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Emdeon to be acquired by Blackstone

Emdeon Inc (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Blackstone Capital Partners VI LP under which this Blackstone fund will acquire a controlling interest in Emdeon in a transaction valued at approximately

Tenex Capital Partners closes USD452m fund

Tenex Capital Management, LLC (Tenex) has successfully closed Tenex Capital Partners, LP, a USD452 million private equity fund that makes control equity investments in middle market companies experiencing significant change in their markets, operations, or capital structure. Tenex’s fund exceeded the firm’s USD400 million fundraising target, as well as the fund’s

Blackstone to Invest INR 5,000 million in VISA Power

The Blackstone Group will be investing INR 5,000 million (c. USD111 million) in VISA Power Limited (VPL), an independent power producer (IPP) whose core asset is a 1,200 MW captive-mine based, coal fired power plant in Chhattisgarh which is in an advanced stage of development. VISA Power has a pipeline

Blackstone to acquire Jack Wolfskin

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has signed an agreement with Barclays Private Equity and Quadriga Capital to acquire German outdoor specialist Jack Wolfskin. The transaction is expected to close in August. Dr Axel Herberg, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone says: “We have seen consistent growth in the outdoor market, and Jack Wolfskin has

Citadel Capital shareholders approve rights issue

Shareholders of Citadel Capital, a leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, approved an EGP1.05 billion rights issue at par at an Extraordinary General Meeting held today in Cairo. Shareholders voted to raise the firm’s capital to EGP4,358,125,000 from EGP 3,308,125,000 by issuing 210,000,000 new shares at

Craton Equity Partners leads USD60m investment in Bridgelux

Craton Equity Partners, Southern California’s leading clean tech private equity fund, has led a USD60 million round in Series E financing for Bridgelux Inc, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies.   Existing financial and strategic investors also participated in the round, including VantagePoint Capital Partners, DCM, El

Distressed deals continue to fall

Acquisitions of insolvent businesses in the UK have continued to fall in the first half of 2011, according to research by Experian Corpfin on behalf of the insolvency trade body R3. The figures show that distressed deals now account for one in 19 of all mergers and acquisitions, compared to

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Colony Capital acquires fourth German NPL portfolio

Investment vehicles managed by Colony Capital LLC (Colony) have completed the acquisition of a portfolio of institutional real estate collateralised non-performing loans (NPL) from four German banks, including Eurohypo, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba), Berlin Hyp and Archon Capital Bank. These first ranking loans have a face value of EUR370 million and

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