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EMEA deal volume may have slowed down across the region, down 15 per cent year-on-year with a total of 2,779 announced deals recorded, but deal value has seen a significant boost on last year’s figures, up by 16 per cent and recording a total of EUR414.8 billion.
That’s according to the half-year 2015 edition of Mergermarket’s EMEA Deal Drivers.
“Confidence among corporates that have steadily strengthened their balance sheets has risen in the last year. This in turn has leant itself to increased M&A activity among blue chips as they compete for market position,” says Paul Francis-Grey (pictured), Deputy
CapitalSouth SBIC Fund IV has invested USD9.4 million in Fresh Dining Concepts in a combination of senior secured debt and equity.
Headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, Fresh Dining Concepts is an Auntie Anne’s Inc franchisee that operates 22 in-line stores, baking kiosks, and satellite retail units. Twenty locations are branded as Auntie Anne’s, and two locations are co-branded with Cinnabon. The Company is the fourth largest franchisee in the Auntie Anne’s system and operates stores in New York, Florida, Louisiana, and Puerto Rico.
CapitalSouth Growth Fund investment will help the Company’s next phase of growth.
Sliced Investing, an online alternative investment platform that gives accredited investors access to elite investments like hedge funds and private equity, has launched Sliced Institutional.
Sliced Institutional is dedicated to giving registered investment advisors (RIAs) access to a suite of alternative investments while also automating all the manual tasks associated with private investments. Sliced Investing is launching the platform with a strategic partnership with Krusen Capital, who provides access to over 35 private offerings – many of which are household name hedge funds or private equity funds. Financial advisor firms Harvest Financial Group, Fort Point Capital and Caerus Advisors are
Centaur Private Equity has successfully exited its venture capital investment in Sport Events International Ltd (SEI).
SEI is the holding company of a series of sports based event companies including; Global Legends Series, which brings together a group of legendary football players from around the world to play against each other in legend vs legend games in different cities worldwide; F5WC, the world's largest 5-a-side football tournament; and World Soccer Fives USA, a multi city tournament to find the best amateur 5-a-side soccer team in the United States to represent the USA in the F5WC World Finals.
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An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital has made a strategic investment in Milestone Technologies, Inc. Founded in 1997, and headquartered in Fremont, CA, Milestone is a provider of managed information technology services to rapidly-growing, global enterprises.
HIG has partnered with Milestone Founder and CEO, Prem Chand, to continue to deliver differentiated, world-class IT services to Milestone’s customers and to enable the Company’s continued expansion.
Chand says: “We are very excited about this partnership with HIG and the shared vision we have for the next stage of Milestone’s growth. HIG’s investment will provide us the capital and
Symantec Corp is to sell its information management business, known as Veritas, to an investor group led by The Carlyle Group together with GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and other expected co-investors, for USD8 billion in cash.
The transaction, which was unanimously approved by Symantec's Board of Directors, is expected to close by 1 January, 2016.
Upon closing of the transaction, Symantec expects to receive approximately USD6.3 billion in net cash proceeds, subject to certain customary post-closing adjustments. Symantec will take a comprehensive and disciplined approach to capital deployment focused on both returning capital to shareholders and investing in
Confluence, a specialist in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, has added to its London team with the appointment of Katie Kiss as Director of Performance Analytics.
Kiss has more than 12 years’ experience in the performance measurement field. She previously served as Global Solution Manager for Performance at SS&C Technologies. Prior to that, she spent 10 years at UBS Global Asset Management where she served as UK Head of Performance for six years. She was responsible for performance reporting and analysis.
At Confluence, Kiss will be charged with the implementation of a global go-to-market
Financial advisory firm Carolon Capital has named Joanne Verkuilen (pictured) as Global Head of Client Services.
In addition to fund management and fundraising services, Carolon offers investor relations and marketing support to financial services firms in the US and Europe. While Verkuilen will be involved in all facets of Carolon’s business, her primary responsibility will be to direct the investor relations and marketing services for Carolon’s clients.
“This is an important milestone for Carolon,” says Tim Smith, President and Managing Director of Carolon. “By adding Joanne to the team, we gain an accomplished leader in the field of marketing
ChyronHego has acquired VidiGo, a Dutch provider of IT-based software solutions for live broadcast production workflows. Based in Amsterdam, VidiGo provides a suite of tools for the creation and management of broadcast-quality video content.
“The broadcast industry is currently quite fragmented and is primed for consolidation, with a key driver being the migration to all-IT, software-based production environments. With our recent acquisition by Vector Capital, ChyronHego is well-equipped to take a lead role in that consolidation and the industry’s IT transformation,” says Johan Apel (pictured), president and CEO, ChyronHego. “The acquisition of VidiGo, together with its products and core competencies in
Bohai Leasing Co is planning to acquire 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding common shares of aircraft leasing company Avolon at a price of USD32 per share.
During the Exclusivity Period, Bohai and Avolon will endeavour to negotiate definitive agreements on terms previously discussed and accepted by the parties. Bohai’s offer is subject to completion of satisfactory and customary due diligence.
In connection with Bohai’s obligations under the Exclusivity Agreement, Bohai will make a good faith deposit of USD50 million into an escrow account within two business days, which amount will be in addition to the USD25
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