite Services Holdings (ASSH).
Following the acquisition, SSW, which is headquartered in Bicester, will become the largest satellite broadband operator in the UK with significant economies of scale in terms of purchasing power of satellite broadband spectrum. The acquisition will see its customer base expanded to circa 35,000 throughout 31 countries in Europe.
A new GBP10 million investment comes on top of a GBP2 million investment made by BGF
Private equity firm Altus Capital Partners has named Heidi Goldstein as Partner.
Goldstein has been a member of the Altus Capital investment team since March 2006, most recently as a Principal, and has been actively involved in many of the firm’s investments during this period. She currently serves on the Board of International Imaging Materials, Inc, Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc. and Nichols Portland, LLC.
Russell J Greenberg, Managing Partner, says: “Heidi’s promotion to Partner is in recognition of her many contributions in successfully sourcing and managing investments in the Altus Capital portfolio.” Greg L. Greenberg, Senior Partner, added, “We are
Prestige Capital Management has launched its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund on the Sweden-based Mutual Funds Exchange (MFEX) platform and has launched a dedicated Swedish Krona (SEK) hedged share class.
The fund aims to achieve consistent absolute returns in most market conditions, using a diverse portfolio that carefully manages individual client and sector asset allocation risk. Prestige targets long term, consistent risk-adjusted returns with low systemic or market risk.
Target returns are 5-7 per cent per annum, with a target volatility of 1 per cent per annum.
By investing in a diverse portfolio of specialist loans, the fund aims
HIG Bayside Capital, the distressed debt and special situation affiliate of private equity firm HIG Capital (HIG), has closed the HIG Bayside Loan Opportunity Fund IV with aggregate capital commitments of USD1.1 billion, exceeding its USD1.0 billion target.
The fund will continue HIG’s investment strategy of focusing on investments in small-cap special situation credit opportunities in the US.
Sami Mnaymneh (pictured) and Tony Tamer, co-chief executives of HIG, say: “We are grateful for the support from our investors for this offering. The strong response to the fund reflects their confidence in the capability of our team and our differentiated
Legal & General Capital, through LGV Capital, has agreed terms to sell its majority interest in The Liberation Group to Caledonia Investments in a transaction valuing the company at GBP118 million.
Liberation is held principally on behalf of the with-profits fund for customers.
Completion is expected over the course of the summer, and Caledonia is backing the existing management team.
Legal & General Capital focuses its investments in four key sectors: UK housing, UK urban regeneration, clean energy and SME finance. These reflect its aim to invest for the long term in economically and socially useful assets, securing
Asset International, which is backed by private equity firm Genstar Capital, has closed its acquisition of Market Metrics and Matrix Solutions, data and research firms for adviser-sold investments and insurance worldwide.
The acquisition broadens Asset International’s portfolio of proprietary, actionable data, insights and business intelligence. Through this acquisition, Asset International is now the one-stop shop for data and insights supporting product innovation, manufacturing, sales and distribution for the asset management and insurance communities, as well as providing market surveillance solutions and marketing channels for this community.
The Market Metrics and Matrix Solutions acquisition expands Asset International’s deep proprietary asset
Blackstone has appointed Marc Bolland head of European portfolio operations of its private equity businesses.
Bolland was formerly chief executive of Marks and Spencer and previously chief executive of Morrisons and chief operating officer of Heineken. He will start on 19 September 2016.
Joseph Baratta, global head of private equity at Blackstone, says: We are delighted that Marc is joining us. He has had an outstanding career leading and developing major international businesses, and I am sure he will add great value to our current and future portfolio businesses.”
Bolland says: “I am very pleased to be joining
Apricus Biosciences has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Aspire Capital Fund.
Aspire Capital will complete an initial purchase of 2,531,645 shares of common stock for proceeds of USD1.0 million and has committed to purchase up to USD6.0 million in additional shares of common stock over the next 24 months at prices based on the market price at the time of each sale.
No warrants are associated with this agreement.
"This agreement with Aspire Capital will enable Apricus to sell shares from time-to-time on market-based terms to a committed, long-time investor," says Richard Pascoe, CEO
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