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Binswanger Enterprises, a Grey Mountain Partners portfolio company, has appointed Tim Curran as chief Executive Officer (CEO). Curran replaces Norm Plotkin, who is transitioning to a role supporting other Grey Mountain Partners portfolio companies.
Curran brings with him a 30-year track record of successfully managing and growing companies in a number of different industries.
Curran was most recently the Senior Vice President of US Operations at G&K Services (NASDAQ: GK), a publicly traded industry leader in the uniform and facility services business, operating through 39 production groups across the US. During Curran’s 11-year tenure with G&K, he successfully grew revenue
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has sold its investment in Prozone, which it has held since June 2013, to STATS a specialist in sports technology.
Since 1981 STATS has specialised in the capture, processing and multi-platform distribution of complex sports data. Its sports coverage includes nearly 300 events around the world ranging from boxing to motorsports to soccer and basketball.
Founded in 2004, Prozone (formerly Amisco) invented tracking technologies and is the global leader in the production of data and analysis of athletic performance, including its undisputed top position in soccer. In acquiring Prozone, STATS is carrying out a major
Independent communications, media and Technology-focused M&A advisory firm Arma Partners has appointed four new Partners including one new hire and three internal promotions.
David Creamer (Palo Alto) will join Arma as Partner in July, following 25 years of banking experience with RBC Capital Markets and Jefferies. Most recently, Creamer was Global Head of Electronics and Semiconductor Banking at RBC Capital Markets; at Arma, he will lead this practice globally, while working to expand further the firm’s US footprint.
Jan Helle and David Smith (London) have both been promoted to Partner and will co-head the M&A execution function globally. With more
Ogier has advised Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc (IDH) on its recent listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The USD668 million market capitalisation included an initial public offering which raised USD290 million.
IDH is the largest fully integrated private sector diagnostics services provider in Egypt, offering a catalogue of more than 1,000 diagnostic services ranging from basic tests, such as glucose testing for diabetes, to molecular tests for hepatitis and highly specialised DNA tests. It operates 288 labs across the MENA region and in 2014, performed 22.3 million tests for 5.6 million patients.
Ogier provided Jersey
Palatine Private Equity has completed the GBP13m management buyout of The Alchemist, as the Manchester bar and restaurant brand looks to roll out more sites across the UK.
The deal marks Palatine’s second investment with Living Ventures Group following its buyout of Gusto last year.
The Alchemist first opened its doors in Manchester in 2010 and currently operates two venues in the city centre, as well as sites in Leeds and London. The company, which currently employs 250 staff, achieved sales of GBP11.3m last year and was recently ranked the 20th fastest growing business in the UK by The
More than 500 people attended the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015 in London last week, which was hosted by ITV news anchor, Alastair Stewart, OBE.
The keynote speech was delivered by Guernsey resident and private equity specialist Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited.
Dominic Wheatley, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, says he was delighted with the number and quality of attendees, as well as the content of the sessions.
“The event allows us to reinforce and build upon our key relationship with the City of London so to have attracted such an impressive number
GMT Communications Partners, a European independent private equity group focused exclusively on the content, communications infrastructure and tech‐enabled Services markets, has promoted Jean-Sébastien Talbot to Principal.
Talbot (pictured) joined GMT in July 2008 and we are delighted to announce his promotion to Principal with immediate effect. He previously worked with XAnge, a Paris‐based venture capital fund, and with the advertising agency TBWA\Paris. He recently played integral roles in the refinancing of DOCUgroup, a construction industry business information group based in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and the sale of DOCUgroup’s Nordic business. His current portfolio responsibilities also include Primesight and Redext,
Waterland Private Equity Investments has closed Waterland Private Equity VI following a successful fund-raising after just three months in the market.
Carey Olsen advised the sixth fund for the Dutch private equity firm which has raised EUR1.55 billion in the short time frame. EUR1.25 billion sits within the fund (a Guernsey vehicle that invests into the Dutch fund) with the remaining EUR300 million in an overflow fund – also a Guernsey vehicle that invests into the Dutch overflow fund – that will be used when the principal vehicle reaches its concentration limits.
The Carey Olsen team of partner Ben Morgan,
BGF (Business Growth Fund) has passed GBP500 million in committed investments to entrepreneurial businesses across the length and breadth of the UK.
Of the GBP500 million, GBP250 million was committed in the last year alone – a clear signal of the growing demand for this type of support among Britain’s entrepreneurial businesses.
Set up to fill a funding gap for Britain’s growing smaller and medium sized businesses, since 2011 BGF has invested in a diverse portfolio of nearly 100 companies including manufacturers, retailers, technology providers, restaurants and more. The milestone coincides with BGF’s strongest ever quarter; BGF invested GBP71 million
North American institutions are planning long-term investments in foreign infrastructure and are pumping billions of pounds into Europe, according to a report from Armstrong International.
Based on a survey of 305 North American institutional investors in the first quarter 2015, it indicates that managing liabilities in a low interest rate environment is proving particularly tough. Now, in a search for yield, they are looking for fresh opportunities in foreign markets, increasing their allocations to private equity, real estate, infrastructure and, to a lesser extent, hedge funds.
With interest rates at historically low levels, US equities hitting record highs and a
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