Mergers / Acquisitions

Fifth Street Finance Closes HFG Deal, Names Chapa CEO

Fifth Street Finance announced it has successfully closed its portfolio company acquisition of Healthcare Finance Group. Fifth Street also announced the appointment of Dan Chapa as new CEO of HFG. read more

Deloitte Corporate Finance Acquires McColl Partners

Deloitte Corporate Finance announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of McColl Partners, a boutique advisory firm founded in 2001 by Hugh McColl, former NationsBank and Bank of America CEO. read more

Aircastle to Sell Common Shares to Marubeni

Aircastle said it has entered into a definitive agreement with Marubeni providing for the issuance of approximately 15.25% of the company's common shares for gross proceeds of approximately $209 million. read more

AIG Gets ILFC Sale Deposit from Chinese Consortium

In a regulatory filing, AIG said its escrow agent has advised that it received the deposit amount as defined in its share purchase agreement from the Chinese consortium buying ILFC. read more

Umpqua Bank to Acquire Financial Pacific

Umpqua Holdings and Umpqua Bank have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Financial Pacific Holding for $158 million in cash. Financial Pacific Leasing will become a subsidiary of Umpqua Bank. read more

Chinese Group Misses Payment in ILFC Sale Deal

Reuters reported that AIG said in a regulatory filing that it has not received a scheduled deposit payment in relation to its sale of ILFC to a Chinese consortium. read more

CSI Leasing Canada Acquires TopFlight Asset Services

CSI Leasing Canada subsidiary CSI Electronic Processing Center has expanded its operations by purchasing TopFlight Asset Services in Calgary, Alberta. read more

Fifth Street Finance to Acquire Healthcare Finance Group

Fifth Street Finance said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Healthcare Finance Group as a portfolio company. read more

Piper Jaffray Acquires Public Finance Firm

Investment bank Piper Jaffray said it has entered into an agreement to purchase public finance firm Seattle-Northwest Securities in a transaction valued at $21 million. read more

S&P Expects Merger Activity to Pick Up in the Americas

The pace of M&A activity in the Americas is expected to pick up this year, according to two reports published by Standard & Poor's. read more

BancVue Acquires BancLeasing

BancVue, a provider of consulting services to community financial institutions, said it has acquired BancLeasing, a provider of equipment leasing programs. read more

National Leasing Acquires MapelLease Financial

National Leasing Group announced its acquisition of MapelLease Financial Services, an equipment leasing broker with a focus on the agricultural equipment market. read more

FleetCor Acquires GE Capital’s Australia Fuel Card Business

FleetCor Technologies, a provider of fuel cards and workforce payment programs to businesses, said it has acquired certain fuel card assets from GE Capital Australia’s Custom Fleet leasing business. read more

WSJ: Sale of Dell Financial Could Be Worth $5 Billion

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Blackstone Group’s expression of interest in Dell involves partly financing any deal by selling Dell’s financial services unit, in a deal that could be valued at about $5 billion. read more

Fed Approves FirstMerit Acquisition of Citizens Republic

The Fed issued an order approving the acquisition of Citizens Republic Bancorp by FirstMerit. As a result of the acquisition, FirstMerit will become the 55th largest bank in the U.S. with $24 billion in total assets. read more

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