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Private investment firm SK Capital Partners has closed SK Capital Partners IV with total limited partner commitments at its hard cap of USD1 billion.
The fundraising process was completed in five months with a single closing. Fund IV’s limited partners include endowments, foundations, insurance companies, state and corporate pension plans, fund of funds and large family offices.
SK Capital is comprised of an integrated, multi-disciplinary team that utilises its industry, operating and investment experience to actively engage with management teams to transform businesses into higher performing companies. SK Capital’s entire team is committed to Fund IV, and the firm
Law firm Noerr has advised private equity investor Zurmont Madison on the sale of the firms majority holding in RÖDER Zeltsysteme und Service AG to RAG-Stiftung.
With RÖDER, RAG-Stiftung is acquiring one of the world’s largest providers of mobile room solutions. The company based in Bündigen, Hesse, which has over 500 employees, achieved turnover of approximately EUR80 million in 2013. Zurmont Madison acquired the majority in 2007 and financed targeted further growth of the company. RÖDER will continue under the existing management after the acquisition.
Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Private equity firm DPI has acquired a strategic minority stake HomeChoice International (HomeChoice), a leading omni-channel home shopping retailer in southern Africa, from the the company’s majority shareholder.
Founded in 1985, by Rick Garratt, HomeChoice has operations in South Africa and five other countries, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, with total EBITDA of R450 million as of December 2013 and a customer base of more than one million people. HomeChoice is a home shopping retailer selling homeware merchandise and financial services products to the rapidly expanding urban middle-income mass market in southern Africa.
Since 2009 HomeChoice has grown
Private investment firm Centerbridge Partners, is to acquire IPC Systems from Silver Lake Partners for approximately USD1.2 billion in total deal value.
From its unified communications and software platform to its leading voice and data extranet and award-winning trading positions, IPC offers services and solutions focused on improving the speed, productivity, collaboration, and efficiency of the entire trade lifecycle. The partnership with Centerbridge further enables the Company to deliver these valued services to its customers and to capitalise on its growth opportunities. IPC continues to accelerate its market leading position, fuelled by the increased adoption of its integrated trading communications
Ecrebo, the Personalised Customer Engagement platform, has secured a GBP4 million funding round from venture capital investors Octopus Investments.
Ecrebo’s innovative technology extends the functionality of existing retail point of sale (POS) systems to give bricks and mortar retailers the tools to engage with their in-store customers on a personal level. Until now, the tools available to bricks and mortar retailers have lagged many years behind those available to online retailers. Ecrebo unlocks the potential of in-store customer engagement, giving 100% customer reach and bridging the in-store and online worlds seamlessly. Ecrebo already has significant high street traction and works
Euronext has launched Euronext Expert Market, an electronically traded secondary market offering a transparent and secure platform for the sale of non-listed securities by weekly auction.
Based in Belgium, the Euronext Expert Market is classed as a Multilateral Trading Facility and is the first market of its kind to be set up by a European exchange. The Euronext Expert Market replaces the former floor-traded Belgian Public Auctions Market (Marché des Ventes Publiques/Markt van de Openbare Veilingen), migrating from the current open outcry format to electronic trading.
The new electronic format aims at facilitating the trading of securities that are not
Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management are to acquire Presidio Holdings (Presidio) from affiliates of American Securities. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Presidio is a premier IT infrastructure solutions provider for approximately 6,000 clients across the United States. Aided by the expertise of its nearly 1,200 engineers, Presidio assists clients in designing, procuring, implementing and managing IT infrastructures that deliver tangible business value. Presidio provides services across six core technology verticals, including networking, data centres, mobility, security, collaboration, and contact centers and supports these solutions with market leading offerings such as Presidio Managed Networks and Presidio Managed
Workers will not only be worse off when their firm is taken over by private equity through an institutional buyout (IBO), but their company’s performance will fall behind its rivals.
New research has discovered that IBOs – defined as a highly leveraged transaction where one or more institutional investors act together to initiate a buyout deal – result in staff losses and a decrease in overall productivity.
Geoffrey Wood, Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School, says: “Our findings suggest IBOs and their impact on managerial practices do not appear to be an effective mechanism for turning round
Fenox VC is launching a USD200 million fund to invest in Bangladesh's technology, Internet and media sectors.
Creation of the new fund marks the first time a venture capital company from Silicon Valley has launched business operations in Bangladesh.
Fenox was founded in 2011 to invest in the most promising startups in global locations. Fenox supports companies with funding and guidance to help run operations, enter new international markets, and manage eventual exits through acquisitions or IPOs.
"I am honoured to be a part of Fenox VC," says Shameem Ahsan. "This partnership will help to realize the vision
DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a specialist in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
DLA Piper has advised European Capital on the sale of Farrow & Ball, a global leader in high quality paint and wallpaper, to Ares Management for GBP275 million.
European Capital, a subsidiary of American Capital Ltd, is an investment company for pan-European equity, mezzanine and senior debt investments and acquired Farrow & Ball in 2006.
The DLA Piper team was led by private equity partner Tim Wright who worked with partner
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