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Equistone Partners Europe has made its third exit of the year with the sale of OneOcean, a supplier of voyage compliance, safety and environmental solutions, to Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global provider of maritime professional services.
The deals follows the sale of FirstPort, a residential property services company, and Team ITG, a technology-led, multichannel marketing activation business.
OneOcean solutions are currently used by more than 16,000 vessels to support and optimise compliance, safety and environment, increasing transparency and simplifying complex regulations and tasks to enable teams to work more transparently for efficiency and enhanced decision making.
OneOcean was created
ECI Partners, a growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, has invested in BCN Group, one of the largest and fastest-growing independent Managed Service Providers in the north of England.
The investment represents a full realisation for Beech Tree Private Equity who invested in BCN Group in 2018.
BCN Group is a Microsoft Direct Tier 1 CSP and Gold Partner with bases in Manchester, Leeds, Runcorn and Bradford. It supports over 1,000 clients to deliver and manage business-critical technology solutions to over 30,000 users, with a customer retention rate of 98% and an industry-leading client satisfaction score of 89%.
BCN
Dunas Capital, an independent real estate and asset management platform, has completed the first closing of its impact fund called Dunas Absolute Impact FCR with almost €10 million in capital commitments, which represents 20% of the fund’s target size, as it expects to reach €50 million.
In addition, they plan to hold a second closing during the fourth quarter of 2022.
This new fund has an investor base made up of institutional clients, including mainly insurance companies and mutual benefit societies. In addition, the Dunas Group itself has also decided to invest in the fund, reaffirming its commitment with the
Financial news and information provider Euromoney Institutional investor has received a £1.6 billion buyout proposal from private equity firms Astorg and Epiris, according to a report by The Financial Times.
The FTSE 250-listed financial publisher is said to be in talks about a “possible cash offer” of £14.61 per share – the PE duo’s fifth offer to take the company private. The previous four offers are reported to have ranged in value from £11.75 to £13.50 per share.
Euromoney is reported to have said in a statement on Monday that “there can be no certainty that an offer will be
All Seas Capital Fund I (All Seas Capital), a pan-European private capital fund that provides flexible long-term financing solutions to mid-cap companies, has made a growth investment in SoMeD Santé (SoMeD), a private medical centre group in France.
SoMeD provides a multidisciplinary service, including GP, radiography and dental services, from its nine sites across France. Expert clinicians benefit from best in class medical equipment and centralised administrative infrastructure.
The investment from All Seas Capital will enable SoMeD’s ambitious management team, led by Yehoram Houri and Benedicte Gautreau, to accelerate its expansion strategy. The Company plans to quadruple the number
Miss Group, an international web hosting business backed by private equity investor Perwyn, has completed its fourth acquisition this year to date – Swedish VPN provider PrivateVPN.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Sweden, the company provides VPN services to over 75,000 customers globally. In the 12 months to March 2022, PrivateVPN reported revenues of SEK29m.
PrivateVPN is the fastest growing private VPN product worldwide, enabling customers to easily connect to high security servers to provide encrypted and safe communication. It also protects its customers’ IP from third party companies.
PrivateVPN founder Martin Müller will leave the business post
Investcorp-Tages has held the second close of its Impact Fund with a total allocation of €60 million.
Through the fund Investcorp-Tages will invest in financially sustainable and social impact-generating companies that aim to expand their business into new European markets or new product lines.
The fund’s strategy has been designed to identify investment opportunities where the social and environmental impact is significant and measurable, with a particular focus on small and mid-cap European companies operating in the health, education, and job creation sectors.
To ensure maximum independence in the assessment and measurement of impact, Investcorp-Tages has collaborated with
Greenfield Partners has held tetheh final close of its second fund, Greenfield Partners Fund II, with $200 millionin capital commitments, according to a report by Tech.
The fund will aim to invest in Series B and C funding rounds of 15 startups.
Greenfield Partners, which was established by TPG Growth back in 2016, has now raised over $500 million. The fund’s partners spun out into an independent fund in 2020 with the backing of new institutional investors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged New Jersey-based investment adviser Energy Capital Partners Management LP (ECP) with allocating undisclosed, disproportionate expenses to a private equity fund it advises. ECP agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to settle the SEC charges and has voluntarily paid back more than $3.3 million to the fund.
According to the SEC’s order, ECP led an investment consortium to acquire the stock of a public company in what is referred to as a take-private transaction. In connection with this transaction, which closed in March 2018, ECP agreed that third-party co-investors would not have to
HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) is creating a new unit, the Capital Solutions Group (CSG), to sit within its alternatives business, HSBC Alternatives.
The CSG will raise funds and create bespoke offerings in private and sustainable assets delivering flexible capital solutions for both institutional and wealth clients of HSBC Asset Management.
The CSG will become a new horizontal within HSBC Alternatives, collaborating with the existing investment capabilities of indirect alternatives, private credit, venture capital and real assets, to develop and scale solutions for both issuer and investor clients.
Borja Azpilicueta will lead CSG and move to HSBC AM
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