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Danish/Swedish lower mid-market private equity investor Polaris Private Equity has appointed two new members to its team.
Martin Lindh joins the firm as investment manager from SEB, while Thorsten Madsen, who also joins as a investment manager, was previously with Implement Consulting Group.
The appointments follow Polaris’s achievement of a successful first close on its latest private equity fund – Polaris Private Equity IV – at DKK 2.2 billion (EUR300 million). The fund has a target of DKK 3 billion and follows the same strategy as its predecessor fund, seeking to build value in lower mid- market Danish or Swedish
Investec Investment Banking (Investec) has appointed Serge Rissi as a Director in the Financial Sponsor Transaction Group, reporting to Christian Hess.
Rissi has 15 years of M&A execution experience. He was most recently a Director at Quayle Munro having originally joined UBS Warburg before spending more than a decade at Hawkpoint.
Rissi’s appointment further strengthens Investec’s dedicated private equity advisory group, which focusses exclusively on Financial Sponsor M&A sell-side and buy-side transactions.
Andrew Pinder, Head of Investment Banking, says: "I am delighted to announce Serge’s appointment; Private Equity is one of Investec's core client groups and our strong
ARX Equity Partners, together with experienced healthcare investor Joseph Priel, has completed the 100% buy-out of Slovenian healthcare services provider, Diagnosticni Center Bled doo (DCB).
Details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
DCB is the largest private healthcare service provider in Slovenia. The Company provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient medical services in four locations. DCB performs more than 20,000 specialist examinations each year, primarily in the areas of gastroenterology and urology. ARX acquired DCB in order to utilize its robust existing business as a platform to further consolidate and grow its leading position in the Slovenian diagnostics sector.
Priel
A USD 1 billion sector focused private equity fund underwritten by Cairo Financial Holding is behind a plan to revive the tourism sector in Egypt, battered by four years of turmoil and instability.
Tourism revenues have dropped by 55 per cent over the past four years, but the return of political stability coupled with a focus on developing higher-value added tourism activities, has encouraged the launch of the Papyrus private equity fund to support the development of tourism projects that will have a significant economic impact.
With year round sunshine, a rich cultural heritage and a unique geographical position,
Värde Partners, KKR and Deutsche Bank are to acquire GE Capital’s Australia and New Zealand Consumer Lending Business (the company) at an enterprise value of AUD8.2 billion.
The company is a leading financial services provider offering a range of services and products including personal loans, credit cards and interest free retail finance. It has more than three million customers and is a long-standing partner to many of the major retailers in Australia & New Zealand. All of these products and services will remain under the Company’s new ownership.
GE Capital Australia & New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Duncan Berry, says:
Segulah IV, Rempo AB and minority shareholders have completed the sale of SCAN COIN Holding AB to SuzoHapp Sweden AB, a portfolio company of ACON Investments (ACON). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Baird Global Investment Banking advised SCAN COIN and its shareholders on the sale.
SCAN COIN is a leading global provider of cash handling equipment and services, headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, with manufacturing in Sweden and the UK. SCAN COIN has own sales subsidiaries in 14 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, and is represented through distributors in over 100 countries.
Segulah is
North Castle Partners, its co-investors and Glencoe Capital have sold Flatout T Marzetti Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation for a purchase price of USD92 million on a cash‑free, debt‑free basis.
For North Castle Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on consumer businesses that promote Healthy, Active and Sustainable Living, the transaction represents another successful exit in the nutrition sector.
"The growth of Flatout and its sale to T Marzetti Company is another example of North Castle's strategy to partner with accomplished entrepreneurial management teams to build high-growth brands that are of significant value to strategic
NetBase, a social media analytics company, has completed a new round of growth funding with USD24 million in Series E financing led by new investor Spring Lake Equity Partners.
Also participating in the financing were long-time investors Thomvest Ventures, Altos Ventures, and WestSummit Capital.
NetBase will use this additional funding to accelerate its market position within the core listening and analytics space, continue developing a rich innovation roadmap, support critical alliances and drive global expansion.
“We seek to partner with great management teams at later-stage, technology-oriented private companies to help them take their businesses to the next level, creating value
Ogier has been ranked in the top 10 London legal advisers to 2014 European IPOs, new research shows – the only offshore firm listed in the deal table compiled by analysts Experian.
Ogier features in the top ten by value (GBP1,236 million) alongside magic circle firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters.
The firm, which has offices in Jersey, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands, BVI and Hong Kong, was ranked 12th in the previous year.
There is a promising potential IPO pipeline for 2015, says the head of Ogier’s Jersey Corporate and Commercial team.
Ogier partner Raulin
Force Over Mass Capital has appointed Lee McSorley as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with responsiblity for the development of the firm’s Performance Measurement and Valuation System – under the project name ‘DNA’.
With extensive experience in the development of systemic trading systems in the hedge fund community, McSorley specialises in genetic programming – an artificial intelligence field using an evolutionary algorithm-based methodology inspired by biological evolution.
McSorley was previously a Quantitative Developer at OTAS Technologies, from November 2011 until February 2013. Prior to this, McSorley worked as a Quantitative Developer at Integral Capital Management (March 2009 – August 2010), as
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