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J.P. Morgan Private Equity offers tender to buy shares

J.P. Morgan Private Equity has opened a tender offer to purchase up to three per cent of current equity shares, ZDP shares and 2015 ZDP shares outstanding.  Shares will be tendered at a price based on the prevailing net asset value as at 31 December 2010.   "Offering the tender

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Dawn Capital invests in Optimalprint

Dawn Capital has made an investment in European online printing company Optimalprint. Optimalprint is using the capital to expand its existing technology and distribution platform in the commercial printing industry. Henrik Müller-Hansen, founder and chief executive officer at Optimalprint, says: “The global commercial printing market is estimated to be worth

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Carlyle Group closes acquisition of B&B Hotels for EUR480m

Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has closed the acquisition of the B&B Hotel Group, which operates a chain of 223 budget hotels across France, Germany and Italy, from European investment firm Eurazeo for an enterprise value of circa EUR480m. Further financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction closed on

Harris & Harris Group makes first venture debt investment

Harris & Harris Group has made its first venture debt investment of USD500,000 in GEO Semiconductor. The round of venture debt financing was led by Montage Capital. Harris & Harris received warrants as part of the venture debt financing. This investment is part of Harris & Harris Group’s efforts to

Crosslink Capital closes sixth venture capital fund

Crosslink Capital, a venture capital and growth equity firm, has closed Crosslink Ventures VI, a USD200m venture fund focused on information technology and energy technology investments. Like prior funds, Crosslink Ventures VI is stage-independent with a bias to early-stage investments. The new fund attracted investment from existing and new limited

Apax to sell Qualitest Pharmaceuticals to Endo Pharmaceuticals for USD1.2bn

Endo Pharmaceuticals has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apax Partners’ portfolio company Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for approximately USD1.2bn in cash. Qualitest, a portfolio company of Apax since 2007, is the sixth largest generic pharmaceutical company in the US. Buddy Gumina, partner and co-head of global healthcare at Apax, says:

Clydesdale backs buy-out of telecoms business

Clydesdale Bank Corporate & Structured Finance has backed private equity house ECI Partners in the secondary buy-out of XLN Telecom, a UK provider of telecoms services for small businesses. ECI, which has acquired a majority stake from Zeus Private Equity, will continue to support founder and group chief executive Christian

Private equity activity in financial services up 17 per cent

Private equity firms made 35 investments with a disclosed transaction value of USD8.0bn in the financial institutions group sector during the first half of 2010, up 17 per cent from the same period last year, according to a report by Freeman, an adviser to the financial services industry. The average

Sarang Kulkarni, fund manager, European Credit, Schroders

Comment: The Mexican standoff in European credit: Bears vs Bullls

The Mexican standoff that has been brewing in the European credit markets seems to be heading towards a showdown as the bulls jostle with the bears for control, but will it end in high drama? Sarang Kulkarni (pictured), fund manager, European Credit at Schroders, examines both camps.  The bulls remain

Aureos Southern Africa Fund exits Madagascan mobile phone company

The Aureos Southern Africa Fund has sold its stake in Orange Madagascar, the mobile phone service business, realising an internal rate of return of 44 per cent for investors. Orange Madagascar is part of the Orange brand and its majority shareholder is France Telecom.   The Aureos Southern Africa Fund

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