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Mon, 06/09/2010 - 15:22

Malta is gaining momentum. »

Strongly placed for funds targeting European investors

Mon, 06/09/2010 - 15:19

Talk about the elephant in the room. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive surely has the largest ears and the longest trunk of the species. »

Axa Private Equity invests in JIT Solaire

Mon, 06/09/2010 - 11:10

Axa Private Equity has made an investment in JIT Solaire, a specialist player in photovoltaic energy. »

Actis invests USD58m in Brazilian supermarket chain operator

Mon, 06/09/2010 - 05:18

Actis, the emerging markets private equity firm, has invested USD58m in Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuicao, the operator of Brazilian supermarket chains Sao Francisco and Cidade Cancao. »

Nigel Strachan, head of business development, Kleinwort Benson Jersey

Jersey funds head sees opportunities for mezzanine rebound

Mon, 06/09/2010 - 05:00

Nigel Strachan (pictured), head of business development at Kleinwort Benson’s corporate services business in Jersey and the new chairman of the Jersey Funds Association, sees new opportunities for mezzanine finance to pick up the slack where leverage from traditional sources is thin on the ground. »

Atlas agrees to buy AGI businesses from MeadWestvaco

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 15:36

Atlas Holdings has signed a definitive agreement with MeadWestvaco to purchase its network of media and entertainment packaging businesses, subject to certain closing conditions. »

Bart Bergstein, managing partner at Forbion

Forbion Capital Partners raises EUR190m for new investments

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 14:22

Forbion Capital Partners, an investment firm dedicated to the life science sector, has held the final closings of FCF I Co-Invest Fund and FCF II, raising a total of more than EUR190m (USD240m). »

Daniel L. Black, partner at The Wicks Group

The Wicks Group acquires Antenna Audio

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 13:24

An affiliate of The Wicks Group, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Antenna Audio from Discovery Communications. »

Lombard sells stake in auto parts business realising 3x gain

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 11:07

Lombard Investments has sold a major portion of its stake in Somboon Advance Technology, a Thailand-based original equipment manufacturing supplier of auto parts. »

David H. Wasserman, partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to invest in Univar

Sun, 05/09/2010 - 09:44

Private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CVC Capital Partners have signed a definitive agreement for CD&R to acquire a 42.5 per cent ownership interest in Univar, a distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals. »

Richard Garrod, co-chairman, Guernsey Film

Independent film funds an investment of the future, say Guernsey experts

Fri, 03/09/2010 - 06:00

As traditional Hollywood studios struggle to assemble funding – MGM has been forced to postpone the 23rd film of the James Bond franchise because of debt problems – more and more financiers are looking to the independent film fund model for reliable returns, according to Guernsey-based tax expert Ben Tustin. »

Brookfield appoints client relations manager for private funds group

Fri, 03/09/2010 - 05:41

Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Chris Harris as client relations manager for the private funds group. »

CallMiner raises USD4m from Sigma, Intersouth and Inflexion

Fri, 03/09/2010 - 04:58

CallMiner, a provider of enterprise speech analytics, has closed USD4m in series C financing from Sigma Partners, Intersouth Partners, Inflexion Partners and an undisclosed partner. »

Crescent Financial Partners acquires stake in IT Trading’s software

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 15:05

Crescent Financial Partners has purchased a minority stake in IT Trading’s proprietary quantitative trading software for USD3.2m. »

John DelPonti joins Navigant’s valuation and financial risk management practice

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 11:04

John DelPonti has joined the valuation and financial risk management practice of Navigant Capital Advisors, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigant Consulting, as a managing director in the Washington, DC office. »

John Televantos, a partner at Arsenal Capital

Arsenal’s Novolyte Technologies creates joint venture with Foosung

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 10:04

Arsenal Capital Partners' portfolio company Novolyte Technologies, a manufacturer and supplier of specialty electrolyte materials for lithium ion battery and energy storage applications, has created a joint venture with Foosung, a producer of specialty lithium salts for lithium batteries. »

Jeff Greenberg, chief executive of Aquiline

Aquiline leads USD225m investment in CRT Capital Group

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 09:32

Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, has made a USD225m investment in CRT Capital Group, an independent institutional broker-dealer based in Stamford, Connecticut. »

Private equity emerges from the economic crisis, says Towers Watson

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 05:29

Market conditions are now providing opportunities for private equity managers and their investors in selective areas of the market, according to research produced by professional services company Towers Watson. »

Galtere launches agribusiness private equity strategy

Thu, 02/09/2010 - 05:01

Galtere, a US registered investment manager, has launched an agribusiness private equity strategy that aims to take advantage of a fundamental shift in global market dynamics and a growing worldwide demand for commodities from institutional investors. »

Phil Carpenter, a senior managing director at Irving Place Capital

Irving Place Capital to acquire Alpha Packaging

Wed, 01/09/2010 - 15:02

Irving Place Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Alpha Packaging, a blow molder of plastic bottles and jars for the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and personal care markets. »