Investments solutions provider Octopus Investments has announced the appointment of Purvi Sapre as an investment manager in the group’s private equity team.

New York-based private equity firm CCMP Capital Advisors has announced the closing, with total commitments of USD3.4bn, of its second fund, CCMP Capital Investors II, which focuses on buyo

Isis Equity Partners has announced the sale of specialist secure messaging firm Boldon James to defence and security company QinetiQ Group for GBP20m.

Kuwait-based Global Investment House has announced that its Global Buyout Fund has concluded its first investment in Al Jazeera Steel Products, a company listed on the securities market in

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has sealed the acquisition of vision care specialist Bausch & Lomb for USD4.5bn, including about USD830m of debt, with the company’s shareholders rec

Despite fears that the current climate of tightening credit markets will impact heavily on UK businesses, and especially corporate transaction pipelines, two-thirds of companies with an an

Latin American private equity firm GP Investments has announced the closing of its new private equity fund, GP Capital Partners IV, with USD1.3bn of committed capital.

Mid Europa Partners, which claims to be the largest private equity firm focused on buyouts in central Europe, has announced the successful closing of its third fund, Mid Europa Fund III la

Energy Investors Funds, a private equity fund manager that invests in the US energy and electric power sector, has agreed to acquire Landfill Energy Systems and certain of its affiliates t

RJD Partners, a UK mid-market private equity firm, has hired James Smallridge as an investment manager and Jill Williams as investment executive.