The CapStreet Group, a Houston-based lower-middle market private equity firm, has completed its final close for CapStreet III, reaching total commitments of USD178m. CapStreet III’s investors consist of financial institutions, pension funds, insurance companies, funds of funds, and family investment offices. “We are very pleased to have the support of

Regulatory reforms and a range of other factors will trigger increased shareholder activism over the next 12 months, according to the second edition of Shareholder Activism Insight published by Schulte Roth & Zabel in association with mergermarket. Based on a series of interviews with corporate executives and activist investors, the

Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial adviser to Latens Systems on its sale to Pace. The transaction is valued at GBP28.75m.   Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Belfast, Latens specialises in payTV software security and enhanced TV services. Latens provides a range of solutions in next generation software

Platina Partners, a private equity fund manager specialising in renewable energy infrastructure investments and special situation buyouts, has acquired 10MW of solar photovoltaic projects from the Degennaro Group, an Italian construction firm.  The PV projects become Platina’s first operational plant in Italy, supporting an investment strategy focused on the assembly

Edhec, in partnership with Ville de Nice, Nice Côte d’Azur, EPA de la Plaine du Var, Team Côte d’Azur and CCI Nice Côte d’Azur, has decided to launch an international conference to promote green investing. By organising the Nice Côte d’Azur International Sustainable Development Financing Conference, Edhec and its partners

GB Merchant Partners’ 1903 Equity Fund, the institutional private equity affiliate of Gordon Brothers Group, has acquired Ashley Stewart, a retailer in the plus-size fashion industry.  Headquartered in Secaucus, New Jersey and founded in 1991, Ashley Stewart currently operates over 200 stores and a complementary e-commerce business.  The company is

Wheb Ventures, a European clean technology private equity firm, has changed its name to Wheb Partners. "Wheb has evolved during the last three years from being a relatively small cleantech venture capital firm into a diversified but integrated environmental specialist fund management firm," says James McNaught-Davis, managing partner. "We have

Matrix Private Equity Partners, the small buyout specialist, has invested GBP5m in the management buyout of RDL, the European recruitment provider within the pharmaceutical, business intelligence and IT sectors. The purchase comes amidst a crop of private equity takeovers in the recruitment sector, following a rebound in the jobs market

GT Solar International, a provider of polysilicon production technology and sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar and LED markets, has entered into a definitive agreement to repurchase shares of common stock from GT Solar Holdings, whose members include all of the company’s private equity investors.