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Private equity firm TA Associates has agreed to acquire CMOSIS, a pure-play supplier of high performance standard and custom CMOS image sensors.
The transaction is conditional on regulatory clearance and is expected to be completed by early 2014. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
CMOSIS is a major player in the industrial, scientific and professional markets for image sensors, covering applications such as machine vision, high-end digital photography, digital cinema, aerospace and scientific, medical and biometrics. CMOSIS employs over 60 people and is based in Antwerp, Belgium.
With financial backing and support from Capital-E Arkiv, CMOSIS
Black Swan Energy has completed a USD150m increase in the equity capital commitments from its existing shareholders which include Warburg Pincus, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and KERN Partners.
This brings the total capital commitment from its shareholders to USD501m, with the new capital being used to fully fund the appraisal and early development of its current properties.
Black Swan is focused on its growing base of liquids-rich production in the Montney play in British Columbia and the Duvernay play in Alberta. The additional capital will support further drilling in both plays.
Mid-market European private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has agreed the sale of its majority stake in Cambridge Education Group (CEG) to Bridgepoint.
The sale will generate a return on investment for Palamon of 14.6 times, with a capital gain of GBP141m and an IRR of 58 per cent.
Cambridge Education Group provides pre-university education to students from over 95 countries via its global recruiting network. It forms part of the rapidly growing UK education export industry, which is estimated to be worth GBP17.5bn p.a. and one of the ten largest export segments in the country.
Palamon originally sourced its investment in
Segulah IV LP is to acquire Øglænd Industrier AS, a developer, manufacturer and seller of multidiscipline support solutions, cable trays and cable ladders world-wide to the oil & gas, infrastructure, ship building, wind power, water treatment and clean room industries.
These solutions deliver added value through reduced installation time, maximised volume use, weight reductions, enhanced life-time integrity and improved safety performance.
The company, with headquarters in Stavanger in Norway, is diversified in all regions of the globe, generating 60 per cent of sales outside Norway. Øglænd Industrier has 13 subsidiaries with manufacturing facilities in Norway, Malaysia and China and
Mid-market private equity provider LDC has completed the sale of its stake in Kee Safety, a global safety business, in a GBP90m deal with Dunedin.
LDC took a significant stake in Kee Safety in February 2011.
Headquartered in Meriden, near Birmingham, Kee Safety is a provider of safety systems and solutions. Its specialist product portfolio includes a wide range of personal and collective fall protection solutions, specifically designed to separate people working at height or on the ground from hazards. The business operates through a number of brands including KeeGuard, Kee Walk, Kee Access and Kee Klamp.
Since
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a GBP16m integrated debt facility to support the growth strategy of the London-based garment designer and manufacturer Carmel Clothing.
As part of the financing arrangement, Investec has provided Carmel with revolving and amortising loan facilities, delivering working capital funding and support for future investment.
The Kentish Town-based designer and manufacturer has offices in China and Vietnam employing more than 100 staff and generating revenues of GBP30m. Carmel supplies high-profile UK and European high street stores and supermarkets such as Next and Arcadia Group, offering catwalk inspired commercial designs through early development and
Private equity firm Indigo Partners has, through an affiliate, completed the acquisition of Frontier Airlines from Republic Airways Holdings.
Final terms of the transaction, which was first announced on 1 October 2013, are not being disclosed.
Indigo Partners and its principals, led by managing partner William Franke, have considerable experience in airline-related investments.
“Today is an exciting day for Frontier Airlines and Indigo Partners, as we can now embark on a new chapter in Frontier’s history of providing safe, reliable and fairly priced air service,” says Franke. “As air travel costs have moved higher, demand has grown for
Boutique alternative investment specialist Hatteras Funds has launched a daily liquid alternative to private equity, the Hatteras PE Intelligence Fund (HPEIX).
The Hatteras PE Intelligence Fund is a daily liquid alternative to private equity.
The fund is designed to provide access to returns that are similar to those that may be achieved through a global, broad-based investment in private equity buyout funds on a committed capital basis. It is a turnkey solution for potential return enhancement based on proprietary buyout deal intelligence.
Through an exclusive relationship, the fund benefits from daily deal intelligence provided by Preqin, an alternative
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (DeAWM) has made two senior private equity hires to support the growth of its alternatives business in the Americas and worldwide.
Joshua Glaser has joined as a director and global head of private equity for the global client group. Based in New York, he reports to Pascal Botteron, global head of alternative investments for the global client group.
Brian Chiappinelli has joined as a director and North American product specialist for private equity. Chiappinelli is based in Boston and reports to Glaser.
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, global head of private equity for Deutsche Asset &
The Allstate Corporation has launched its first emerging manager programme to invest with smaller private equity and private real estate equity asset managers, with a focus on minority- and women-owned firms.
"We believe Allstate is leading the insurance industry in establishing this emerging manager investment programme," says Edgar Alvarado (pictured), Allstate's group head of real estate equity. "We see this programme as our farm team – a way to identify the next generation of investment stars, break down the high barriers to entry for these talented managers, and have Allstate be a catalyst in the success of emerging managers. Just
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