Financials
21 Partners invests in EGB
Firm acquires 58.8% stake in listed business
Altor sells Lindorff to Nordic Capital in €2.3bn deal
Altor and co-owner Investor AB will retain a minority stake in Lindorff
Keyhaven buys Darag from Augur
Keyhaven increases initial €60m investment from April 2013
Balderton injects £3.8m into Crowdcube
Crowdcube will raise further £1.2m through its own crowdfunding platform
Index et al. inject $65m into Funding Circle
Latest round raises total amount to $123m
Blackstone acquires Lombard for €399m
Increased vendor loan note could bring amount owed by Blackstone to €449m
Advent exits Ultimo to B2Holding
GP acquired debt management company in 2006 SBO
Index et al. invest $10m in Osper
Funding round announced with public launch of company
Balderton et al. invest $32m in Nutmeg
Firm invested alongside several private backers
Carlyle closes second financial services fund on $1bn
Vehicle initially targeted $2bn
Greylock leads £18m investment in Ebury
Ebury specialises in cross-border financial services
Warburg picks up 50% of Santander custody business
Warburg previously acquired 50% of Santader's asset management business
Earlybird et al. invest €2m in Number26
Investors joined by several financial services experts
AnaCap backs AssurOne buyout
French insurance market expected to move increasingly online
Index injects €7.5m into SavingGlobal
Index closed its fourth fund just a few days ago
Index Ventures et al. inject $25m into TransferWise
Company will use funding for marketing purposes
Target Partners commits to Finanzchef24’s series-B
€2m series-A completed in January 2013
Saga starts trading on LSE
Shares up by modest 1% on first day of trading
Nordic buys Euroline from SEB for €243m
Nordic invests via Fund VIII
Apax exits Travelex
Company will retain existing capital structure post-transaction
PE-backed Saga raises £550m in IPO
PE backers grant overallotment option
Kensington attracts buyout bidders
Sale comes as UK property market continues to over-heat
AnaCap acquires LSE-listed Brightside
Deal values firm's shares at 25 pence each
Saga announces expected price range of LSE flotation
Offer price to range between 185-245 pence