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Resilience Benchmark software is launched

Resilience Capital Partners, an Ohio-based private equity firm, has publicly released its online Resilience Benchmark software. The benchmarking process identifies the best practices in industry niches in relation to a company’s products and processes, both within an industry and outside it, with the object of using this as a guide

US private equity fundraising plummets 68 per cent in 2009

The US private equity industry saw 331 funds raise USD95.8bn in 2009, down 68.1 per cent from the USD299.9bn raised by 508 funds in 2008, according to figures from Dow Jones LP Source. With the lone exception of secondary funds, every sector experienced sharp slowdowns. This is the first year

Independent firms will shape 2010 asset management M&A

M&A in the global asset management industry in 2009 was dominated by mega-deals, with a record nine transactions announced involving firms with more than USD100bn in assets under management. Yet several deals in the fourth quarter signal a new phase driven by a greater number of transactions primarily involving independent

Protect America sold to group led by Rockbridge Growth Equity

Imperial Capital has closed of the sale of Protect America, a provider of self-installed monitored alarm systems, to an investor group led by Rockbridge Growth Equity. Imperial Capital acted as exclusive financial adviser to Protect America and helped arrange the senior financing. Rockbridge Growth Equity was lead equity sponsor along

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Nabarro & Hinge opens office in Luxembourg

Nabarro & Hinge has opened an office in Luxembourg after entering into partnership with Alexandrine Armstrong-Cerfontaine. The firm has also bolstered its Paris team with the arrival of Benjamin Dahan. Jonathan Nabarro, a lawyer in private equity and structured finance in France, went into partnership with Jennifer Hinge to establish

Norton Rose advises ENI on sale of aircraft fuelling companies

International legal practice Norton Rose Studio Legale has advised ENI Rete Oil & Nonoil in connection with the sale by ENI, Esso Italiana and Kuwait Petroleum Italia of the entire share capital of two aviation fuelling service companies. HUB and PAR are being sold to Skytanking, a subsidiary of independent

Liquent acquired by Marlin Equity Partners

Liquent, a provider of software and service solutions for the regulatory business processes of life sciences companies, has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners from Thomson Reuters. Based in Los Angeles, Marlin is a private investment firm with over USD1b of capital under management. Liquent is the provider of the

Pfingsten Partners acquires Motus3

Private equity firm Pfingsten Partners has acquired Motus3, a Kansas-based designer and manufacturer of food processing equipment. Motus3 products are sold under the brand names Marlen and Carruthers, and are used for pumping, portioning, filling, dicing, grinding, slicing, reducing, chilling and cooking food. Pfingsten plans to create a diversified food

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Edhec-Risk re-brands risk and asset management research centre

Edhec-Risk Institute, a centre for asset and risk management research, is changing the official name for the holding entity governing its entire range of activities to Edhec-Risk Institute. Formerly called the Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, Edhec-Risk Institute was set up in 2001 to conduct academic research and

Riverside sells ATI to BC Partners

Global private equity firm Riverside has sold ATI, a provider of post-secondary professional training at campuses in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas and online, to BC Partners. Under Riverside’s ownership, ATI has expanded its campuses from eight to 23, added an online division, and grown the number of

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