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Audax Private Equity to acquire Aspen form Hillrom

Audax Private Equity (Audax) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aspen Surgical (Aspen) a business unit comprised of certain surgical consumable products, from Hillrom.  The business is a leading manufacturer of branded and private label single-use surgical products including scalpels, blades, wound care, fluid control, and other patient

Duff & Phelps appoints head of European Debt Advisory practice 

Duff & Phelps has appointed Jacco Brouwer as leader of its European Debt Advisory practice, further strengthening its debt advisory and restructuring offerings.  Brouwer joins Duff & Phelps from global business advisory firm AlixPartners, where he served as head of debt advisory, and brings to the firm more than 27

TrustArc secures USD70m led by Bregal Sagemount

TrustArc, a provider of privacy management solutions, has received a USD70 million Series D growth investment led by private equity firm, Bregal Sagemount.  Existing investors Accel Partners, Baseline Ventures, DAG Ventures, Icon Ventures and Industry Ventures will continue to retain significant stakes in the business.  “We are very excited to

Venture capital performance reaches new high

Venture capital funds globally reached their best post-2009 crisis period performance in Q4 2018, surpassing the previous best recorded one year earlier, according to eFront’s latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report. Performance of VC funds globally reached 1.531x in Q4 2018 – the highest level on record – before dipping

Shore Capital’s SouthStar Urgent Care names Laura Miller as President

SouthStar Urgent Care, a provider of urgent care services and clinics in Louisiana and portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners (Shore Capital), a lower middle market healthcare private equity firm, has appointed Laura Miller as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.  This leadership change, supported by the SouthStar

Oren Gertner, Sidley Austin

Sidley Austin adds partner in New York funds practice

Sidley Austin has appointed Oren Gertner as a partner in the firm’s premier Investment Funds practic in New York. Gertner joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, where he was in the firm’s Corporate department, practicing in the Investment Management group. “Over the past two years, Sidley has prioritised the

Rubicon Partners acquires Park Sheet Metal

Specialist industrial investor Rubicon Partners has acquired Park Sheet Metal, a Coventry-based manufacturer of complex sheet metal components from from its owner, Stephen Payne. Founded by the Payne family in 1947, PSM has established a market leading position as a supplier of prototype tooling and assemblies and low volume production

Avoiding the pitfalls of co-investment

By Elizabeth Pfeuti​ – Co-investments remain a theme in 2019, as both GPs and LPs increasingly see value in separate partnerships alongside commingled funds. Earlier this year, the listed Standard Life Private Equity Trust announced it would allocate up to 20 per cent of its net asset value to these partnerships,

Bridges closes second Social Outcomes Fund at extended hard cap of GBP35m

Bridges Fund Management (Bridges) has held a final close on Social Outcomes Fund II, its second fund dedicated to social outcomes contracts, with commitments of GBP35 million. Social outcomes contracts are increasingly used by Government to commission vital social services from mission-driven providers. Instead of the traditional ‘fee for service’

Regulation

Vistra launches BVI Economic Substance Classification Solutions

Vistra, a global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider, has launched its Economic Substance Services and Solutions, starting with the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Economic Substance Classification Questionnaire designed to help clients determine the classification of their BVI company as it applies to the substance legislation. Developed by Vistra’s

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