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High Road Capital Partners has acquired York Wallcoverings, the fourth acquisition for the firm’s High Road Capital Partners Fund II.
Founded in 1895, York Wallcoverings is a manufacturer of wallpaper, borders, murals, and RoomMates peel-and-stick removable and reusable wall decals. York’s portfolio of globally recognised proprietary and licensed brands includes Antonina Vella, Ashford House, Candice Olson, Carey Lind, Ronald Redding Designs, Waverly, and York.
York Wallcoverings’ products are sold through an extensive network of interior design firms and domestic and international distributors, and in online, specialty and big-box retail stores. The company sells its residential and commercial products in
Berlin-based Absolventa GmbH, a jobs portal with around 50 employees that attracts in excess of 1.1 million visitors per mont, is being sold to the FUNKE media group of Essen.
Absolventa is notable for its outstanding mobile usability, user-friendliness and the perfect fit of the jobs displayed. These factors help to explain the portal’s high level of customer loyalty and very high recommendation rates.
A team headed by lead partner Dr Jörg Zätzsch and Dr Igor Stenzel advised the Absolventa shareholders on the sale.
Zätzsch says: “Following numerous sales of Berlin-based start-ups in 2014, this deal is further proof that
Gambling industry experts have teamed up with FCA-authorised UK alternative investment fund manager Innvotec, to launch the first Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) aimed at the sector.
The GamCrowd 2015 SEIS Fund (the Fund) opens for investors’ commitment on Monday 9 March – a day before the start of Cheltenham Festival, where hundreds of millions of pounds will be wagered.
The fund is a joint venture between Innvotec and GamCrowd, a betting and gaming specialist crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform that is also FCA regulated.
GamCrowd has already begun assessing opportunities for investment and only companies judged to meet
Signature Private Finance, a privately owned & funded Principal Lender, has appointed Brilliant Solutions to its distribution panel.
Having just completed its first year’s trading, Signature has identified building relationships with select industry partners as key to its growth strategy.
Signature’s Business Development Manager, Nigel Robbins (pictured), says: “This is good news for us and for borrowers. This is a distributor that shares our philosophy in putting the needs of customers first, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the need for a fast and efficient service, when it comes to short-term funding.
“It’s been an encouraging first year and establishing a
Fairway America has made a USD1 million commitment from one or both of its two funds, Fairway America Fund VI, LLC and Fairway America Fund VII, to Colonial Capital Management's new USD100 Million Colonial Impact Fund-II.
In addition, Colonial will be listed on the SBREfunds.com (http://sbrefunds.com) crowdfunding marketplace, which focuses exclusively on pooled fund offerings and information in the pooled real estate investment space. SBREfunds.com is building the world's leading community of fund managers, and Colonial's listing will generate immediate exposure to high-net-worth accredited investors seeking opportunities in real estate asset-based pooled investment funds.
The recently launched platform provides accredited
Permal is one of the first fund managers to take advantage of the new Irish Collective Asset management Vehicle or ICAV structure, with plans to use it to bring up to USD4bn of assets onshore.
Under the new legislation, which became law on 4 March, funds that are already regulated under the UCITs structure or the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) can take the ICAV route to onshore regulation in Ireland. Permal can now market funds across Europe with the new structure.
Over the next several months, Permal expects to move approximately 30 accounts, totalling approximately USD4 billion,
Ogier in the BVI has acted with Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, London office and Ewing & Jones, Houston office to advise Petroserv Marine on its USD1.7bn loan facilities with Nordea Bank Finland.
The Ogier transaction team was led by Managing Associate Christopher Newton with Partner Ray Wearmouth.
Ogier has seen a notable increase in the number of British Virgin Islands companies being used in shipping structures over the last 12 months. During this period Ogier has advised on several shipping structures with an aggregate financing value of over USD3.5bn.
Macquarie CAF Lending, part of Macquarie’s Corporate and Asset Finance group, has provided a customised unitranche financing solution to support the acquisition of Logibec, Inc by GI Partners.
This transaction demonstrates Macquarie CAF Lending’s ability to structure timely and comprehensive unitranche financing solutions for the financial sponsor community.
Bill Eckmann, a Managing Director of Macquarie CAF Lending, says: “We are excited to work with GI Partners and be their financing partner. Logibec's market leading position, long-standing customer relationships, and recurring revenue model provide a foundation for continued growth."
Howard Park, Managing Director at GI Partners, adds: "Macquarie CAF Lending created
A subsidiary of USD54 billion global infrastructure fund Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) is to sell Montreal Gateway Terminals to a consortium led by Fiera Axium Infrastructure.
The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The MSIP subsidiary, MGT Holdings S.a.r.l (MGT Holdings), acquired an 80 per cent interest in Montreal Gateway Terminals in February 2007 in an exclusively negotiated transaction and secured 100 percent ownership in December 2013. Montreal Gateway Terminals is the largest operator at the Port of Montreal and the second-largest container facility in Canada. The Port of Montreal is the third-largest container port servicing the
MOD Pizza, a fast casual artisan pizza restaurant operator, has closed a USD40 million funding round led by PWP Growth Equity, a private equity fund managed by Perella Weinberg Partners.
This brings the total equity raised by MOD to more than USD70 million.
“MOD has always focused on building for the long-term, and this infusion of capital will allow us to invest significantly in strengthening our business as we accelerate the opening of company-owned stores across the country,” says Scott Svenson, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MOD. “The PWP Growth Equity team brings an enormous amount of value to
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