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LDC backs MBO of PEI

UK mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of PEI Media Group Ltd (PEI), an alternative assets information groups.  Founded in 2001 following a buyout from Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, PEI has developed a portfolio of globally recognised publications, databases and branded events focused exclusively on alternative

Norse closes series A1 funding round with strategic investment from KPMG Capital

Norse, a specialist in live attack intelligence, has closed its Series A1 round of funding led by a strategic investment from KPMG Capital, KPMG International’s global investment fund. The investment will enable KPMG’s member firms to offer Norse threat intelligence products and services to clients through the KPMG network’s global

Most consistent performing alternative asset fund managers

Using data from the recently released 2015 Preqin Alternative Assets Performance Monitor, Preqin has created league tables of alternative asset fund managers that have most consistently outperformed their peers. The league tables do not seek in any way to endorse these fund managers, but rather to illustrate those that have

UMB Fund Services Tony Fischer

UMB Fund Services goes live with FastPro mobile app

UMB Fund Services (UMBFS) has launched a mobile app for its proprietary alternative investment fund accounting and investor servicing technology called UMB Fund Services FastPro. The app, which is live on Android and Apple iOS operating systems, allows clients to view historical data and reports, investor demographics and fund performance information

Exabeam secures USD25m in Series B funding to accelerate growth

Exabeam, a specialist in user behaviour analytics (UBA) for security, has held the closing of a USD25 million financing round to further accelerate the company's rapid growth and continue updating its UBA solution in response to customer demand and industry trends. Icon Ventures led the Series B investment round. Icon

Jeff Greenberg, chief executive of Aquiline

Genstar Capital and Aquiline Capital Partners to acquire Ascensus from JC Flowers

Genstar Capital and Aquiline Capital Partners are to acquire Ascensus Inc. from JC Flowers & Co. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, following regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Ascensus, the nation’s largest independent service provider of

Impax Asset Management announces the refinancing and expansion of Polish wind farm

London-based investor Impax Asset Management,has completed a PLN181.5 million (EUR43 million) refinancing for the 42 MW Kisielice wind park in Poland.  The new facilities provided by a syndicate led by Raiffeisen Bank Polska with Raiffeisen Bank International, and Alior Bank were used to refinance loans and hedging provided by Caixa

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