Vestar Capital Partners has acquired Quest Analytics, a specialist in health plan provider network management software and services. Terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Quest Analytics, based in Appleton, WI, was co-founded in 2003 by David H Hill and John P Weis. Both will remain active in the

Maersk A/S is to sell Maersk Oil to Total for USD 7.45 billion in a combined share and debt transaction. Maersk Oil will become part of a leading global oil and gas operator with a long-term investment interest in the sector. Total will take over Maersk Oil’s entire organisation, portfolio,

DA Davidson & Co has acted as exclusive financial advisor to private equity firm JW Hill Capital (JW Hill) on its purchase of GKN Aerospace Bandy Machining, a subsidiary of GKN Aerospace. The transaction closed on 11 August, 2017 and represents another successful cross-border closing for DA Davidson’s investment banking

Blackstone is to acquire Harvest Fund Advisors (Harvest), an independent investment management firm with over USD10 billion in assets under management. Harvest primarily invests capital raised from institutional investors in separately managed accounts and pooled vehicles, investing in public master limited partnerships (MLPs) holding US midstream energy assets. Terms of

Brand Industrial Services, known as BrandSafway, is to acquire Venko Groep BV, a portfolio company of Mentha Capital. Venko will become a part of the Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (Brand) group. “We are very pleased to announce the agreement with Venko,” says Bill Hayes, President and CEO of BrandSafway.

An affiliate of HIG Capital (HIG), a global private equity investment firm with USD22 billion of equity capital under management, has acquired NCI, a diversified IT and professional services company that provides software development, information assurance, IT system engineering and modernisation and other enterprise IT solutions primarily to the US

Solid Solutions Management has acquired New Technology CADCAM to support its continued growth and enhance its ability to deliver more sophisticated SolidWorks-based CAD solutions.  Having acquired New Technology CADCAM, and following the acquisition of Cadtek Systems Ltd in 2016, Solid Solutions now supports a customer community of more than 12,500

TPG Capital, the global private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, is to acquire Transplace, a provider of transportation management and other third-party logistics services. TPG is partnering with company management to purchase Transplace from Greenbriar Equity Group (Greenbriar). The transaction is expected to close in September and is