The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Fondo Strategico Italiano (FSI) has signed a memorandum to establish a EUR1bn Russian-Italian investment platform. The signing ceremony took place in Trieste in presence of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin (pictured) and the Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta. The two
Applied Systems, a provider of software that powers the business of insurance, is to be acquired by investment funds advised by Hellman & Friedman. The company is being acquired from the global private investment firm Bain Capital in a transaction valued at approximately USD1.8bn. JMI Equity, a growth-oriented private
Odyssey Investment Partners is to sell its portfolio company BarrierSafe Solutions International, a provider of branded disposable gloves and injection moulded protective footwear, to Ansell. Based in Lake Forest, Illinois, BarrierSafe has two flagship brands, Microflex and Onguard. Odyssey acquired BarrierSafe in 2011 and completed two strategic add-on acquisitions
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a majority investment in Accruent, a provider of real estate and facilities management software solutions. Existing investor Vista Equity Partners will retain a significant ownership position. Additional terms of the investment were not disclosed. Since 1995, Accruent has offered a facilities and
Pixium Vision, a developer of retinal implant systems that aim to restore vision in the blind, has closed a EUR15m series A extension financing led by Sofinnova Partners, which becomes the largest investor. Bpifrance, through the InnoBio fund, and existing series A investors Omnes Capital and Abingworth also participated.
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Omnitracs, formerly a subsidiary of Qualcomm. In conjunction with this announcement, Omnitracs has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Roadnet Technologies, a provider of fleet management software solutions for private fleets. Roadnet, based in Baltimore, Maryland, is a provider of routing,
GGM Venture Capital, though its sub-fund GGM High Growth IT Fund, has invested a total of EUR1.40m series A investment into Optimitive. The round was led by GGM Venture Capital and joined by SURGE Accelerator. Optimitive graduated from the SURGE Accelerator programme in May 2013. Founded in Spain in
MJ Hudson and MW Cornish & Co have merged their respective private equity and hedge funds practices with immediate effect. The merged firm, known as MJ Hudson, will be committed to providing a specialist legal service to the global alternative assets industry. The merger is the latest milestone in
Guardian Capital Group is to acquire a specialist boutique emerging market equity investment firm in London, providing the firm with an international platform to expand its asset management business. Guardian has agreed to acquire London-based Zephyr Management (UK) Ltd, manager of the Zephyr Aurora Fund, an emerging market equity fund
Aetna has agreed to acquire UK-based InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners. InterGlobal has more than 65,000 medical members worldwide, and specialises in international private medical insurance for groups and individuals in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe. The terms of the transaction,
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