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LDC-backed Green Sky Energy acquires DWEC

LDC-backed Green Sky Energy, a UK-based energy management businesses, has boosted its international capabilities by acquiring two businesses from the DWEC Group. DWEC and DWEC Europe operate in the building energy management systems arena, predominantly in the South of England and Channel Islands.  Established in the early 1990s, DWEC serves

Avere closes USD17m funding round led by Tenaya Capital

Avere Systems, a provider of storage solutions for businesses, has received an additional USD17m in funding, bringing total investment in the company to USD32m. Led by Tenaya Capital, the series B funding round also includes original investors Menlo Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. In the past few months, Avere has

Wellington Financial provides USD3.5m debt financing commitment to Pivot

Wellington Financial, a privately-held specialty finance firm, has provided a USD3.5m debt financing commitment to Pivot of New Jersey, a provider of liquidity management and collaboration software to the financial markets.   Pivot’s venture capital investors include Boldcap Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, Epic Ventures, Eze Castle Integration,

Advent International and Bain Capital acquire RBS payments processing unit

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has acted for Advent International and Bain Capital on their acquisition of a 80.01 per cent stake in the global merchant services arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland, with an enterprise value of up to GBP2.025bn. The deal is subject to relevant regulatory approvals and

Wellspring Capital Management acquires Jen-Coat

Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Jen-Coat, a flexible packaging manufacturer in the food, healthcare and industrial segments, from CGW Southeast Partners. Wellspring Capital Management has acquired Jen-Coat, a flexible packaging manufacturer in the food, healthcare and industrial segments, from CGW Southeast Partners. Jen-Coat is the first subsidiary of a new

Eurazeo enters renewed period of exclusivity for sale of B&B Hotels to Carlyle

Investment company Eurazeo entered into an initial one-week period of exclusive negotiations with Carlyle on 31 July for the divestiture of its B&B Hotels chain. With the fulfilment by Carlyle of certain financing conditions, negotiations are continuing under a renewed period of exclusivity. The transaction is expected to be finalised

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Yorkville Advisors completes sixth equity financing in Israel

Yorkville Advisors, the investment manager to YA Global Master SPV, has entered into an equity financing in Israel by closing a USD10m standby equity purchase agreement with Orckit Communications. Orckit is a dual listed Nasdaq and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange company that facilitates telecommunication providers’ delivery of high capacity broadband

Avista sells a portion of its Marcellus Shale acreage for USD326.6m

Private equity firm Avista Capital Partners’ wholly-owned entity ACP II Marcellus has agreed to sell approximately 52,200 net acres of its Marcellus Shale mineral rights in Pennsylvania to a subsidiary of Reliance Industries for USD326.6m in cash. Upon completion of the sale of its Pennsylvania acreage, Avista, through ACPM, will

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Cayman Finance rejects claims that low tax jurisdictions hurt US economy

The financial services industry in the Cayman Islands has rejected claims by a US business group that low or no-tax jurisdictions hurt the US economy because they encourage tax evasion. "The deliberate misrepresentation of lawful tax structuring as illegal tax evasion should be a source of real concern to the

Paul Meader, head of portfolio management at Collins Stewart

Asset management activity growing in Guernsey, say industry members

The move by BlueCrest Capital Management, one of Europe’s largest hedge fund managers, to shift its headquarters from London to Guernsey has encouraged industry members who see signs that asset management activity in the island is set to grow.   They say active wealth management operations have been carried out

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