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Private equity firm Calculus Capital has made a multi-million-pound investment in Bedford-based Mologic, a developer of point-of-care diagnostic devices that help patients manage their own conditions.
The GBP3 million investment aims to enable Mologic to commercialise innovative medical diagnostic technology, carry out clinical trials and obtain CE Mark regulatory approval (denoting compliance with European Union standards) and other regulatory approvals as needed in international markets beyond the EU, to take products to market.
Mologic’s diagnostic product pipeline includes revolutionary new systems for patients with long term respiratory problems to use in their own home. The technology has the power
Baring Private Equity has secured regulatory approvals to complete its previously announced acquisition of a majority stake in Vistra Group from IK Investment Partners.
Vistra Group’s management team continue to hold a significant shareholding in the company.
Martin Crawford, CEO of Vistra Group, says: “Our partnership with Baring Asia brings a new and exciting chapter for the Vistra Group. With their support, we can continue the success and growth of the firm to the satisfaction of our clients, our employees and our shareholders. We very much look forward to what lies ahead.
“I would like to thank IK
Audax Private Equity has formed a platform in the specialty coatings and adhesives markets through the acquisition of California Products Corporation (CPC), together with its existing investment in Nicoat, a formulator of specialty packaging and printing coatings.
CPC expands the platform into the architectural, sports surfaces, and specialty construction coatings segments. Audax plans to rapidly grow the platform through acquisitions in both new and existing end markets, products lines, and technologies as well as maintaining a strong organic focus.
California Products, founded in 1926 and based in Andover, MA, is a leading provider of branded, premium architectural interior and exterior
A new qualification, the Certificate in Finance and Technology (CFT), has launched as the first and only global qualification designed specifically for technologists in financial institutions.
The CFT is unique in giving technology professionals in financial services organisations a genuine understanding of the business context in which they operate. By bridging the gap between the worlds of finance and technology, the CFT helps financial institutions to maximise the value of their technology teams, as well as helping candidates advance their careers.
Rob Woods (pictured), co-founder of the CFT, says: “The gap in understanding between financial services and technology specialists
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is to acquire Interactive Data Corporation (IDC), a provider of financial market data, analytics and related trading solutions, from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus.
The acquisition is valued at approximately USD5.2 billion, including USD3.65 billion in cash and USD1.55 billion in ICE common stock, and adds technology platforms and new data and valuation services to ICE’s global market data offering.
IDC, based in Bedford, MA, serves the mutual fund, bank, asset management, hedge fund, securities and financial instrument processing and administration sectors. ICE’s data business currently spans nine asset classes across the eleven exchanges and seven clearing
Browne Jacobson’s corporate finance team has advised the management of Gala Coral on the GBP241m acquisition of Gala Bingo Holdings Limited (Gala Bingo) by Caledonia Investments plc (‘Caledonia).
With its Headquarters situated in Nottingham, Gala Bingo manages 130 clubs throughout the UK and holds an impressive 38% market share with over 1.1 million active members.
The Browne Jacobson team comprised of lawyers Mark Hughes, Gavin Cummings, Emma Hinton and Beth Dowson and Gala’s management team was led by Chief Executive Officer Simon Wykes and Chief Finance Officer Alex Wood.
Wykes says: “The Browne Jacobson team has demonstrated once again why
Specialist private equity investor Calculus Capital Ltd is seeking to raise up to GBP8 million through a new D share class offer for the Calculus VCT.
Proceeds from the fundraising will be used to follow Calculus Capital’s proven strategy of investing in well-established smaller companies with capable and experienced management teams, spread across a range of business sectors.
This approach has contributed to the Calculus VCT delivering superior performance and dividend payments to investors since launch in March 2010.
Calculus VCT has to date paid cumulative dividends of 48.25p per Ordinary Share and 18p per C Share. In addition, the
Ambienta has sold its portfolio company Envirogen Group, formerly Amplio Filtration Group (Envirogen), to a syndicate of investors led by UK fund manager Promethean Investments.
Envirogen Group, established in 2009 by Riccardo Segat and Andrea Davi – who acted as CEO – is a UK based mid-sized international provider of environmental and process solutions for the treatment of water, wastewater, vapour emissions and material recovery, with operations in Europe and North America.
Ambienta’s divestment of Envirogen comes four years after its initial EUR16.1m investment, executed through its fund “Ambienta I”. Ambienta invested to support Amplio Group with the goal
The Georgian Co-Investment Fund (GCF), a USD6 billion private equity fund based in Georgia, and Georgian construction company AXIS are to build Axis Towers, twin skyscrapers which, when complete, will be the tallest buildings in Tiblisi.
GCF will own 50 per cent of the completed development, while the other 50 per cent will be held by AXIS.
The multifunctional complex consists of two 147 metre tall, 41-storey towers, four floors of which will be underground. One tower will be glazed with dark glass, while the other will feature white stone cladding. The total buildable area of the towers equals 94,000 sq
Linklaters has appointed Matt Keogh (pictured) as Global Practice Head of the Investment Management Group, succeeding Scott Bowie. The role is for a four year term with effect from 15 October 2015.
A partner since 2012, Keogh’s practice includes all aspects of institutional investment products and transactions acting for both sponsors and investors, with a particular focus on alternative investment funds including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, debt and hedge funds, private equity style joint ventures and equity syndication. Matt also has considerable experience in the operation of asset management houses as well as fund equity and debt financing (acting
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