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BidFX adds SEB as newest liquidity provider

Scandinavian bank SEB has become the newest liquidity provider for BidFX, an EMS designed for the daily FX market.BidFX head of Nordic Sales, Peter Bondesen, says: “The increased interest in our advanced EMS from Nordic financial institutions means greater demand for specialised, local liquidity. Many of our global clients have also

Corigin Ventures closes second fund with USD36.05m in capital commitments

Corigin Ventures, a founder-focused early-stage venture capital firm, has held the final closing of its second fund with total equity commitments of USD36.05 million. The firm is also pleased to announce that Aubrie Pagano, an experienced founder and early-stage investor, has joined as Partner. In this role and as a member

YFM invests in commercial vehicle safety specialist ISS

YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a commercial vehicle safety specialist. The deal represents the final new investment from YFM’s Buyout Fund I, with the launch of its GBP80 million second fund last week. ISS was founded in 2009 by CEO Gavin Thoday and

Capital Constellation and Pollen Street announce strategic partnership

Capital Constellation (Constellation), a provider of investment capital to investor entrepreneurs, has closed a strategic partnership with Pollen Street Capital (Pollen Street), an independent asset manager focused on the financial and business services sectors in the UK and Europe.Constellation has acquired a minority ownership interest in Pollen Street and will

Clearlake Capital raises USD7bn for new private equity fund

Clearlake Capital Group, an investment firm focusing on the technology, industrials, and consumer sectors, has completed fundraising for its sixth private equity fund, Clearlake Capital Partners VI (Fund VI), with more than USD7 billion in commitments. This brings Clearlake’s total assets under management to approximately USD18 billion and comes on the

Mill Point Capital invests in Knight Enterprises

Knight Enterprises (Knight), a provider of critical communications infrastructure services, has been acquired by an affiliate of Mill Point Capital, a middle-market private equity firm focused on control investments in North America.The Mill Point team employs an Executive Partner model and has extensive experience investing in transactions in the communications

Omani VC Phaze Ventures adds monitoring technology company to portfolio

Oman-based venture capital firm Phaze Ventures has invested in SpotLight, a French geoscience start-up that provides dynamic detection of subsurface movements. The deal marks Phaze’s seventh investment since the firm was established in 2018, building on its mission to transform traditional industries with disruptive technology.  SpotLight’s proprietary single source, single receiver

Pearce Services partners with New Mountain Capital

Pearce Services (Pearce), a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair, and engineering, has partnered with New York-based New Mountain Capital, a leading growth-oriented investment firm with over USD20 billion in assets under management. Pearce has also announced the simultaneous acquisition of MaxGen Energy Services (MaxGen) and World Wind & Solar (WWS),

HarbourVest Partners appoints MD

Private markets asset manager HarbourVest Partners has appointed Tadasu Matsuo as a managing director and co-head of the firm’s Japan office. Based in Tokyo, Matsuo will be responsible for enhancing and building relationships with institutional investors and general partners in Japan. “HarbourVest established our office in Tokyo nearly 10 years ago

Asia-Pacific

JP Morgan tops Asia-Pacific M&A list during crisis hit Q1

JP Morgan dominated the M&A financial advisers league table based on both deal value and volume in Asia-Pacific for the coronavirus-hit first quarter of 2020. In terms of value, the American investment bank advised USD20.1 billion worth deals in Q1 2020, according to new research by Global Data. GlobalData, which

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