Luxembourg-domiciled fund assets fell by nearly 30 per cent to USD2,152.0bn (EUR1,548.1bn) over the year to the end of 2008, down from USD3,024.2bn (EUR2,068.3bn) in 2007, according to

Labco, Europe’s largest medical diagnostics group, has acquired AescuLabor Karlsruhe, a medical laboratory in Baden-Württemberg.

The Aureos Malaysia Fund has committed to invest up to USD4m in the Malaysian information technology outsourcing company EA Global Holdings.

Emerging Capital Partners, an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, has purchased a significant minority stake in la Nouvelle Societ&eacut

Syntaxis, the independent specialist mezzanine provider focused on the Central European mid-market, has received a commitment of up to EUR50m to its second fund from the European Bank f

WFEL, the defence engineering group backed by UK mid-market private equity house Dunedin in 2006, has secured a GBP18m order from the US Department of Defense to supply a further tranch

Leverkusen, Germany-based TMD Friction, a manufacturer of brake friction materials for automotive and commercial vehicle applications, has announced an all equity acquisition of the bus

Eqvitec’s third mezzanine fund, Eqvitec Mezzanine Fund III, has reached its target size of EUR103m.