Aquiline Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm investing in the financial services sector, has made an investment in TigerRisk Partners.   Aquiline’s initial investment will support the continued organic growth of TigerRisk, with substantial additional equity available for acquisitions in the US and Europe and to further develop

Castle Harlan, a New York private equity investment firm, and Champ Private Equity, its affiliate based in Australia, have agreed to sell United Malt Holdings, one of the world’s largest producers of malt for the brewing and distilling industries, to GrainCorp, an Australian bulk-grain handler. The transaction would be valued

Yorkville Advisors, the US based investment manager to a family of funds, has executed a SGD10m equity line facility with Advanced Integrated Manufacturing.  Under the terms of the facility, AIM may issue ordinary shares to Yorkville in tranches based on certain criteria at any time over a 36 month period

Causata, a software company that enables companies to optimise customer experience and business results, has secured series A funding from Accel Partners. The USD4.5m initial investment will support Causata’s mission to deliver breakthrough software that empowers companies to understand and engage their customers at any touch point. Causata is led

AVG Technologies, a provider of computer security software, has received a substantial investment from growth private equity firm TA Associates. TA Associates, which has funded companies such as BMC Software, Cadence Design and McAfee, has bought a minority stake in AVG Technologies from its current shareholders for more than USD200m.

Media finance and consulting firm Noci Pictures is in discussions with US and international private equity partners in closing a USD300m dollar structured media and entertainment fund that would finance 20 to 30 films. The firm says many hedge funds, including New York’s Elliott Associates, are seeing premium returns from

TJ Hughes, a big brand discount department store backed by European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital, has outstripped retail sector performance in its year end results to 31 January 2009. The 49 store strong chain saw an increase in turnover of 9.1 per cent to GBP261.3m and an increase in

ITS, a provider of oilfield equipment and services to the global oil and gas industry, has received a USD55m equity investment from energy-focused private equity firm Lime Rock Partners. The agreement provides Lime Rock with a minority stake in ITS in return for providing growth capital. Bob Kidd, ITS Group

Asian institutions are joining their peers in other markets by refraining from making wholesale changes to their portfolio investment strategies in the wake of the global financial crisis. However, the results of Greenwich Associates’ 2009 Asian Investment Management Study reveal that institutions across Asia (excluding Japan) are reconsidering plans to

Hargreave Hale, a stockbroker and investment manager, has renamed the Keydata Aim VCT and the Keydata Aim VCT 2 as Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 1 and Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 2 respectively. The Hargreave Hale Aim VCTs invest in a diversified portfolio of equity investments in small UK based VCT