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Private equity firm Advent International has announced a partnership with the founders of CARE Hospitals (CARE).
Advent will invest USD105 million of equity capital in CARE by acquiring shares from some of the existing investors and injecting additional capital into the business. This will help the business consolidate its position in the healthcare sector and capitalise on the growth opportunities. The business will continue to be run by the founders following Advent’s investment.
CARE is the largest multi-specialty hospital chain in South India, with strength in cardiac care, neurology, nephrology and general medicine. The hospital chain is ranked number
GCP, a provider of blended equity and debt to the UK’s small to medium sized businesses, has announced the appointment of Richard Shaw as investment manager. Richard, who joins from Clearwater Corporate Finance, provides additional transactional resource as GCP begins to deploy its recently raised GBP160m Fund III. This is GCP’s third appointment in six months.
Bill Crossan, managing Partner of GCP says: “Richard joins us at an exciting time for our business and he brings much experience of sourcing and transacting deals. Richard will be a real asset to our business and we are delighted to have him on
Vistra has opened a new office in Mauritius to target the growing opportunities in the region and in particular in the African and Indian markets. Vistra (Mauritius) Limited opened on 02 April, following the granting of a licence to operate as a Mauritius management company by the local regulatory authority.
Vistra believes Mauritius offers an excellent gateway for clients seeking investment structuring solutions for African markets, given the continent’s vast natural resource wealth and rapidly growing economies. At the same time, Vistra believes having a Mauritius base will offer significant opportunities to target inbound and outbound investments in the Indian
The total number of mergers, acquisitions, flotations, rights issues and placements announced during Q1 2012 fell by 19.8 per cent, according to figures released by Experian.
The number of deals announced fell to 944 in Q1 2012, down from 1,177 in Q1 2011. However, Scotland and the South West were the only regions to see deal volumes increase, up by 14.9 per cent and 14.1 per cent respectively.
The value of UK deals during Q1 saw a significant increase of 62.8 per cent compared to Q1 2011, led mainly by one transaction – the Glencore International Plc acquisition of Xstrata
Carey Olsen has advised Kreos Capital on the establishment of a new expert fund and an investment management company in Jersey. Regulatory consents and approvals were obtained in 2011 with initial drawdown of investor commitments expected early in 2012.
The fund, Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited, has EUR120 million of committed capital from its initial closing and Kreos Capital has set up a regulated fund for the first time in Jersey. Kreos’s previous funds have been private placements.
Kreos Capital is a long-established growth debt provider for high-growth companies across Europe, with an emphasis on the UK, the Nordics,
Halyard Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, has formed Digital Fortress, a new data centre colocation platform, along with two initial acquisitions of digital.forest, Inc. and Fortress Colocation Services.
Headquartered in Seattle, Digital Fortress capitalises on the underserved market of regional small to medium sized enterprises seeking to enhance their overall IT infrastructure capabilities through outsourcing with colocation service providers. The company is also well-positioned to meet the growing demand among national corporations for data centres that have access to abundant low-cost electricity with a high concentration of renewable energy.
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All eyes will be on former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont (pictured) and Economics Editor and Broadcaster Stephanie Flanders as they debate the future of the financial markets at the Guernsey Funds Forum 2012.
The event, titled ‘Shaken not stirred’, will be held at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London on Wednesday 2 May. It will comprise three sessions, culminating in a keynote debate featuring Lord Lamont and Stephanie Flanders where the audience will have the opportunity to cross-examine the pair in a ‘Question Time’ format. The debate and the preceding panel sessions will all be moderated
RiverRock European Capital Partners LLP has held the second institutional close for its European Opportunities Fund (EOF). The close is built upon new major UK and continental European institutional investors.
The European Opportunities Fund is a five year fund targeting direct lending to strong, small to mid-sized European companies that are looking for growth or working capital in order to build their businesses. The fund typically invests between five and fifteen million Euros in each company and works actively with the management to strengthen and grow these companies.
The second close brings the fund to approximately EUR120 million (USD160 million)
Epi-V LLP, the specialist upstream oil and gas services investment fund, has appointed Grahame Cook (pictured) as chairman.
Cook is a chartered accountant by training and has over 20 years’ experience in global investment banking, including senior management roles at Barclays de Zoete Wedd and UBS. During this time he worked extensively with private equity clients and was responsible for a large number of M&A transactions, capital raisings and market listings. At UBS he established a range of industry groups including one in oil and gas.
As chairman, he will join Epi-V’s board bringing with him his private
KBC has closed the previously announced transaction with affiliates of JC Flowers & Co for the sale of its subsidiary Fidea, having received the necessary regulatory approvals.
The acquisition of Fidea represents an important investment in the Belgian market by JC Flowers & Co.
Fidea is a well-established player on the Belgian insurance market and a well-known brand. The company offers both life and non-life insurance products to private customers, the self-employed and companies. It sells its policies through independent insurance brokers and – within a bancassurance co-operation agreement – through Centea’s and Crédit Agricole’s network of bank agents.
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