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Water Street sells Medical Specialties Distributors

Water Street Healthcare Partners has sold Massachusetts-based Medical Specialties Distributors (MSD) to New Mountain Capital.  Water Street partnered with MSD’s management team in 2010 to build the company into a leading distributor and solutions provider to the growing alternate-site home infusion therapy market.   MSD has achieved strong double-digit growth

Aurora Capital Group acquires Zywave’s insurance solutions division

LA-based private equity firm Aurora Capital Group has completed the acquisition of the insurance solutions division of Zywave from Vista Equity Partners.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.    "We look forward to partnering with Bill Haack, Dave O'Brien, Joe Gibson and the entire Zywave team," says

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EIG holds final closing of Energy Fund XVI

EIG Global Energy Partners has held the final close of Energy Fund XVI, the firm's most recent flagship investment fund. Fund XVI is the largest fund in EIG's history and includes capital commitments from 150 limited partners from 18 countries.   Institutional investors domiciled outside the US represent more than

Ardian sells majority stake in Competence Call Center to Silverfleet Capital

Ardian has sold its majority stake in Competence Call Center (CCC), a European provider of premium call centre solutions based in Vienna, to Silverfleet Capital. As part of the transaction, CCC’s management is re-investing in the company. The closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant

Metric Capital Partners invests in Augusta Securities

Metric Capital Partners (MCP), the European private capital group, has completed its investment in Augusta Securities, a financial services company focused on the provision of funding for commercial litigation cases in the UK. Augusta is an independent financial services company offering solutions to the small and mid sized litigation funding

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Sidereal Capital Group acquires U∙C Coatings Corporation

Sidereal Capital Group has partnered with Argosy Private Equity to acquire U∙C Coatings Corporation. Headquartered in Buffalo, New York, U∙C Coatings manufactures and distributes wood protection products for the logging, lumber, furniture, and woodworking industries. The company’s flagship Anchorseal branded products are an industry leading line of wax based emulsion

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Wedo completes GBP3m funding round

Wedo, the online furniture retailer, has completed GBP3m of funding, led by MMC Ventures. This follows the company’s initial seed funding in 2012, when Passion Capital and a selection of private equity investors came together to back Wedo and their vision of simple shopping. All previous key investors have reinvested

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JTC Group acquires Anson Group

JTC Group has acquired the fund administration business of the Guernsey-based Anson Group. Anson Fund Managers Limited (AFML) represents over GBP11.5bn in funds under administration and specialises in providing a wide range of support services to companies and funds.   Its clients include trading companies, open ended and closed ended

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Altice issues new notes to finance previously announced acquisitions

Altice Finco SA intends to launch an offering of USD400m in aggregate principal amount of senior notes and its subsidiary Altice Financing SA intends to launch an offering of USD1,285m equivalent in aggregate principal amount of dollar and euro senior secured notes.  Proceeds of the notes are expected to be used

Poland

Alinda to acquire Polish broadcast towers company Emitel

Alinda Capital Partners, the American-based infrastructure investment firm, has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Emitel, a television and radio broadcast infrastructure provider in Poland. Alinda is acquiring Emitel from Montagu Private Equity. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Emitel broadcasts television and radio signals nationwide under

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