Latest News
Marwyn Value Investors has sold 26.5 million depositary interests representing common shares in Entertainment One (ETO LN) at a price of GBP3.30 per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately GBP87.5 million, of which approximately GBP61.1 million is attributable to the Company.
The Master Fund is now beneficially interested in approximately 52.9 million common shares of eOne, representing approximately 17.9 per cent of eOne’s issued common share capital.
Entertainment One was founded in 2008 following the initial reverse acquisition of Entertainment One Income Trust. Since that date eOne has established itself as a leading international entertainment company that specialises in the
IK Investment Partners (IK) is to acquire Auxiga Group, a French and Belgian leader of pledge inventory services. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Since its establishment in 1919 in Belgium and 1975 in France, Auxiga Group has been a bank guarantee expert, drawing up structured and flexible credit facilities using inventories as collateral. The Group operates through four business units: Auxiga and Sofigarant, which are the leading providers of pledge inventory services in France, Warrant, which provides the same services in Belgium and Auxicontrol, a specialist in asset control and floor check services. The Group provides
High Road Capital Partners has acquired Cali Bamboo in what is the fifth platform acquisition for High Road Capital Partners Fund II. The transaction closed on 10 July, 2015.
Cali Bamboo is a manufacturer and direct-to-consumer retailer of bamboo flooring and sustainable building products. Based in San Diego, California, the company offers bamboo flooring, composite decking, bamboo plywood, eucalyptus flooring, bamboo fencing, and cork tiles. Bamboo is among the fasting-growing plants on Earth, making it an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional hardwoods.
“Cali Bamboo prides itself on providing the highest-quality, sustainable building products, along with delivering an outstanding customer
Noerr has advised the Munich financial investor Deutsche Invest Equity Partners on the acquisition of a participation in PlanetHome AG structured as a co-investment with the US financial investor AP Capital Investments.
The seller is HypoVereinsbank (UniCredit Bank AG).
PlanetHome is a real estate service providers in Germany and Austria. Core areas are the brokerage and financing of residential real estate. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
A group led by Dyal Capital Partners has made a passive, minority investment in Vista Equity Partners that will allow the Austin-headquartered firm to continue to expand its asset management platform.
Vista will use this investment to deepen its network of global investors, to expand its product offerings and to scale its business.
“This investment is an exciting development in the evolution of Vista,” says Vista Founder, Chairman & CEO Robert F Smith (pictured). “Dyal and its parent, Neuberger Berman, will be great strategic partners for Vista, as we continue to take advantage of the growing investment opportunities in the
Century Park Capital Partners has acquired Better Life Technology, a manufacturer, designer, marketer and distributor of vinyl flooring products and printing substrates for multiple end markets.
BLT has a diverse and customisable range of vinyl floor coverings that are used by residential consumers as well as OEMs of marine and transit products. The Company’s products are also used as a substrate in the growing graphic printing market.
BLT was founded by Don & Brett Sneed in 1998. The foundation of the BLT product line is G-Floor vinyl flooring. The original G-Floor Parking Pad was the first product created by Brett
Bunker Hill Capital, a Boston based private equity investor in lower middle market companies, has made a growth equity investment in Courtagen Life Sciences.
Headquartered in Woburn, MA, Courtagen is a diagnostic testing services business founded in 2009 by Brian and Brendan McKernan, who currently serve as CEO and President, respectively. In 2012, they were joined by their brother, Kevin McKernan, who currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer.
“Courtagen is led by an exceptional management team that has successfully executed similar strategies and delivered superior returns to shareholders previously,” says Mark DeBlois, Managing Partner of Bunker Hill Capital. “The McKernan’s
Private equity fund manager Horizon Capital has acquired a stake in Rozetka, an e-commerce company based in Ukraine. The funding for the deal comes from Horizon Capital’s Emerging Europe Growth Fund II (EEGF II). Fnancial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Ukraine’s e-commerce recorded growth rates of over 30% for the last five years, in US dollar terms, and still retains significant upside potential as both, internet penetration and online shopping share of total retail remain substantially lower than regional peer levels.
The company, led by visionary entrepreneurs, Vladyslav and Iryna Chechotkin, is the indisputable market leader in
The FCA fined firms and individuals a total of GBP1.23 billion in 2014 for market integrity related breaches, which included abusive market behaviour such as: manipulation, insider dealing, FX failings and benchmark (i.e. Libor) manipulation.
That’s according to Kinetic Partners’ annual Global Enforcement Review which draws on publicly available data from financial services regulators across the UK, US and Hong Kong to assess regulatory trends and their effects on the financial services industry.
Kinetic Partners’ research also found that market integrity was the second most cited offence among fines filed by the FCA against either firms or individuals, totalling
To help overcome the increased reporting burden faced by private equity managers, SEI has developed an automated end-client reporting capability. It comes at a time when global PE firms are having to adapt to regulation in the form of AIFMD and Annex IV reporting, not to mention a desire by LPs to derive greater transparency from their PE allocations.
Indeed, LPs are themselves coming under increased regulation – for example, insurance companies who need look-through reporting capabilities to manage their Solvency Capital Ratios under Solvency II.
This is putting pressure on back-office teams to generate reports in a more timely
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
