Inverness Graham has acquired SwipeClock, a provider of cloud-based integrated workforce management software solutions that include automated time and attendance and advanced scheduling. The Company’s products, which include TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorksTouch Intelligent Clock, are sold through over 850 partners to more than 26,000 businesses. “We are excited
Investcorp has agreed the sale of Esmalglass to global private equity firm Lone Star Fund X for an enterprise value of EUR605 million. Established in 1978 in Villareal, Spain, Esmalglass is a producer of ceramic colours and glazes with total sales of circa EUR400m in 2016. Esmalglass supplies a wide
Fintech company Koger has added new functionality to its Pentas platform for private equity firms which automate the distribution waterfall. Pentas streamlines and automates the administration of PE funds and is designed for all fund structures. “The calculation and execution involved with the distribution waterfall present some of the most complex
The Petainer Group has secures EUR10 million in growth funding investment from Next Wave Partners to support a substantial increase in customer demand for the company’s PetainerKeg – a plastic alternative to traditional steel beer kegs. Commenting on the investment, Nigel Pritchard, Group Chief Executive of Petainer, says: “This funding
NRD Capital Management (NRD), an Atlanta-based private equity firmhas closed NRD Partners II (NRDP II) with total investor limited partner commitments of USD104.5 million secured over the past four months, exceeding the fund’s target of USD100 million. NRD focuses on companies specialising in franchised and multi-location business models. With NRDP
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA – 2017 is as good a time as any to be starting a new alternative investment firm, certainly better than it would have been a decade ago, but there are some key areas of focus that start-ups should be on top of. Here are some
Quark Software has been acquired by Parallax Capital Partners, LLC (Parallax), a Southern California-based software-focused private equity firm. The new owners intend to help Quark accelerate the adoption of its transformational content automation solutions through investment in organic growth and acquisitions.

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Star Capital Partners (Star) has held the final close of Star Strategic Assets III (Star III) at EUR800 million. The Fund closed at its hard cap, following strong support from a diversified range of global investors in Europe, North America and Asia. Star III is the latest vehicle raised by
By Daniel Viola, Sadis & Goldberg – In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act), overhauling the financial regulatory system. Congress required the US Securities & Exchange Commission (the SEC) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the CFTC)
Arma Partners has acted as exclusive financial advisor to The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) on the sale of its portfolio company BTI Studios to Altor. Founded in 1995, BTI Studios is a global localisation company providing dubbing, subtitling, access services and media solutions across multiple languages to a diverse international
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