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IK Investment Partners’ IK 2007 Fund is to sell EPiServer to Accel – KKR (AKKR), a technology-focused private equity firm specialising in software and IT-enabled businesses.
The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial terms of the transaction.
EPiServer, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a global software provider for innovative digital marketing and e-commerce solutions. As demand to improve experiences for connected consumers grows, EPiServer has successfully traversed industry challenges by offering the first combined e-commerce/web content management platform that blends the marketing and sales process. Today, the EPiServer platform empowers over 5,500 customers globally to deliver the best
SEI has expanded the regulatory compliance component of its global operating platform to meet Annex IV transparency reporting requirements under the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
SEI’s Investment Manager Services division is a global supplier of customised operating infrastructure and services to investment organisations, representing more than $13 trillion (USD) in assets under management.
The new reporting requirements apply to all asset managers who manage and/or market alternative funds (other than UCITS) within the EU, including private equity and hedge funds. For managers who registered with regulators by 22 July 2014, their initial Annex IV reports must be
The Standard Life European Private Equity Trust’s (SLEPET) net asset value per ordinary share (NAV) rose by 5.8% to 257.4p during the year ended 30 September 2014. The NAV total return to shareholders was 7.7%.
The Company’s portfolio, including net realised gains and income, generated a return of 9.7% during the year. This was after taking account of unrealised foreign exchange losses of 6.3%.
The closing mid-market price of the Company’s ordinary shares on 30 September 2014 was 230.0p, a rise of 16.2% over the year and a discount of 10.6% to NAV.
Recommended final dividend of 5.0p
Business Growth Fund (BGF), the independent company established to help Britain’s growing businesses, has invested GBP7.5m growth capital in J&B Recycling.
This is the first Teesside investment from BGF, which has a regional investment team based in Leeds. It follows an GBP8m investment previously made into Durham-based community pubs estate, Wear Inns.
Operating from two recycling facilities in Hartlepool and a waste transfer station in Middlesbrough, J&B Recycling provides waste collection, recovery and recycling services to both public and private sector organisations throughout the North East. Customers include local authorities, housing authorities, commercial, industrial and also other waste companies
Nexthink, a provider of End-user IT Analytics, has secured USD14.5 million in a Series D round of funding, led by Auriga Partners with participation from new investor and entrepreneur Gilles Queru and existing investors VI Partners and Mannai Corporation.
Nexthink has raised USD29 million to date and plans to use the new funding to scale internationally, while further investing in the development of End-user IT Analytics solutions for mobility and cloud.
Founded in 2004, following a research project in artificial intelligence at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland, Nexthink has pioneered a new category of IT
RFA (Richard Fleishman & Associates) has appointed George Ralph as Managing Director of RFA UK. The firm has also announced it's intention to open two new data centres in January.
They will help the firm to provide its full portfolio of services to the UK and European asset management community, including RFA Cloud, disaster recovery, and outsourced IT, design, and implementation services. The expansion of the UK office represents RFA's continued progress from an industry pioneer to a leading global firm.
Prior to joining RFA, George founded and grew three separate technology companies (one of which provided advice and service improvement
Carne Group has made two hires in its Irish office to support the increasing demand for its AIFMD management company services, including its independent ‘mancos’ in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Channel Islands.
Neil Clifford joins Carne from Irish Life Investment Managers where he was Head of Alternatives and oversaw an external hedge funds portfolio. He has also supervised ILIM’s illiquid investments in private equity and infrastructure, including acting as an independent director on a number of investee companies. Neil is a former equity fund manager and a qualified risk management professional.
Martin Anderson also joins Carne, having previously held
Buy-and-build credit and information services business, CSH, has acquired P:Cubed, a South African marketing service provider, for just under ZAR350 million (USD30 million).
These businesses have taken this step in order to support an enhanced and more efficient credit and marketing services platform offering for their clients.
CSH, the holding company for Compuscan, ScoreSharp and Compuscan Academy is pleased to welcome P:Cubed into the Group. The acquisition is the first development of its kind by the Group since Actis, a leading emerging markets private equity firm, bought into CSH by becoming a shareholder in June 2014.
The Group
New investment platform Three Hills Capital Partners has made an investment in nylon fibre producer shortly after closing a EUR100 million debut fund at the hard cap.
This latest preferred equity investment of EUR22 million has been made into Aquafil, the market leading European producer of nylon fibres for textile flooring and apparel, enabling the CEO Giulio Bonazzi to buy out the existing minority shareholders. This is a third investment for Three Hills Capital which has already committed approximately EUR30 million to burger chain Byron (October 2013) and Italian software company Dedalus (December 2013). Finanziaria Trentina, an Italian private equity
Palatine Private Equity has backed Character World, a UK-based licensed bedding specialist, in a GBP36m secondary management buyout.
The Cheadle-based company, which employs 74 UK staff and eight in China, is led by brothers Mark and Danny Schweiger. The deal sees an exit for RJD Partners who funded a management buyout with the Schweigers in 2008.
Founded in 1998, Character World works with some of the world’s leading character, gaming and music entertainment companies, providing licensed bedding and associated homeware products for a wide range of children’s age groups from preschool up to students. It acquires the UK product
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