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NB Private Equity Partners NAV down 0.9 per cent

NB Private Equity Partners, a closed-end private equity fund of funds investment company, had an unaudited net asset value per share of USD9.43 as of 30 June 2010. This represents a decrease of 0.9 per cent compared to the unaudited net asset value per share of USD9.52 at 31 May

Grant Thornton aids Chapter 11 exit for Flying J

Flying J, one of the largest retail distributors of diesel fuel in North America, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the aid of Grant Thornton, which served as the financial adviser to the official committee of unsecured creditors, and Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, which served as counsel

Amplio’s Envirogen Technologies secures USD50m financing

The Amplio Group’s investment company Envirogen Technologies, a water technology and services solutions provider, has secured USD50m equity financing. Envirogen’s financing has been secured from a provider of alternative investment solutions for a pipeline of design, build and operate environmental treatment projects. The financing will be deployed on a project-by-project

US private equity fund-raising falls as focus turns to smaller funds

US private equity fund-raising fell to USD45.1 billion during the first half of 2010, down 26% from USD61.2 billion raised during the same period last year, according to Dow Jones LP Source, an industry database that tracks private equity fund-raising. The number of funds raising capital was static, with 198

Carlyle buys six central London properties for GBP671m

Global private equity firm the Carlyle Group has exchanged contracts on the acquisition of six central London properties, which were formerly part of the portfolio securing the White Tower 2006‐3 plc CMBS. The properties, which comprise the Thames Portfolio and Alban Gate (pictured) and were acquired for a total of

Sean Geraghty, Partner, Dechert  LLP

Comment: UK Stewardship Code for Institutional Investors

The Financial Reporting Council (the FRC) published the first UK Stewardship Code (the Code) for institutional investors on 2 July 2010. Sean Geraghty, Partner with Dechert LLP’s Corporate and Securities Group, outlines the purpose and implications of the Code. In 2009, following Sir David Walker’s recommendation and a request from the

Sun Bancorp to receive USD100m equity investment

Sun Bancorp has signed definitive investment agreements with private equity funds affiliated with WL Ross, the bank’s founding Brown family shareholders and others to invest USD100m in shares of the company’s common stock. The shares to be purchased by WL Ross will represent 24.9 per cent of the company’s outstanding

Water Street’s HealthPlan acquires GEMGroup

Water Street Healthcare Partners’ portfolio company HealthPlan, a provider of outsourcing solutions to insurers in the individual, small business and union trust markets, has acquired GEMGroup. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, GEMGroup specialises in accounting, pension and 401(k) administration software and services to self-funded and Taft-Hartley employee benefit plans for unionised workers.

Beanstalk Management secures GBP3m for nanotechnology company

Beanstalk Management, a corporate finance adviser specialising in the small and mid market, has concluded a private equity investment on behalf of Mantis Deposition. Beanstalk Management has completed the GBP3m investment with independent private equity specialists NVM Private Equity. Founded in 2003, Mantis Deposition designs and manufactures high quality deposition

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