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The Scottish Loan Fund (SLF) has supported its existing portfolio company Merson Group (Merson) in its acquisition of ASG Essex Ltd (ASG), a long established signage business servicing the UK’s largest brands.
The acquisition creates a UK and European sign business with an unrivalled range of skills, capabilities and resources able to deliver all aspects of major signage projects.
SLF originally committed GBP3 million of funding to Merson in 2012 initially to support its acquisition of CGL Systems Limited, a provider of metal façade and rainscreen cladding for commercial buildings. Following its successful integration Merson has continued to look at
The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Limited (CISE) has ceased discussions regarding the acquisition of the European marketplace for SMEs, the Danish-based GXG Markets A/S (GXG).
It was announced on 22 July that an in-principle agreement for the transaction had been agreed between the CISE’s wholly owned subsidiary, The Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited (CISEA) and the Swedish-headquartered GXG Global Exchange Group AB and GXG.
However, the CISE has now decided not to proceed any further.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), Chief Executive Officer of the CISE, said: “The deal had reached offer stage but, following extensive due diligence
Puma Investments has completed two deals within the residential care home sector totalling GBP11 million. The monies invested will fund the development and initial operation of two purpose built, modern care homes in partnership with established operator Abbey Healthcare.
Abbey Healthcare is owned by Prabhdyal Sodhi and currently operates a portfolio of 16 homes with 1,279 beds across the UK.
The first investment is a GBP6 million deal in Hamilton, Scotland to facilitate the development of a new-build 112 bed care home, all with en suite wet room facilities. The second is a GBP5 million investment to facilitate the
Michael Collins (pictured), Director of Public Affairs, EVCA, responds to ESMA’s advice on extending the AIFMD passport…
We welcome the initial steps that ESMA has made in assessing the possible extension of the AIFMD European passport to non-EU AIFMs and AIFs.
It is essential for Europe and for our goal of a Capital Markets Union that there is free movement of private investment capital both across EU borders and internationally. This will bring additional billions of euros in equity financing to European companies and provide European investors with the freedom they need to choose the investment opportunities that are most appropriate
Prudential Capital Group, a global source of private capital for public and private companies, provided more than USD5.3 billion to companies and projects worldwide through the first half of 2015.
This represents an increase of more than USD1 billion compared to the first half of 2014, while adding 40 new clients across a range of industries. Prudential Capital Group is an investment business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
“With global markets in a state of flux, it is important for companies to have strong relationships with their sources of capital. Prudential Capital Group’s consistent presence in the market and
APC Technology Group has completed the acquisition of Energy Efficiency Verification Specialists, EEVS Insight Ltd, a provider of performance analysis and verification services for any sustainability project, product, service or investment in the Energy efficiency space.
The Acquisition is in line with APC’s stated strategy of investing in technologies, products, services, and the teams required deliver them.
EEVS is one of the UK's foremost independent providers of performance information for the UK energy efficiency industry. The EEVS team is composed of expert energy analysts and industry specialists with a thorough understanding of how energy and resource efficiency projects affect
This extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Real Estate, Q2 2015 focuses on institutional investors in private real estate and their plans for the next 12 months regarding strategy, regional preferences and the size and number of planned capital commitments.
The majority of investors seeking new commitments will target value added funds over the next 12 months (62 per cent), with the proportion targeting opportunistic vehicles increasing by nine percentage points (Fig 1). Demand for core vehicles has dropped by 13 percentage points, which could convey investors’ willingness to take on more risk in the search for higher returns.
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Bradley-Morris and affiliates (BMI), a portfolio company of private equity firm Pine Tree Equity Partners, has been sold to Thompson Street Capital Partners.
Farlie Turner served as the exclusive financial advisor to Pine Tree and BMI. The transaction was led by Mike Turner, a Managing Director at Farlie Turner, in addition to Kerensa Jimenez, Daniel Vetrano and Keita Iwabuchi. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia, BMI has placed over 30,000 exceptionally qualified officer and technical candidates with global corporations. In addition to its headquarters in Kennesaw, BMI has three additional
LBO France is to sell its stake in Flash Europe to the company’s management team, headed by Philippe Higelin, and Eurazeo PME.
The sale is expected to be finalised in late September, subject to approval by the competent authorities. Siparex, minority shareholder of Flash Europe, also committed to sell its stake during the process.
Flash Europe is Europe’s leading express transport company and operates in more than 18 countries. In 2014 it generated revenue of EUR153 million, up from just under EUR100 million in 2010 when LBO France became a shareholder. The company has developed a digital transport forecasting
21 Partners is to acquire Poligof, a manufacturer of backsheet film for hygienic disposable products (baby diapers, feminine hygiene and adult hygiene products), through the second investment of the recently raised 21 Investimenti III fund.
Thanks to its technical know-how, Poligof is the Italian leader and one of the top three European players in its market, boasting two state of the art production facilities in Northern Italy. Poligof’s addressable market presents high resilience in Europe and unexploited growth opportunities in emerging markets. In the last three years Poligof was able to double its turnover reaching €M 100, of which 70
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