M&A Deal Summary

Stone Point Capital Acquires Merchant Capital Solutions

On July 1, 2012, private equity firm Stone Point Capital acquired business services company Merchant Capital Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 7th transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 39th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Stone Point Capital’s 11th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-07-01
Target Merchant Capital Solutions
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Stone Point Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Merchant Capital Solutions

New York, New York, United States
Merchant Capital Solutions provides principal and agency-based capital markets services to mid-market and sponsor-backed companies. MCS offers sunderwriting, syndication, and advisory services to middle-market companies across the capital structure, including for loans, bonds, mezzanine debt, private placements of equity, and IPOs. Merchant Capital Solutions is based in New York City.

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Buyer

Stone Point Capital

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 25.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Stone Point Capital is a private equity firm that targets investments in financial services sector. Specific areas of interest include insurance underwriting, outsourcing service providers to financial institutions, specialty lending and other credit opportunities, employee benefits and healthcare, asset management/retirement savings, and banking/depository institutions. Stone Point looks to commit between $5 and $500 million of equity per transaction and will consider control or substantial minority positions. Geographic areas of interest include North America and Europe. Stone Point Capital was formed in 1994 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 49 of 114
Sector (Business Services) 7 of 20
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 26 of 36
State (New York) 11 of 19
Country (United States) 39 of 101
Year (2012) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-16 Securis Investment Partners

London, United Kingdom

Securis Investment Partners is an investment manager of insurance risk-related assets. Securis operates across both Life and Non-Life asset classes and has built a varied product range diversified across non-correlated insurance perils in different geographical areas. Securis Investment Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-10-01 SCS Financial

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

SCS Financial is an ultra-high-net-worth advisor and hedge fund-of-fund manager with more than $9 billion in assets under management. SCS serves families, family offices, and institutional investors through a conflict-free, open-architecture business model. SCS Financial was founded in 2002 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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