Affiliates of Symphony Technology Group have entered into a definitive agreement with MSC Software to acquire all of the company’s outstanding shares in a one-step all-cash merger trans

Private equity firm Pfingsten Partners has acquired Hy-Bon Engineering, a Texas-based manufacturer of vapor recovery units which capture greenhouse gases generated in oil production and

US venture capital firm Burrill has invested in Taiwan Liposome, a Taiwan-based pharmaceutical company with operations in Taipei and South San Francisco.

Snow Phipps Group, a New York-based private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of ITSolutions, along with co-founder and chief executive Stefan Lalos, from The Edgewater Funds a

Wynnchurch Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has invested in climate control product provider Centrum Equities.

China has established ten industrial investment funds and most of them have met difficulty in fundraising.

Ludgate Environmental Fund, the Aim-listed investment company focused on the cleantech sector, has committed a GBP1.0m working capital facility to Rapid Action Packaging.

Viamet Pharmaceuticals has secured USD18m in a series B financing to accelerate the development of its metalloenzyme inhibitors and to advance its Metallophile Technology platform.

The European Commission’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers draft directive requires ‘major surgery’, according to Paul Myners, the UK Financial Services Secretary to the Treasury.