Financials
Advent- and Bain-backed Worldpay prepares for £6bn IPO
Payment services provider reportedly hires bookrunners and coordinators
Partech et al. invest €10m in Kantox
Investors had already backed the business in February 2014
Vision Capital’s Nordax seeks Stockholm listing
Citigroup to run book for IPO of Nordic consumer bank
IK to sell Vistra to Baring Asia
Sale follows series of bolt-on acquisitions in recent years
AnaCap wholly acquires FM Bank
Deal reportedly sees GP invest €200m in Polish bank
PE-backed Santander AM and Pioneer Investments to merge
Merger values asset management groups at €2.6bn and €2.75bn, respectively
Phenomen leads $16m round for Smava
Peer-to-peer lending platform to invest in credit-scoring technology
Astorg set to exit Gras Savoye
Deal expected to complete by end of 2015
Valar Ventures leads €10m series-A in Number26
Earlybird invested in company in June 2014 alongside Redalpine
Octopus leads €10m round for CurrencyFair
Irish currency exchange platform to expand range of currencies traded
Rothschild backs ACE Group
Company plans to double number of existing offices
Pollen Street's Shawbrook prices IPO
UK bank reaches £725m market cap in IPO
Synova backs Defaqto SBO
Foresight and FF&P reap proceeds of £27.6m
Banca Sistema prepares for IPO
RBS Special Opportunities-backed bank expanded geographically in 2014
Inflexion makes 80% IRR on Sanne IPO
Listing values fund administration services provider at £232m
Index leads £5.2m round for Octopus-backed Property Partner
Property crowdfunding platform to expand portfolio's geographical footprint
Four PE bidders in €2bn race for ICBPI
Lone Star and Apax no longer bidding for Italian banking services provider
CVC partially exits Skrill to Optimal Payments in €1.1bn deal
Online payments companies to merge and apply for FTSE 250 inclusion
Kreos Capital injects €5m into Spotcap
Credit platform raised €13m in October last year
Ventech et al. invest €8m in Unilend
Funding round comes 16 months after inception
AnaCap's Aldermore lists with £650m market cap
Flotation follows averted attempt in Q4 last year
Palatine buys Towergate IFA arm for £14m
Towergate investment was written off by Advent in February
Route 66 backs simplesurance’s series-B
$8m series-B sees insurance provider raise $11.5m in total
Bencis buys Boval
Management team take minority stake in deal