Latest News
AVT, a specialist in automated retailing systems, customised kiosks and self service stores, has settled trade payables of approximately USD1.1m in exchange for the issuance of shares of its common stock to Ironridge Consumer Co, a division of Ironridge Global IV.
The capital will be used to build company-owned automated retailing systems, which will be rapidly deployed and will create recurring revenue streams for AVT.
One of AVT’s business goals for 2013 was to produce more company-owned systems, and derive ongoing revenues from these systems. While AVT’s core business continues to be the design and manufacturing of self-service
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has sold its 70 per cent stake in Vesta, a commercial kitchen equipment maker in China, to Illinois Tool Works (ITW).
Vesta is the largest designer and maker of Western style, mid-range commercial kitchen equipment in China with its flagship brand, Justa, now one of the most influential equipment brands in China. The sector’s growth is underpinned by the rising trend of dining out in China and a growing appetite for Western-style cuisine.
Actis invested in Vesta in May 2011. It oversaw the recruitment of a new senior executive team, corporate governance
Joe Truelove has been appointed as a director of Carey Group’s fund administration business.
He leaves Kleinwort Benson after 12 years, most recently as head of business development for the fund administration business.
Truelove (pictured) is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a qualified trust and estate practitioner and has degree in French and Hispanic Studies (Latin American) from the University of Aberdeen.
He trained with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC) where he qualified as a chartered accountant while working in the audit and business assurance team.
At Carey Group
Los Angeles-based private equity firm CounterPoint Capital Partners has completed its third acquisition in as many months with the recent addition of The Bradshaw Group into its platform company, Parts Now. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1990, The Bradshaw Group is a distributor of desktop laser and production printer parts and supplies. It is also the only production print distributor with direct IBM/InfoPrint, Océ and HP relationships. Combined with the closings of Sunrise Fishing in April and West Bay Marketing in May, CounterPoint’s June acquisition of The Bradshaw Group marks the firm’s third acquisition in what has proven
Acquisitions are currently high on the agenda in many German M&A departments – companies are showing increasing confidence in the mergers and acquisitions market and relying on their own liquidity to finance transactions.
In contrast, bankers and advisers in the market are working primarily on sales at present. Both groups view market consolidation as an increasingly important deal driver.
Those are the key findings of the survey of the M&A panel II 2013, polled now for the eighth time by CMS Hasche Sigle and FINANCE magazine. The heads of the M&A departments at German companies plus leading investment
Venture capital investor Albion Ventures is in the process of disposing its investment in Opta following the conditional sale of the company to Perform Group for GBP40m.
Opta is a provider of sports data and analysis. Formed in 1996, the company uses proprietary technology to collect and analyse statistical data for a range of sports. Its technology has become a staple for a variety of media and professional organisations allowing for more innovative broadcast coverage and more intelligent professional analysis. Opta services over 300 customers in 40 countries globally.
Perform Group is a digital sports media group. It has
Venture capital firm Greycroft Partners has added a new partner – John Hilton – to the firm’s investment team.
Hilton will be based in the New York office along with managing partner and founder Alan Patricof and partner and co-founder Ian Sigalow.
Dana Settle, co-founder and partner, and recently added partner Mark Terbeek will continue to head up the LA Greycroft office.
Hilton draws on years of experience as a partner with iNovia Capital, where he concentrated on investments in digital media, ecommerce, enterprise software, and financial software sectors, which will continue to be his focus. He
By Olivier Sciales, Chevalier & Sciales – Luxembourg’s financial regulator, the Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (CSSF), has published a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the draft legislation that will implement the European Union’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive into national law and the European Commission’s implementing regulation.
The CSSF has decided to publish the FAQs to provide managers with greater clarity on the impact of the directive, and especially provisions regarding the transitional period of a year up to July 22, 2014, even though Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies has not yet voted the draft legislation into law.
The
Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners is to acquire Zest Anchors from The Jordan Company.
Zest is a designer and manufacturer of LOCATOR branded overdenture abutment solutions used in the treatment of edentulous patients. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Sriram Venkataraman, partner at Avista, says: “The technological differentiation and brand power of Zest’s core LOCATOR portfolio provide a strong foundation for growth. Zest is well positioned to continue delivering valuable innovation to the dental community. Steve Schiess and the Zest team have created a market leading business, and we look forward to working together to drive
Palmer Capital has completed the sale of its Big Orange Self Storage (BOSS) fund portfolio to Asian buyers for USD136m.
One asset has been sold to a local Chinese investor for HKD498,000,000 (USD64.2m).
The BOSS operating business and the four remaining Singapore assets have been sold for SGD90.5m (USD71.2m) to an Asian trade buyer.
The BOSS Fund was launched in 2009 as a joint venture between the Invista International Fund and Oak Hill (the US private equity firm). The fund was the first co-mingled self-storage fund launched in Asia.
The sale sees the conclusion of Palmer
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
