Cobalt Capital Partners, through its Cobalt Industrial Reit II affiliate, has acquired the 1.7 million square foot, nine building Shawnee Ridge industrial portfolio in Atlanta, Georgia.

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, is committing USD10m to Rabo Equity Advisor’s India Agri Business Fund, CDC’s first investment under its new investment policy.

Zurich Global Corporate in North America has formed a strategic risk solutions group that aims to enable the insurer to more efficiently serve the needs of customers undergoing mergers,

Golub Capital has provided a USD23m debt facility in support of the recapitalization of Global Compliance Services, a provider of outsourced ethics and compliance solutions to Fortune 1

Private equity firm PPF Partners has launched in Guernsey with its first fund worth EUR615m in commitments.

Former directors of Octopus Ventures have formed financial services firm Allium Capital.  

GTCR, a US-based private equity firm, has agreed to invest USD200m in Ironshore, a specialty insurance company.

Rising unemployment and falling disposable income growth in the UK will lead to a sharp reduction in consumer spending and help to drive British business failures up to a record 36,200,

Operating improvement at the portfolio level is an imperative part of doing business in today’s challenging environment, according to a private equity survey conducted by Gotham Consult

Ashland has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global marine services business, known for many years as Drew Marine, to private equity firm J. F.