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Key Principal Partners invests USD15m in Ice River Springs

Key Principal Partners, a USD1bn private investment firm, has invested USD15m in Ice River Springs Water to support a capital expenditure programme and facility expansion that will allow the company to produce recycled PET resin. The recycled PET pellets will be made entirely from post-consumer materials, which Ice River will

Carlyle makes investment in Grupo Qualicorp

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group will acquire a controlling stake in Grupo Qualicorp, a provider of brokerage, consultancy services and management of private health insurance plans in Brazil. As part of the transaction, minority shareholder General Atlantic will sell 100 per cent of its shares in Qualicorp to Carlyle

Institutional investors turning to green private equity and venture capital

Green private equity is on the agenda of virtually all institutional investors, with more than 90 per cent wanting exposure to the sector, according to a new survey. The level of interest and commitment varies markedly across institutional investors, with most taking a cautious but positive step into the green

Castle Harlan sells Ames True Temper for USD542m to Griffon

Castle Harlan Partners IV has agreed to sell Ames True Temper, a North American manufacturer and marketer of non-powered lawn and garden tools and accessories, to Griffon for USD542m. Griffon is a diversified management and holding company based in New York. Its businesses include Telephonics, which produces information, communication and

Sue Fossey, managing director of Dominion Corporate Group

Dominion Corporate Group opens Luxembourg office

Dominion Corporate Group, a provider of management and administration services to corporations and institutional clients, has opened its Luxembourg office. The extension of Dominion’s operating platform provides clients with a service that meets demand for onshore, offshore and combined structures.  Dominion Corporate Group provides a full range of corporate services

GCP Infrastructure Investments raises GBP40m

GCP Infrastructure Investments has raised GBP40m at a price of GBP1.00 per ordinary share through the placing, the offer for subscription and the arrangements for switching.  The company has applied for admission of 40,000,000 ordinary shares to trading on the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s

Investec sees fourfold increase in vendor-backed MBOs in 12 months

Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance, part of Investec Specialist Private Bank, says that during the last 12 months it has seen a fourfold increase in the number of vendors looking to support management buyouts of their own companies. They are mainly achieving this through the use of loan notes and/or

Money stack

US venture investment nears pre-recession levels

Venture investors put USD7.7bn to work in 744 deals for US-based companies during the second quarter of 2010, according to statistics from Dow Jones VentureSource. This is the highest quarterly total for capital invested since USD8.4bn was put into 699 deals during the third quarter of 2008. "Fueled by investors’

Appleby advises Chevalier Pacific on sale of Pacific Coffee stake

Offshore firm Appleby has acted as British Virgin Islands counsel for Chevalier Pacific in its sale of 80 per cent of Pacific Coffee for HKD326.64m to China Resources. Both Chevalier Pacific and China Resources are listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Appleby team was led

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