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Funds managed by the private equity business of Neuberger Berman have acquired a minority interest in CSC ServiceWorks (CSC). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
CSC is the largest North American route-based service provider of multi-family housing and commercial laundry services, as well as the global leader in air vending services to convenience stores and gas stations, with more than 1.4 million machines in service and greater than 3,000 associates across North America and Europe.
CSC was created In May 2013 when Pamplona simultaneously acquired Coinmach Service Corp. and AIR-serv Group LLC. Under Pamplona's ownership, CSC has
Lonsdale Capital Partners, a private equity firm focussed on the smaller end of the market, has appointed Andrew Chetwood as an Associate.
Chetwood will be working across the business, focused initially on deal implementation for the existing pipeline of acquisitions as well as supporting the current portfolio. He joins Lonsdale Capital Partners from EY (Ernst and Young) where he worked in Operational Transaction Services on deals in consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas, advising clients on operational issues in transactions both pre and post deal.
Prior to this he was an operations consultant at Chartwell Consulting and Stroud
Acuity Trading, the UK news analytics company, has secured SEIS financing to accelerate the company’s growth in to the retail financial market and fund development of its sentiment-based products.
The funding initiative, led by The Jenson Seed EIS Fund, will be also be used to expand its reach in key retail markets, invest in sales and marketing resources, further develop its analytics capabilities and expand into new data types, including equities.
“News and opinion has notoriously influenced the financial markets and in today’s information age investors have access to a paralysing volume of news from fragmented sources. Investors no longer
Guy Hands (pictured), Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, will be the keynote speaker at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2015.
The Guernsey resident and private equity specialist will top the bill for the annual event, which this year is titled ‘Achieving stability in a world of change’ and takes place on Thursday 14 May in London.
Dominic Wheatley, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, said he was delighted that Mr Hands will be speaking at the forum.
“Guy has been a huge supporter of Guernsey’s fund industry
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, has promoted five investment professionals in its Chicago office to the firm’s leadership team.
Charles Asfour, Partner, will continue to be responsible for originating, executing and managing private debt and equity investments in middle market companies across a number of industries. He plays a leading role in VPC’s investment efforts within the transportation and retail sectors, and is actively involved in value creation initiatives and strategic alternatives for VPC’s investments. Asfour joined VPC in 2010 and has more than 11 years of experience as
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to IGEFI Group, a Summit Partners portfolio company, on its sale to Temenos Group, a software to financial institutions, in a EUR235 million deal.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Multifonds provides software to financial services institutions globally, predominantly in the third-party fund administration market. The Company’s fully integrated platform allows fund administrators to perform key accounting functions such as intra-day valuations and end-of-day net asset value calculations as well as to support fund administrators in key investor servicing and transfer agency functions such as investor dealing and shareholder record keeping.
Private equity firm Agilitas’ portfolio company Recover Nordic has acquired Relita Industri och Skadeservice (Relita), one of the largest providers of damage control services in Sweden.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Relita was founded by its CEO Torbjorn Borgstrom and Per Johnsson in 1996. As a result of this transaction, the current owners of Relita will become shareholders in the wider Recover Nordic business. Relita will continue to trade under its current brand name and Torbjorn Borgstrom will become Recover’s Head of Sweden.
Recover Nordic is the largest damage control provider in the Nordic region. Prior
Direct lending is set to become an established asset class in Europe, with robust growth estimates over the next 12 months, says Moody's Investors Service.
In a report summarising the views of keynote speakers and panelists at Moody's 2015 Asset Management Conference in London, the rating agency highlights that conditions for such growth has been aided by the regulatory environment and bank disintermediation following the 2008-09 financial crisis. Moody's also says that asset managers will continue to innovate and provide creative solutions for borrowers in the changed regulatory landscape.
"We expect the rise of shadow banking to continue in 2015
Patina Rail, a consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Hermes Infrastructure, is to acquire a 40% shareholding in Eurostar International Limited from the UK Government.
CDPQ and Hermes Infrastructure intend to own 30% and 10% of Eurostar respectively. Eurostar’s other shareholders will comprise Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) (55%) and Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB) (5%).
Completion of the transaction remains conditional upon SNCF receiving clearance from the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation and the transaction receiving clearance from the German Federal Cartel Office. SNCF and
Private equity backed senior executive recruitment firm, Rowan Group has exceeded its GBP1m turnover target to year-ending December 31 2014.
The company is planning to appoint up to 10 new staff in 2015 to support further growth.
In the last year the company, which operates through its Rowan Finance and Rowan Partners divisions, invested GBP250k in a new Spinningfields operation, expanded its North West presence with a new office in Chorley, Lancashire and grew its staff to 14 people from seven.
Within the 12 months the company placed over 85 professionals, of which 30 joined ambitious SMEs and private equity
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