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NewStar to acquire Fifth Street’s mid-market CLO management business

NewStar Financial has agreed to acquire Fifth Street CLO Management (FSCM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth Street Holdings, for approximately USD16 million, net of USD13 million of assumed indebtedness and will be subject to adjustment up or down based on certain working capital items as of the closing of the

AT&T to invest up to USD200m in VC fund

AT&T has committed to investing up to USD200 million in a venture capital fund as part of its ongoing effort to develop solutions to the toughest technology challenges. AT&T will work with Coral’s Communications Industry Platform (CIP) team to identify and invest in start-up companies focused on connected services and

Blackstone to acquire International Market Centers

Funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities are to acquire International Market Centers (IMC), an owner and operator of premier showroom space for the furnishings, home decor and gift industries, from Bain Capital Private Equity, and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Fireside Investments is also

ItalMatch Chemicals acquires Magpie Polymers

ItalMatch Chemicals, a Global Specialty Chemical Group, with leadership in the production and marketing of performance additives for lubricants, industrial water & process treatment, oil & gas, and plastics, has acquired the French company Magpie Polymers, a startup that has developed an advanced and patented technology for selective filtration to

KKR completes sale of Capsugel to Lonza and distributes proceeds to employees

KKR has sold Capsugel to Lonza for USD5.5 billion. As part of the sale, approximately USD35 million of proceeds were distributed to non-management level employees of the company, including all colleagues from the company’s thirteen manufacturing facilities around the world. All Capsugel employees globally participated in the distribution of proceeds

LDC-backed Fishawack acquires US-based Carling Group

LDC-backed Fishawack Group of Companies, a specialist provider of scientific communications services to global pharmaceutical companies, has acquired the US-based Carling Group of Companies. The transaction value has not been disclosed. The Group includes Carling Communications, a full-service healthcare marketing and communications agency, and MCME Global, the specialist provider of

Jim Wiant, MidOcean

MidOcean Credit Partners closes 7th CLO valued at USD600m

MidOcean Credit Partners, an affiliate of MidOcean Partners, a premier New York-based alternative asset manager, has closed a USD600 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO), MidOcean Credit CLO VII. The transaction was led by Goldman Sachs & Co.   The CLO will be backed by a portfolio of primarily senior-secured leveraged

AxiomSL secures strategic investment from TCV

AxiomSL, a provider of risk data management and regulatory reporting technology for the financial services industry, has secured a strategic investment from growth equity firm TCV. This investment represents AxiomSL’s first institutional financing, having bootstrapped to scale since its founding in 1991. TCV’s investment will enable the company to accelerate

HIG Capital sells Comverge

Private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Comverge through the sale of its parent company, Peak Holding Corp, to Itron in a cash transaction valued at approximately USD100 million. Comverge is a leading provider of demand response, energy efficiency, customer engagement and distributed generation solutions

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