Cognetas LLP, an independent mid-market European private equity firm, has agreed to sell KSM Castings Group (KSM) to China’s CITIC Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co, Ltd (CITIC Dicastal), one of the world’s largest suppliers of cast aluminum wheels for the automotive industry. In 2005, Cognetas led the management buy-out of KSM

Private Equity firms invested about USD2,916 million across 112 deals in India during the quarter ended June 2011, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A transaction activity in the country. The amount invested during the quarter was over 45% more

PGL, the privately-owned financial services development capital group, has signed a definitive agreement to dispose of its majority stake in Origin Asset Management, LLP, (Origin) to Principal Global Investors, LLC, a leading global asset manager and a member of the Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG). Total consideration, including proceeds to other

Better Capital Limited’s BECAP Fund LP (the fund) has entered into an agreement to acquire the UK and Irish business of Spicers, a pan-European supplier of stationery and office products, which is currently a subsidiary of DS Smith Plc, from Unipapel SA. The agreement is conditional upon the proposed disposal

Infogroup, the leading provider of targeted high-value sales and marketing data, market intelligence and innovative digital engagement solutions, has sold its global market research firm, ORC International, to Lake Capital Management, a Chicago-based private equity firm. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “During the past year we

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co, has advised the Philadelphia Gear Corporation on its sale to strategic buyer Timken Gears & Services Inc, a subsidiary of The Timken Company (Timken; NYSE:TKR). The transaction, valued at approximately USD200 million, closed on 1 July, 2011.    Harris Williams & Co acted

Cordiant Capital Inc (Cordiant), the Montreal based fund manager that specialises in loans to private borrowers in emerging markets, has committed a USD10 million loan to the Jordan-India Fertiliser Company (JIFCO). The loan will finance the construction of a new USD186 million plant in Jordan, using phosphate rocks from local

An affiliate of HIG Capital, LLC, has partnered with the owners and management of Hart InterCivic – a leading provider of election voting systems, election management products and services – to make a strategic investment in the company. The investment positions the company for continued growth in its state, county

International law firm Eversheds has advised leading private equity firm LDC and other selling shareholders on the sale of portfolio company Ascend Worldwide Group Holdings to Reed Business Information (RBI), the business information division of Reed Elsevier. Ascend, a provider of data analytics and advisory services to investors in the