Huatai International Private Equity Fund, Huatai Securities’ Greater China-focussed private equity investment platform, has completed an investment in Jiangsu Shekoy Semiconductor New Material Co. Ltd, taking total funding in the business in this latest round to RMB1.745 billion (£213.5m).

Ara Partners, a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, has acquired a majority interest in Wattstor, a provider of automated carbon reduction and electricity cost-saving technology for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-market industrial and commercial (I&C) end users.  janom, Wattstor’s main existing investor, is to

The number of M&A deals targeting UK financial advisers and wealth managers has risen 11% from 398 to a record high of 440 in the past year, according to new data from international law firm Mayer Brown, with the increase being driven in large part by private-equity-backed ‘consolidators’.  These firms

Lovell Minnick Partners, a private equity firm with a 20-plus year track record of partnering with growth-oriented companies, is to acquire a majority stake in Definiti LLC, a retirement services firm that supports more than 8,000 workplace organisations and 10,000 retirement plans across the US. 

GI Partners, a US-based private investment firm focussed on data infrastructure businesses, has acquired Rise Broadband, a provider of broadband services across 16 states in the US. GI Partners will support Rise Broadband’s rollout of fibre-to-the-home services for rural American homes and businesses. Based in Englewood, Colorado, Rise Broadband is

Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies, has sold Apex Companies, a provider of end-to-end environmental consulting and engineering solutions, to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.  Financial terms of the deal, which will see Sentinel maintain a minority position in the business post-closing, have not been

Blackstone is one of a number of private equity firms considering making a bid to acquire Cvent Holding Corp, a US-based provider of software for the events management sector, in a deal that could value the business at up to $4 billion, according to a report by Reuters. News of