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Blackstone acquires Philadelphia Financial Group from Tiptree Financial

Tiptree Financial is to sell its subsidiary Philadelphia Financial Group to funds managed by the tactical opportunities group of The Blackstone Group for approximately USD155 million in cash plus additional consideration of approximately USD10 million to be paid over two years. The transaction, which including both Tiptree’s third party administration

Ashurst advises KKR on acquisition of Pont-sur-Sambre Power and Toul Power

Ashurst has advised the credit business of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) on the acquisition of the entire share capital and voting rights of Pont-sur-Sambre Power and Toul Power, two combined cycle gas turbine power plants in France. The plants were acquired from Verbund AG, a power transmission and trading company.

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European PE market sees continued volatility in Q3, says SL Capital Partners

A total of 298 European private equity transactions in Q3 represented a meaningful reduction in volume over the prior quarter, impacted by a decrease in both buyouts and early stage transactions, according to SL Capital Partners. Value held up relatively well given the reduced volumes and, although the EUR19.0bn transacted

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Crestbridge sees value of funds administered rise by 700 per cent

Independent corporate and fund services provider Crestbridge has seen the value of funds it administers grow from GBP1.84 billion in June 2013 to GBP15.06 billion in June 2014, representing an increase of more than 700 per cent. Contributing to this growth were a number of key business wins for the

Mooreland Partners makes key senior hire

Mooreland Partnerrs has expanded its European-based senior banking digital media and internet team through the appointment of Seth Kundrot, who has joined the London office as an executive director. "Digital media and Internet currently account for the largest share of US investment value in Europe across the technology sector, and

JZ Capital reports further NAV growth

London listed private equity fund JZ Capital Partners, an investor in US and European micro cap companies, has now seen NAV growth in 20 of the past 22 quarters. The firm’s NAV totalled USD657.4 million at 31 August 2014 (FYE 28/02/14: USD666.5 million), with pre-dividend NAV per share of USD10.27

Platinum Equity acquires Terratest

Platinum Equity has acquired a majority interest in ground engineering firm Grupo Terratest. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Headquartered in Madrid and providing services around the world, Terratest is a specialised international contractor providing foundation work, ground improvement and micro-tunnelling services for large-scale infrastructure projects

Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services and Confluence launch Annex IV reporting services

Confluence is to provide Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services with a range of reporting solutions for its new Annex IV reporting services for alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). The new services allow AIFMs that are managing or marketing alternative investment funds (AIFs) in the EU to submit Annex IV reports to their

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Asia Climate Partners establishes HQ in Hong Kong

Asia Climate Partners (ACP), a joint venture by the Asian Development Bank, ORIX Corporation and Robeco Institutional Asset Management, has launched its headquarters in Hong Kong. “We are pleased to announce the opening of our new headquarters office, which represents another milestone in our continuing efforts to establish the leading

V-Rooms announces pre-launch of M&A Global Deal Market

V-Rooms has announced the pre-launch of Global Deal Market, a rated deal marketplace exclusively for family office direct investments in private US based mature companies, typically with annual up to USD100 million. With this pre-launch, Global Deal Market (GDM) is actively reviewing M&A deals for presentation to its Charter Member

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