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, 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 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 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
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, 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
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
An affiliate of HIG Europe (HIG) has acquired a controlling stake in Santa Lucia Pharma Apps (SLPA), an Italian provider of advanced services to hospitals. SLPA offers integrated turn-key solutions to hospitals for the traceability and management of unit dose drugs and medical devices. SLPA solutions, which include proprietary software,
Exiting shareholders Golden Partner and its affiliates have subscribed to an additional CHF3.5 million shares in energy storage solutions specialist Leclanché. At the same time key shareholders Bruellan and Trialford have converted their respective CHF1 million and CHF0.5 million convertible notes into equity. Leclanché says it is now working
OMERS Private Equity is to acquire a minority stake in National Veterinary Associates (NVA). The transaction is in partnership with NVA’s leadership team and funds affiliated with Ares Management (NYSE:ARES), which will continue as the majority equityholder of NVA. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is
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