Infogroup, the leading provider of targeted high-value sales and marketing data, market intelligence and innovative digital engagement solutions, has sold its global market research firm, ORC International, to Lake Capital Management, a Chicago-based private equity firm. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. “During the past year we

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co, has advised the Philadelphia Gear Corporation on its sale to strategic buyer Timken Gears & Services Inc, a subsidiary of The Timken Company (Timken; NYSE:TKR). The transaction, valued at approximately USD200 million, closed on 1 July, 2011.    Harris Williams & Co acted

Cordiant Capital Inc (Cordiant), the Montreal based fund manager that specialises in loans to private borrowers in emerging markets, has committed a USD10 million loan to the Jordan-India Fertiliser Company (JIFCO). The loan will finance the construction of a new USD186 million plant in Jordan, using phosphate rocks from local

An affiliate of HIG Capital, LLC, has partnered with the owners and management of Hart InterCivic – a leading provider of election voting systems, election management products and services – to make a strategic investment in the company. The investment positions the company for continued growth in its state, county

International law firm Eversheds has advised leading private equity firm LDC and other selling shareholders on the sale of portfolio company Ascend Worldwide Group Holdings to Reed Business Information (RBI), the business information division of Reed Elsevier. Ascend, a provider of data analytics and advisory services to investors in the

Climate Change Capital Private Equity LP (CPE), a EUR200 million fund dedicated to investments in clean technology companies, has invested EUR8m in NEURA GmbH, an Austrian renewable technology company focused on manufacturing smartgrid enabled, high performance heat pumps for both residential and commercial properties.   Currently NEURA manufactures some of

Bayside Credit Partners, the direct-lending arm of Bayside Capital, has provided mezzanine financing to support the acquisition of Ideal Shopping Direct (Ideal Shopping), a leading home shopping retailer in the UK, by Inflexion Private Equity (Inflexion). The acquisition de-lists Ideal Shopping from the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange,

Golub Capital has completed a USD112 million senior secured credit facility for the refinancing of Au Bon Pain, a portfolio company of LNK Partners. Golub Capital acted as the Sole Bookrunner and Administrative Agent for this financing.     Founded in 1978, Au Bon Pain has grown into an internationally

Lexington Partners (Lexington), the dedicated secondary private equity manager, has announced the final close of Lexington Capital Partners VII, LP (LCP VII) and associated vehicles, with equity commitments totalling USD7.0 billion. The fund, which commenced investing in 2010, received substantial investor interest in excess of its hard cap of USD7.0 billion.