The UK saw a 15.5 per cent decrease in the number of UK mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market transactions announced during Q2 2010 compared to Q1 2010, data from Experian shows. GBP46.2bn worth of transactions were announced in the UK in Q2 2010, down by 8.7 per cent

Sofinnova Partners, Gimv and Amundi Private Equity Funds have invested in McPhy Energy together with the historic investors in a second round of funding worth EUR13.7m. The funds will be used towards the global expansion of McPhy Energy and the further industrialisation and commercialisation of its products. McPhy Energy is

Affiliated Managers Group has completed the acquisition of Pantheon from Russell Investments, a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance. Pantheon is a private equity fund of funds manager, delivering private equity investment solutions to a broad range of clients for over 25 years. Pantheon manages regional funds of funds in

Brooke Private Equity Associates has changed its name from Brooke Private Equity Advisors. The manager of private equity funds of funds made this change in an effort to more accurately reflect the structure of the organisation and better align the mission and philosophy of the firm. “This name change is

Sovereign Capital, the UK private equity buy and build specialist, has acquired Tech Music Schools, its second investment in the UK higher education market this year. Tech Music Schools is the longest established contemporary music provider in the UK, delivering a range of drum, vocal, keyboard and guitar courses for

Symform, a company in the backup and disaster recovery segment, has closed a USD4m financing led by Longworth Venture Partners. OVP, Symform’s original venture investor, also participated in the round. As part of the financing, Longworth’s Nilanjana Bhowmik will join Symform’s board of directors. “Symform’s unique cloud storage technology puts

Main Street Capital partially exited two portfolio company investments during June 2010. Main Street completed the partial exit of its equity interest in Gulf Manufacturing through a recapitalisation transaction with a third party institutional investor. As part of the recapitalisation, Main Street sold all of its equity warrant interest and

Private equity firm Riverside is selling Berlin-based Teufel Speakers to HgCapital, the European sector-focused private equity investor. The acquisition is yet to be completed and is subject to regulatory approval. The value of the transaction is undisclosed.   Teufel, a designer and online retailer of loudspeaker systems in Germany, designs,

J.P. Morgan has been appointed depositary bank by JinkoSolar, a China-based solar product manufacturer, in connection with its recent initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. JinkoSolar raised USD64.2m through issuance of 5,835,000 American depositary shares, with each ADS representing four ordinary shares in its initial public offering. 

Affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners and certain current and former members of management have completed the sale of Michael Foods to affiliates of GS Capital Partners. The transaction values Michael Foods at approximately USD1.7bn. Michael Foods is a producer and distributor of food products to the foodservice, retail and