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RoundTable Healthcare Partners acquires TIDI Products

Private equity firm RoundTable Healthcare Partners has completed the acquisition of TIDI Products. Founded in 1969 in Neenah, WI, TIDI was once primarily a manufacturer of paper-based barrier products. Through a strategically executed acquisition program and internal initiatives, TIDI has expanded its product offering to include a portfolio of differentiated,

USD5.29 billion in exits for Israel’s high-tech industry in H1 2015

In the first six months of 2015, Israeli high-tech exit activity accelerated, garnering USD5.29 billion in 54 deals – nearly 76 per cent of the total proceeds from exits in all of 2014, with 107 deals totalling USD6.98 billion, and 80 per cent of USD6.62 billion in 91 exits in

High Road Capital Partners acquires Ariad Communications

High Road Capital Partners has acquired Toronto-based Ariad Communications, which it will combine with its platform company Bluespire Marketing.  Ariad is a strategic marketing agency specialising in serving Canadian clients with content, digital marketing and consumer activation capabilities.    Bluespire is a leading provider of strategic, multi-channel marketing solutions with

LSQ secures USD40m from Ares Capital Corporation

LSQ Funding Group has received USD40 million of capital from Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC), the largest business development company in the United States.  This USD40 million financing is in addition to the more than USD100 million investment in April led by Lovell Minnick Partners LLC, a private equity firm

Great American Capital Partners closes USD25m term loan to RadioShack

Great American Capital Partners has led a USD25 million senior secured first-in last-out (FILO) term loan to General Wireless Operations, Inc., doing business as RadioShack.  The term loan is part of a USD75 million financing package that includes a USD50 million asset-based revolving credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets.

Weekly Brief: Spike in Oil spawns moderate loss

Weekly Brief: Hedge funds helped protect portfolios in June

Hedge funds suffered a blow in June, with the Lyxor Hedge Fund Index down 2 per cent. The industry is nonetheless outperforming traditional asset classes in a context in which the correlation between equities and bonds is positive. In June, the MSCI World was down 2.6 per cent and sovereign

Tailwind Capital closes fund II with USD1.05bn of commitments

Private equity firm Tailwind Capital has held the final closing of Tailwind Capital Partners II in excess of its USD750 million target, raising a total of USD1.05 billion of committed capital. Fund II will pursue the same investment strategy Tailwind has employed since its inception – partnering with leading entrepreneurs

Lyxor: A New Era for Hedge Funds?

A new era for hedge funds?

The lack of hedge funds’ excess returns since the financial crisis put the industry under rising pressure. In this 12th edition of the White Paper, we review the causes and identify the key hedge fund performance drivers. We put to test these drivers under three long-term macro-economic scenarios. It is

Euronext Brussels

Euronext reports strongest six month trading and listing activity since 2011

Euronext posted its strongest six-month trading volume performance since the end of 2011 in the first six months of 2015, supported by favourable economic conditions. The June 2015 average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book stood at EUR9,202 million (+54 per cent compared with June 2014). Activity

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Amadeus to acquire Navitaire from Accenture for USD830m

Amadeus is to acquire Navitaire, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture and a provider of technology and business solutions to the airline industry, for USD830 million. Navitaire, which focuses on the low-cost and hybrid-carrier segments of the airline industry and has a global customer base of more than 50 operators,

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