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ILPA publishes guidance on private equity fee reporting

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) has launched the Fee Reporting Template, which builds upon ILPA’s reporting guidelines first issued in 2011 and is the first deliverable of the ILPA’s Fee Transparency Initiative launched in May 2015. The Template marks the industry’s first attempt to unify and codify the presentation

Idinvest invests in Secret Escapes

Idinvest Partners is making an investment in Secret Escapes, the exclusive members only travel club. Following the USD60 million Series C fundraising closed by the company during the summer of 2015, Idinvest Partners has decided to join some of the most successful international venture firms (including Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Index

Golding Capital raises a record EUR850m in new capital in 2015

Golding Capital Partners (GCP) has closed 2015 with another record by raising almost EUR850 million new capital for GCP investment programmes, outstripping the previous record set in 2014 by almost 10 per cent. The successful fundraising is further testimony to GCP's leading position in the European market for private equity,

BIP Capital launches Franchise Development Division

Atlanta-based venture capital firm BIP Capital has launched a franchise development division, the BIP Franchise Accelerator, to help emerging brands accelerate their growth. Currently, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes fast casual concepts Tropical Smoothie Café and Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, and the company is seeking to invest in brands

Pamplona Capital Management acquires Veritext

Private equity investment firm Pamplona Capital Management has acquired VText Holdings from Investcorp which acquired the business in 2010. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Veritext, headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey, is the leader in deposition and litigation support solutions in the United States. Veritext provides law firms and corporations

BGF completes investment in AIM-listed Castleton Technology

BGF has invested GBP2 million in Castleton Technology (LSE: CTP) the software and managed services provider to the public and not-for-profit sectors, to support the acquisition of Kypera Holdings Limited and Castleton’s longer term growth strategy. At the same time, the Group’s existing investor MXC Capital has invested GBP1.5 million

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Franklin Square provides senior secured financing to PSKW

Franklin Square Capital Partners, a manager of business development companies (BDCs), has originated a unitranche term loan for PSKW, LLC (PSKW), a developer and marketer of co-pay assistance (CPA) programs for pharmaceutical drugs. The financing supported the acquisition of PSKW by Genstar Capital (Genstar), a San Francisco, CA-based private equity

KFit bulks up with USD12m funding

KFit, an Asia Pacific-based fitness-sharing platform to discover and reserve fitness activities, has secured a USD12 million Series A investment round led by Venturra Capital, with participation from SIG and Axiata Digital Innovation Fund. Earlier investors, including Sequoia Capital India and 500 Startups, also participated.   KFit partners with studios

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