ARX Equity Partners has completed a first close of its latest Central Europe vehicle, ARX CEE IV, at EUR54 million, with total subscribed commitments of EUR66 million. The fund, which has a target of EUR100 million including commitments from the European Investment Fund (EIF), will continue to execute the ARX
WestBridge Capital has completed a GBP10.5 million secondary buyout of ISG Technology, marking a successful exit for RJD Private Equity which originally backed a management buyout of the business in 2005. ISG designs, installs and manages mission critical networking infrastructure solutions for blue chip organisations across the UK, including retailers,
Siris Capital Group’s affiliates have submitted a unilaterally binding offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Polycom for a price of USD12.50 per share in cash. The offer is subject to Polycom terminating its existing merger agreement with Mitel Networks. Polycom has informed Siris that its board of directors
Farallon Capital Management has completed fundraising for Farallon Asia Special Situations III and Farallon Asia Special Situations Master III, an Asia and Latin America focused private investment pool, with aggregate commitments of USD1.12 billion. "We are very excited to begin investing FASS III and want to thank all of our
HIG Bayside Capital, a credit affiliate of HIG Capital, has held the first close of IDeA CCR (Corporate Credit Recovery) I Fund, an investment platform managed by IDeA Capital Funds SGR (IDeA), at EUR260 million. The fund, which comprises two sub-funds – a Credit Fund and a New Money Fund
Italian fund 21 Investimenti III is to acquire Philippe Model, a high-end fashionable leisure shoe brand based in the heart of the Riviera del Brenta Italian footwear district and distributed worldwide by top luxury wholesalers. Founded in 2008 by the Italian designer Paolo Gambato, the company reached sales of over
Sofiprotéol and Tikehau Investment Management have launched a private debt fund called Sofiprotéol Dette Privée, which will finance the development of agro-food and agro-industrial companies of all sizes through bullet loans or leveraged acquisition financing. This financing vehicle will be an addition to those already initiated by Sofiprotéol. As
Campbell Lutyens has made a number of senior promotions in its London and Hong Kong offices. Edward Hutton has been promoted to partner. He joined Campbell Lutyens in 2007 and has responsibility for the firm's general partner and limited partner relationships in the Nordic countries and also shares responsibility for
Cloud technology – The scale of a manager's IT infrastructure will largely depend on the type of trading strategy. A quantitative market neutral statistical arbitrage fund is likely going to spend more capital on front-office portfolio management, risk management systems and server storage capabilities than a specialist credit strategy that trades
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