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Stone-Goff Partners (SGP) has held the closing of Stone-Goff Partners Fund II, a private equity fund focused on investments in businesses within the consumer and services verticals.
Fund II will continue its predecessor’s successful lower middle market private equity investment strategy, generally investing between $6 million and $20 million in equity per transaction.
Following the initial closing, SGP is pleased to be in a position to deploy capital in attractive new opportunities, explained co-founder and partner, Hannah Stone Craven.
“We are thrilled to announce another milestone in the evolution of SGP and honoured by the reception we have received from
NexusCrowd has closed Canada's first online investment offering for commercial real estate. The issue was quickly sold out with significant investor demand across the country and internationally.
The project provided accredited investors with the opportunity to participate in the development of a CAD100 million retail mall in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
NexusCrowd is the first investment platform in Canada to provide accredited investors with exclusive access to co-invest alongside institutional investors in deals that have reached at least 50% of their funding target. It also provides private equity institutions with a "frictionless" way to access additional capital.
"We are
Rockaway Capital is to acquire 100 per cent of Central European online retail business Netretail Holding and Heureka, the No1 online price comparison website in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, from Naspers and other minority shareholders.
The EUR200 million-plus acquisition puts revenue from Rockaway Capital's e-commerce holdingson track to exceed EUR1 billion in revenue over the next few years.
Rockaway is an investment firm building the Internet economy in emerging markets, via venture capital, private equity or its own incubation. Rockaway's e-Commerce Holding unit consists of grocery and non-food specialty e-commerce shops, a superstore generalist e-commerce retailer, price comparison engines,
MUFG Fund Services has selected Markit’s private equity services to provide valuations for illiquid debt and unlisted equity positions.
MUFG Fund Services is part of MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing group of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and provides administration services for more than 1,100 alternative funds worldwide.
Blair Henderson, global head, business development & marketing at MUFG Investor Services, says: “Markit’s private equity valuation services will help us provide our clients with a comprehensive outsourced solution to their post-trade reporting requirements. This enables them to focus on sourcing deals and managing existing investments, and also ensures that
The ambition for new infrastructure investment in the UK continues to grow, while significant pressure on public finances persists despite economic recovery. A panel of experts discussed the different funding and financing approaches open to the government at an event hosted by the International Project Finance Association (IPFA), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) and the National Audit Office (NAO) last week.
Despite a financing surplus from the private sector in the UK infrastructure market, a public-sector funding deficit persists. In fact, public investment in infrastructure in the UK has fallen from 3.3% of GDP in 2009 to 2.8% in
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
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