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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) activity in India in 2014 hit a three year high, according to Grant Thornton UK’s India Watch.
M&A contributing close to USD38 billion from 573 deals, and PE contributing USD12bn from 604 deals, activity up 23% in deal value and 34% in deal volume compared with 2013.
A clear mandate from India's new government provided further momentum which sustained through the year leading to 1,177 deals, the highest ever in a decade, worth over USD50 billion.
Domestic deals largely rode on the consolidation bandwagon with Sun Pharma acquiring Ranbaxy, Kotak
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser on the sale of Clarion Events Limited to Providence Equity Partners.
Clarion was owned by Veronis Suhler Stevenson and Trilantic Capital Partners, who acquired the company in 2008 and have supported its transformational growth through organic investment and bolt-on acquisitions.
Clarion is one of the world’s leading event organisers. The company employs over 500 staff and operates events in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, North America and the Asia Pacific region. Clarion’s events address sectors including Energy, Defence & Security, Gaming, Trade, Consumer, Telecoms, Payments and Life Sciences.
AIM Software, a provider of data management software products to the financial services industry, has received a majority investment from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).
AIM Software’s existing management team, led by founder and CEO Martin Buchberger, will continue to operate the business and will maintain a significant ownership stake in the Company.
In connection with this transaction, WCAS is also investing primary capital in the business which will be used to further accelerate the Company’s geographic expansion as well as organic and inorganic growth initiatives.
Martin Buchberger, Chief Executive Officer of AIM Software, says: “Over
Monroe Capital has increased the credit facility to MSDP Group to support the acquisition of ACCEL Performance Group. MSDP is a portfolio company of Hot Rod Brands, an affiliate of Z Capital Partners.
Based in El Paso, Texas, MSDP operates in the street enthusiast, professional racer and powersports markets, where they maintain industry-leading market share positions across all of their product categories under the MSD, Racepak, Superchips and Edge brands. ACCEL is a prominent performance aftermarket parts manufacturer with brands including ACCEL, Mr Gasket, Mallory Ignition, Lakewood, QuickTime and Hays brands.
The acquisition of ACCEL brings together two industry leaders
Livingstone’s Consumer sector team has sold Extreme Cool Ltd which owns and operates Chill Factore, a 167,000 sq ft ski slope and activity centre in Manchester, to a joint venture between Development Securities plc and Pemberstone Investments for GBP15.5m.
This is Livingstone’s fifth travel/leisure sector deal in the last 12 months.
Opened in November 2007, the venue incorporates the longest indoor real ski slope in the UK – at 180m – as well as a climbing wall and 16 retail and restaurant units. The venue currently attracts between 1.2 million and 1.4 million visitors per year.
Martin Leppard, Chairman at
Excelsior Capital Partners has assumed a majority ownership interest in Via Seating, a manufacturer of cutting-edge and ergonomically designed office chairs and lounge seating, through a balance sheet restructuring.
The transaction enables Via to continue growing through new and innovative product lines.
Based in Reno, Nevada, Via offers an extensive family of chairs to fit its customers’ unique needs for design, form and function, while maintaining an industry-leading quick-ship program that guarantees a 48-hour turnaround. The company’s products are highly customisable and include executive chairs, task chairs, conference room chairs, stackable chairs, and modular lounge seating that can be configured
Independent corporate, fund, private client and real estate services provider, JTC, has appointed Martin Fotheringham as new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Fotheringham, who will be based in JTC’s Jersey offices has held positions in private equity-backed businesses during his career.
He spent eight years at Moody International, the majority of which were as CFO, where he partnered with the CEO to lead the growth of the business through a combination of organic and inorganic growth, including seven acquisitions. Fotheringham has also held several senior financial roles at Danwood, Bureau Veritas, PwC, The Thompson Corporation and Deloitte.
Nigel Le Quesne,
Inverness Graham, a private investment firm based in suburban Philadelphia, has acquired dentity Finder, a specialist in enterprise data management software focused on discovering, classifying, monitoring, and protecting sensitive information.
The company helps organisations avoid costly data breaches by finding and protecting confidential data such as personal information, medical records, credit card accounts, and intellectual property stored across the enterprise, within e-mail, and the cloud. Inverness Graham was supported by data security industry veteran, Ramon Peypoch, who has joined the company's board.
"The combination of the explosion of data and the growing number of data breaches over the past
Private equity house Maven Capital Partners has led the GBP4.5 million Management Buy-In of CB Technology Limited (CB), an established contract electronics manufacturer with a focus on complex manufacturing and testing for deployment in harsh environments.
Maven has assembled a strong buy-in team for CB led by John Cameron, formerly at GE & UTC Technologies and who most recently served as Commercial Director at Finnish-based Marioff, where he headed-up a team of over 200 people with annual revenues in excess of EUR100 million. Graham Scott, previously CFO of Memex, a SAS Group company, has also joined the business as FD.
Company culture is the most important factor cited in avoiding regulatory problems, according to Kinetic Partners’ survey of almost 300 financial services professionals.
More than half (53%) of financial services senior executives said culture was the most important factor to get right in order to avoid regulatory problems. Ensuring governance is a priority amongst board members – selected by 30% of c-suite respondents – was the second-most cited.
According to Kinetic Partners’ 2015 Global Regulatory Outlook (GRO) report, fewer than one in ten (9%) of senior managers polled put their faith in risk monitoring and compliance as the key
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