JHP Group, one of the UK’s largest private sector providers of vocational education, skills training and employability programmes, has been bought by its management team in a transaction backed by mid-market private equity firm LDC. Founded by Hugh Pitman in 1983, Coventry-based JHP operates a national network of 57 centres

Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners is extending its tender offer to purchase any and all of the outstanding ordinary shares of Invitel Holdings, par value EUR0.01 per share, and any and all of its American depositary shares.   As of 7 January 2010, a total of approximately 2,332,601 Invitel

Private equity fundraising has had its worst year since 2004, with only USD246bn raised by 482 funds worldwide in 2009, according to research by Preqin. This is 61 per cent down on the USD636bn raised in 2008 and 62 per cent down on the record USD646bn raised in 2007. Q4

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has acquired Brazilian tour operator CVC Brasil Operadora e Agência de Viagens from founder and chairman Guilherme Paulus. Paulus will remain chairman of CVC and will retain a significant minority equity stake in the company. CVC is headquartered in Santo André, Brazil and is

Resilience Capital Partners, an Ohio-based private equity firm, has publicly released its online Resilience Benchmark software. The benchmarking process identifies the best practices in industry niches in relation to a company’s products and processes, both within an industry and outside it, with the object of using this as a guide

The US private equity industry saw 331 funds raise USD95.8bn in 2009, down 68.1 per cent from the USD299.9bn raised by 508 funds in 2008, according to figures from Dow Jones LP Source. With the lone exception of secondary funds, every sector experienced sharp slowdowns. This is the first year

M&A in the global asset management industry in 2009 was dominated by mega-deals, with a record nine transactions announced involving firms with more than USD100bn in assets under management. Yet several deals in the fourth quarter signal a new phase driven by a greater number of transactions primarily involving independent

Imperial Capital has closed of the sale of Protect America, a provider of self-installed monitored alarm systems, to an investor group led by Rockbridge Growth Equity. Imperial Capital acted as exclusive financial adviser to Protect America and helped arrange the senior financing. Rockbridge Growth Equity was lead equity sponsor along