New York-based private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners has led an investment round in Clear2Pay, a financial services technology company that delivers global solutions for secure and timely electronic payments. The investment, which also includes funds from current Clear2Pay investors, will provide the company with EUR50m to fund its next

Polar Capital has reported a recovery in its assets under management, which increased by 27 per cent from USD1.5bn at 30 March 2009 to USD1.9bn at 30 September 2009. The company says equity markets have recovered over the past six months, which has benefited its long only funds and enhanced

Maven Capital Partners, as joint manager of the Capital for Enterprise Fund, has made a GBP2m investment in Pentagon Chemicals, a UK-based chemical manufacturer. The GBP75m fund is a government backed initiative launched earlier this year to help small and medium size enterprises in the UK gain access to the

Mid Europa Partners has commenced a tender offer to purchase the outstanding ordinary shares of Invitel Holdings, par value EUR0.01 per share, and any and all of the American depositary shares, each representing one Invitel share, which it does not currently own at a purchase price of USD4.50 per share.

Agro-Ecological Investment Management, a private equity and real estate asset management company, will launch its first fund, the Agro-Ecological Farmland Investment Fund 1, in the first quarter of 2010. The fund will invest in farmland in New Zealand, acquiring conventionally-managed farms and converting them to organic production. It will focus

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has acquired a 40 per cent stake in Medical Park Sağlık Hizmetleri, Turkey’s second largest healthcare services company.  The founding shareholders, the Sancak and Usta groups, will remain as significant investors in Medical Park. Carlyle’s all-equity investment will be used primarily to finance

Institutional investors remain committed to private equity investing, but seek greater portfolio transparency and higher quality reporting from managers amid growing liquidity and performance concerns, according to a survey by SEI. In a report on the survey’s findings, SEI asserts that private equity managers who standardise and institutionalise transparency practices

European private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners is to acquire Banco Popolare Ceská Republika, the Czech subsidiary of Italy’s Banco Popolare, subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals. Banco Popolare Ceská Republika, which incorporates a seven branch network, is a fully licensed Czech bank that serves corporate and retail customers.