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A private equity sponsor group led by JH Partners and the Highland Consumer Fund, is acquiring a majority interest in J McLaughlin. The existing management team, which includes co-founders and brothers Jay McLaughlin and Kevin McLaughlin, as well as Steven Siegler, CEO, will continue in its current role and will retain a minority interest in the business moving forward.
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, clothing retailer J McLaughlin, which only sells its own designs, currently has 52 stores in 18 states across the Eastern half of the United States.
"We are delighted to make this investment in J McLaughlin. Its
Baird Capital Partners (BCP), the US-based buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, has acquired Digi-Star Holdings, Inc, an international manufacturer of agriculture scales and weighing equipment.
Senior financing for the transaction is being provided by The PrivateBank and US Bank National Association with Fifth Street Finance Corp providing the mezzanine. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Digi-Star is headquartered in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with an additional facility in Panningen, The Netherlands. The company’s customised weighing systems and software are incorporated into mobile farm equipment to provide precise control over input costs, monitor resource utilisation, enhance yield management
Private equity investors are taking a growing interest in entering China, but competition for the most promising target companies is increasing too, according to a joint study by Deutsche Börse and CMS Hasche Sigle to be presented today as part of the German Equity Forum in Frankfurt.
“The private equity and venture capital industries are the driving engines for the private sector in China. Every year, USD 50 billion of new capital are raised, USD 25 billion are invested and there are about 200 venture-backed IPOs per year in China,” says Gavin Ni, CEO of Zero2IPO, a leading platform for
BeavEx Incorporated has secured a growth equity investment from Eos Partners and its affiliates, a New York based private investment partnership with approximately USD1.6 billion of capital under management. The equity investment will enable BeavEx to significantly accelerate its business expansion activities. The company’s management team will continue to own a significant portion of the company.
This investment will be used to provide funding for BeavEx growth initiatives ranging from acquisitions to organic growth opportunities with existing and new customers.
"Since its inception, BeavEx has become a leader in the local same-day, mission critical transportation services industry. Our success as
Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has advised Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc (CPI), a portfolio company of The Riverside Company (Riverside), on its sale to Brockway Moran and Partners. CPI is a training organisation specialising in the safe management of crisis situations and disruptive behaviour.
The transaction closed on 18 November, 2011. Harris Williams & Co acted as the exclusive advisor to CPI. The transaction was led by Ned Valentine, Derek Lewis, John Arendale and Karl Kirkeby from the firm’s Richmond office.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, CPI is the global leader and pioneer in providing crisis prevention, nonviolent
Odyssey Investment Partners has acquired TNT Crane and Rigging from MML Capital Partners.
TNT is the leading mobile crane rental company serving the Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma region. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with eight additional branches in the region, TNT provides crane rental and rigging services primarily to the refinery, petrochemical, power, commercial and oil & gas end markets. The Company owns one of the largest and most diverse mobile crane fleets in the region, with cranes ranging in size from 15-tons to 800-tons. In addition, the Company offers full-service rigging
Glocap Search LLC and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst have released the 2012 Edition of the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst-Glocap Compensation Study, a probing compendium of 2011/12 compensation at US-based private equity funds.
The study shows complete salary and bonus data across all titles and fund sizes for private equity, venture capital, and fund of funds firms (including data on carried interest) from 2008 to 2011-12.
Robert Dunn, Product Director of Dow Jones Private Markets, says: "We believe we have produced the most comprehensive, accurate, and timely look at private equity compensation the marketplace has seen."
According to the
The UK has retained its position as the most competitive location for private equity firms, according to new research1 by Investec Fund Finance (Investec). Despite the UK’s sluggish economy and recent tax changes, it remains ahead of Switzerland and the US in terms of having the most attractive infrastructure, regulatory environment and tax regime for private equity firms to be based.
Investec’s research among senior private equity professionals currently based in the UK reveals that potential tax increases on capital gains and carried interest pose the greatest threats to the UK’s continued attractiveness as a base for private equity firms. This
Quad Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the education industry, has announced the closing of the firm’s fourth investment fund, Quad Partners IV LP (Quad IV). Quad IV closed at its hard cap of USD200 million with commitments from leading institutional limited partners.
Quad Partners was founded in 2000 to make value-added private investments in the education industry. Today, Quad is one of the most active investors in privately-owned education companies in the United States.
"We appreciate the continued support of our investors and the tireless efforts of our portfolio company management teams. Our strategy is to invest
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency enforcement action to stop a fraudulent scheme targeting investors seeking coveted stock in Internet and technology companies like Facebook and Groupon in advance of a public offering.
The SEC alleges that Florida resident John A Mattera and several other individuals carried out the scam using a newly-minted hedge fund named The Praetorian Global Fund. They falsely claimed that the fund and affiliated Praetorian entities owned shares worth tens of millions of dollars in privately-held companies that were expected to soon hold an initial public offering (IPO) including Facebook, Groupon, and others.
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