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Equistone-backed Fircroft completes Australian bolt-on

Fircroft has strengthened its position in the mining, minerals and natural resources industries with the acquisition of Australian-based One Key Resources. Established in 2011, One Key Resources is a specialist provider of workforce solutions to the mining industry and has become a market leader in the Asia-Pacific region.   The

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Aqueduct Capital names Dr Pawan Chaturvedi as Head of Investments

Investment advisory and placement firm for hedge and private equity funds Aqueduct Capital Group, has appointed Dr Pawan Chaturvedi as head of investments. Chaturvedi joins Aqueduct from the UCLA Investment Company, where he was a senior investment director focused on all aspects of portfolio management and the private markets portfolio.

Argus signs General Atlantic as strategic investor

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has agreed a strategic partnership with global growth equity firm General Atlantic. General Atlantic will acquire a majority stake in the business, enabling Argus to fuel its next phase of global expansion. Argus executive chairman and publisher Adrian Binks, who has led

TA Associates makes strategic growth investment in PDI

 TA Associates has completed a majority investment in Professional Datasolutions, Inc (PDI), a provider of ERP software and services to the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale marketer industries. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed PDI’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution and related services are designed to

OrbiMed launches USD307m Israel Venture Capital Fund

OrbiMed, an investment firm focused on the healthcare sector, has closed its second Israel-focused venture capital fund, OrbiMed Israel Partners II, LP, with approximately USD307 million in capital commitments.  Investors in the Fund include several of the world’s largest healthcare companies, in addition to dozens of institutional investors and family

LDC backs HR software specialist

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed the management buyout of CIPHR, a vendor of human capital management (HCM) software, to further develop its SaaS offering and expand its product range. CIPHR, which is headquartered in Marlow, provides HR management software targeted at small and medium sized organisations (SMEs) with

Ares Capital Corporation to acquire American Capital in USD3.4bn deal

Ares Capital Corporation and American Capital have signed a merger agreement whereby Ares Capital will acquire American Capital, excluding American Capital Mortgage Management.  The combined company would have on a pro forma basis more than USD13 billion of investments at fair value as of March 31, 2016. The Boards of

BGF celebrates five years of growth

BGF (Business Growth Fund), a provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, is celebrating celebrates five years of growth during which it has invested nearly GBP850 million in a diverse portfolio of more than 125 companies including manufacturers, retailers, technology providers, restaurants and more. The milestone follows BGF’s

Pamplona Capital’s Beacon Rail to supply rolling stock to Transpennine Express

Rail rolling stock leasing company Beacon Rail Leasing, a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital, is to purchase 13 sets of five-car intercity carriages which will be leased to TransPennine Express Limited (TPE), a FirstGroup plc company. The carriages will be manufactured by Spanish manufacturer, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (“CAF”)

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