Private equity group MerchantBridge has launched an Iraq equity fund, the Mesopotamia Equity Fund. The fund is an open ended fund that will capitalise on the expected long term growth of the Iraqi Stock Exchange. The market capitalisation of the exchange, which reopened in 2004, has doubled to USD3bn in

Silverfleet Capital, the European private equity firm that specialises in buy and build investments, has made a 3x money return and an IRR of 27 per cent from the EUR417m sale of France’s jewellery chain Histoire d’Or, to Bridgepoint Capital. Silverfleet Capital invested in Histoire d’Or in 2006, in a tertiary

HarbourVest Global Private Equity’s estimated economic net asset value was USD762.1m or USD9.18 per share as at 30 September 2010.  This represents a 3.1 per cent increase from the 31 August 2010 estimated economic NAV per share of USD8.90. The increase in economic NAV per share resulted from positive foreign

NB Private Equity Partners, a closed-end private equity fund of funds investment company, has reached agreements in principle to sell its interest in eight large-cap buyout fund investments for an aggregate 5.1 per cent discount to its carrying value of USD108.6m. NB Private Equity Partners, a closed-end private equity fund

HBR Labs, a web-based collaboration services provider, has raised USD2m in funding from private equity investors. HBR Labs, a web-based collaboration services provider, has raised USD2m in funding from private equity investors. HBR Labs, a web-based collaboration services provider, has raised USD2m in funding from private equity investors. The capital

Century Focused Fund II, a private equity fund sponsored and managed by Century Capital Management, has completed an investment in Torrent Technologies. Torrent plans to use the additional capital to support its growth and to recapitalise early investors in the company. Torrent is a technology leveraged business services company that

INgrooves, a provider of digital distribution, marketing and promotion services to the audio, video and publishing communities, has received growth capital investment from Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II, a private equity fund focused on media, entertainment and communications investing.  Financial terms were not disclosed. This capital injection will allow INgrooves

American HomePatient has completed a public-to-private transaction and filed documents with the SEC to deregister its common stock, resulting in the company becoming 100 per cent owned by a fund managed by Highland Capital Management.  This transaction is the culmination of a series of transactions, including (i) a self-tender of

Standard Life Investments believes that the corporate sector will remain the strongest part of the world economy in the years ahead. Company managers in an effort to maintain this strength will alter their behaviour by deploying more of their accrued cash towards growth rather than dividend distribution policies.     In