Huayuankou Economic Zone and Arc China have signed an agreement to form the Liaoning Huayuankou Investment Fund, which will be established through a joint investment totalling RMB1bn (approximately USD146m). This is the first private equity fund in Dalian in partnership with the local government, and the primary focus will
Ronald Paterson, partner at international law firm Eversheds. comments on concern expressed by AIMA this week over the AIFM Directive. The potential consequences of getting this directive wrong, range from the unthinkable – a trade war with the US – to the merely disastrous, such as a
The UK support services sector has witnessed an unrelenting volume of M&A transactions since the end of 2008 despite limited activity in most other sectors, according to research by Close Brothers Corporate Finance. Since October 2008, at the start of the international banking crisis, the UK support services sector has
Southridge, an investment firm providing capital to publicly listed companies, has closed a private equity agreement via an affiliated fund for up to USD20m in equity financing for Covenant Group of China. "Southridge is very pleased to provide equity capital financing for this market leader in seeking investment opportunities with
Castle Harlan, a New York private equity investment firm, has completed the acquisition of Pretium Packaging, a manufacturer of custom-designed specialty plastic containers for the food, pharmaceutical, personal care and household markets. In conjunction with the closing of the transaction, Pretium has acquired PVC Container, the parent of Novapak, which
Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund, has acquired Casual Living USA from its family owners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Monomoy will consolidate business operations of Casual Living into its Boston Apparel Group platform, a catalogue and internet retailer of women’s value-priced apparel and accessories
Germany1 Acquisition, the holding company of AEG Power Solutions, plans to migrate its country of residence from the Isle of Guernsey to Luxembourg and to change its name to 3W Power Holdings. These actions are designed to clarify its status and further promote the development of the business. The company
Actis, an emerging markets private equity firm, has invested USD50m to acquire a substantial minority stake in Integreon, a provider of legal support, research and business services to law firms, financial institutions and corporations. As part of this investment, JM Trivedi, Actis’s head of South Asia, and Gautham Radhakrishnan, a
SEI has been selected by Fred Alger Management to provide operations outsourcing services for the firm’s separately managed account business. The deal is the latest in a series of recent high profile client wins for SEI in the separately managed account industry. Under the agreement, SEI will provide Alger with
Viewfinity, a provider of systems and privilege management via cloud computing, has received USD9m in B-round funding from Giza Venture Capital, JK&B Capital and Longworth Venture Partners. Viewfinity has also expanded its advisory team with the appointment of board members Greg Butterfield and Nilanjana Bhowmik. Butterfield, former chief executive and
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