Private equity firm Intel Capital is making some changes to its managerial structure as a result of increasing business opportunities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Intel Capital EMEA is being split into two geographies with managing directors for each. Marcos Battisti (pictured) and his team will look after Western

Private equity firm Riverside has acquired Mansell Group, a provider of web-based email technology-enabled marketing. Mansell’s products allow companies to create, send and track marketing materials. It also provides SMS mobile marketing, broadcast voice messaging, database management, customer intelligence and online lead generation services. Mansell is the first investment funded

Tullett Prebon, an inter-dealer broker, has launched a primary placement business for alternatives to raise capital for hedge funds, private equity and other alternative investment funds. Tullett Prebon’s alternative investment desk began over a year ago to place secondary interests in alternative funds on behalf of institutional investors. The team

Swedbank Ieguldîjumu Pârvaldes Sabiedrîba, SEB Venture Capital and LHV Varahaldus have joined as investors to the BaltCap Latvia managed venture capital fund.  In total the BaltCap fund has attracted seven private sector institutional investors. The other four are Parex Asset Management, Hipo Fondi, LKB Krâjfondi and Pirmais Slçgtais Pensiju Fonds.

Normandy Real Estate Partners and Five Mile Capital Partners have executed a lease for Bain Capital to relocate its Boston offices to the John Hancock Tower. Bain Capital, a private investment firm, has signed a 15 year lease spanning at least seven contiguous floors of Boston’s tallest office tower. It

Corporate finance adviser, Close Brothers Corporate Finance, has been renamed DC Advisory Partners.    The change in the company name follows the sale of Close Brothers Corporate Finance to Daiwa Capital Markets in July 2009.  DC Advisory Partners remains an independent advisory business, with the capacity to draw on the

VTB Capital has closed a minority stake acquisition in EPAM Systems, a global software engineering and IT consulting provider with delivery centers throughout Central and Eastern Europe and headquarters in the USA, which was established in 1993. Over 90% of the company’s staff are based in Russia and Belorussia. EPAM

Emerging markets asset manager Ashmore has launched the Ashmore PTC India Energy Infrastructure Fund, a joint venture with PTC India Limited, one of India’s leading energy sector institutions. The fund will provide equity financing to power projects across all energy related sectors in India, including generation, transmission, distribution, fuel extraction

The Irish office of international law firm Maples and Calder has advised Belfast-based software company Aepona Group on its USD10 million funding round led by BlackBerry Partners Fund. Existing Aepona investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Polaris Ventures, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures also participated in the round. "We

Prudent Asset Management has launched a private equity shipping fund, the First Maritime Fund, which will invest in the small- to medium-size sector of the dry bulk shipping market. Prudent was advised by Carne Global Financial Services on establishing the optimal structure for the fund.   The fund’s investment focus