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JPEL completes USD91.9m Arch-Cru all-share transaction

JP Morgan Private Equity Limited has completed a USD91.9 million (GBP56.5 million) all stock acquisition of Arch Cru’s ex-portfolio of 38 mid market buyout co-investments from the SPL Funds. Purchase price represented a 4.7% discount. The SPL Funds will receive 65% of the Purchase Price through the issue of 44,727,053 new

HIG Europe makes strategic investment in CTI Groupe

HIG Europe has acquired a significant equity stake in CTI, in conjunction with the merger between CTI and Maten. With turnover of nearly EUR135 million, the new group is now the leading independent industrial boiler maker in France specialised in the energy sector. CTI specialises in the construction and maintenance

Peter Thomson and Thomvest make strategic investments in Lending Club

Peter J Thomson (pictured) has become a cornerstone investor in the Conservative Consumer Credit Fund.   LC Advisors, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lending Club, serves as the General Partner of the Fund, which invests in the two highest grades of 36-month consumer loans originated through the Lending Club platform.  In

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Albion Ventures makes first wind investment

Albion Ventures has invested GBP1.5million in partnership with Welsh based developer, Infinite Energy, to fund the development of a single 500kWp Wind Turbine on a brownfield site near Ebbw Vale in Wales. The investment will create a special purpose vehicle (SPV) which will be owned by Albion Ventures’ funds and

Fabian Degen, fund manager for dividend strategies, DWS Investments

Low interest rate environment offers big opportunity for dividend investors

Despite recent market conditions, the current investment environment makes dividend investing attractive for several reasons, says Fabian Degen, fund manager for dividend strategies, DWS Investments… A relatively high dividend yield compared to bond yields which could attract further capital from bond markets to equity markets. US companies are sitting on

AXA Private Equity provides support to KRDS’ growth

AXA Private Equity has acquired a 20% equity stake in leading Facebook marketing agency, KRDS. Through its Innovation & Growth funds, AXA Private Equity’s investment will enable KRDS to reinforce its leading position in the French social networking market, hire new talent and grow internationally. KRDS, founded in 2008 by

Goldman Sachs leads recapitalisation of Argentum portfolio company AFS

AFS Technologies, Inc.(AFS), a portfolio company of Argentum Capital Partners II, LP (Argentum), Garvin Hill Capital Fund LLC (Garvin), Ticonderoga SBIC, LP, and other institutional shareholders, have completed an equity financing led by Goldman Sachs & Co.   AFS is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the food

Beringea invests in PolyTherics

Beringea, manager of the ProVen VCTs, has invested GBP750,000 into PolyTherics Limited, a solution provider to biopharmaceutical companies, for the improvement of protein and peptide based drugs, alongside existing investors Imperial Innovation and The Capital Fund.   The total round was GBP2.15 million. The funds will be used to apply

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AARM releases new capital calls functionality for PE investors

Alternative Asset Risk Management (AARM) Corporation has released extended functionality to support investors in private equity with their cash management needs.   The Capital Call Trends feature will enable investors to understand the distribution of potential draw down rates for a private equity fund and forecast capital calls to effectively

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