Polaris Private Equity III has held its final close at EUR365m. The number of investors has more than doubled, with international investors now accounting for nearly 40 per cent of the fund. The investment focus remains on small and medium sized businesses based in Denmark and Sweden. Commitments to
Private equity firm Riverside has acquired Australian Medico Legal Services, an independent medical evaluation provider, via the Riverside Asia Fund I. MLCOA is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides independent medical assessments and related medical advisory services for insurance organisations, corporations, and government and legal entities. Core services involve medical
Genstar Capital, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in the life science, healthcare services, software, financial services and industrial technology industries, has acquired Granite Global Solutions, a Canadian provider of risk mitigation services to insurance and corporate clients. Headquartered in the greater Toronto area, Granite Global
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is planning to exit its investment in East Resources, an oil and gas exploration and development company, in connection with the signing of a definitive agreement for East’s principal subsidiaries to be sold for a total transaction valuation of approximately USD4.7bn to an affiliate of Royal Dutch
Savvis, a provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fusepoint, a portfolio company of M/C Venture Partners. Fusepoint is an independent provider of managed IT and co-location services to enterprises in Canada. Under the agreement, Savvis will acquire Fusepoint
The Observatoire de la Communication Financière (OCF) has launched a new and enhanced edition of it’s popular “Glossary of Financial Communication Terms”, originally published in 2004 and reissued in 2006. The new edition was presented by members of the OCF at the 1 June NYSE Euronext bell ceremony. The new edition
The UK Future Technologies Fund (UKFTF) has signed its second commitment into the Heureka Growth Fund, which is managed by Munich-based Acton Capital Partners and targets industry leading growth stage companies in the internet and mobile communications sector. Heureka focuses on consumer-oriented business models in e-commerce, media and marketplaces,
Private equity firm Advantage Partners has entered into a cooperation agreement with Qin Jia Yuan after agreeing to invest not less than HKD170 million in the media services company. Advantage Partners has agreed to subscribe for five per cent of the issued share capital of QJY at the issue price
The launch of the London Private Equity Futures and Options Exchange (PEFOX) in the next month is the manifestation of a silent movement in the private equity industry, which in recent years has seen the boundaries of “secondaries” pushed to their natural limits. PEFOX is able to offer its members,
Summit Materials, a heavy building materials company formed last year by investors including Blackstone Capital Partners V, has made a majority investment in Continental Cement. Continental’s new cement manufacturing and waste processing facilities are located in Hannibal, Missouri, 100 miles north of St Louis. With distribution terminals in St Louis,
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