Red Fort Capital has received GIREM’s 2010 Investor of the Year Leadership Award in recognition of its achievements in India’s private equity real estate sector. GIREM – Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment & Management – is an independent industry association focused on urban planning and real estate in India. Parry

Data from Experian shows the number of mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market deals fell during Q3 2010 for the UK and Europe, compared to Q3 2009.  The total number of UK M&A and ECM transactions during Q3 2010 fell by 22.7 per cent compared to the same period

Katalyst Partners has been launched as a boutique advisory firm by Ravi Anand and Frank Ennis, together with corporate partners Kinetic Partners and Dexion Capital. The firm provides corporate finance and strategic advice to the investment management industry, encompassing both traditional and alternative asset managers, wealth managers, closed end investment

TA Associates, a growth private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Amann Girrbach, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of equipment and consumables for dental reconstruction. Alpine Equity, formerly Hypo Equity, will sell its stake in Amann Girrbach in this transaction. Additionally, current owners of Amann Girrbach

FRSGlobal has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a regulatory compliance and risk management business. The combination of these two businesses will enable FRSGlobal to offer compliance and risk solutions that cover operational risk, regulatory compliance and financial risk and reporting. Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, which is part of a USD4.8bn

Octopus Investments has made an investment of GBP275,000 into TouchType, a developer of text prediction technology designed to boost the accuracy, fluency and speed of text entry on mobile and computing devices.   The deal with TouchType represents the 19th investment Octopus has concluded this year and is one of

CanopyHR Solutions, an Orange County-based payroll and human resources company, has received financial investment from Claritas Capital Fund III. “We like efficient business models,” says Theresa Sexton, vice president at Claritas. “We think CanopyHR is a compelling investment opportunity for our firm and for our investors. They have significant experience,

Private equity-backed deals announced in Q3 2010 have an aggregate value of USD66.7bn, an increase of nearly one-third on the previous quarter. Preqin’s quarterly deal flow data shows a total of 515 private equity buyout deals announced in Q3 2010, with an aggregate value of USD66.7bn. This represents a 29

Charterhouse Group, a New York-based private equity firm, has sold its portfolio company Chamberlin Edmonds to a subsidiary of Emdeon for USD260m in cash. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Chamberlin Edmonds is a provider of government programme eligibility and enrollment services to over 200 acute care facilities in 30 states. Emdeon

KPS Capital Partners’ portfolio company HHI Group has completed its second recapitalisation in 2010. The proceeds of the recapitalisation – funded by a combination of a USD30m upsizing of the company’s term loan, cash on hand and the company’s asset-based revolving credit facility – were used to fund a USD50m