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Mill City Capital closes going private acquisition of Bonnett’s Energy Corp

Private equity firm Mill City Capital has completed the “going private” acquisition of Bonnett’s Energy Corp, an oil field services company based in Alberta, Canada.     Bonnett's Energy Corp, founded in 1972, serves customers throughout the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, operating a modern fleet of equipment with 11 locations throughout

Levine Leichtman acquires Genova Diagnostics

LA-based private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has partnered with management to acquire Asheville, North Carolina-based Genova Diagnostics.  Genova, founded in 1986, is a specialty clinical laboratory that has pioneered a unique, systems-based approach to testing that supports the personalised diagnosis, treatment and prevention of chronic disease.   

Unigestion identifies environmental sustainability opps in Asian PE manager

Boutique institutional asset manager Unigestion has invested in the Armstrong South East Asia Clean Energy Fund which invests in small scale renewable energy and resource efficiency projects in South East Asia. The investment, through the Unigestion-Ethos Environmental Sustainability Fund, will provide investors with exposure to opportunities in the clean energy

CDC appoints Mark Eckstein as director, environmental and social responsibility

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed Mark Eckstein as director, environmental and social responsibility. Eckstein will oversee a team that seeks to improve environmental and social standards across CDC’s portfolio of investments.   CDC’s more than 1,200 investments span 80 countries and include fund investments, debt investments

ESMA begins preparatory work for new market abuse regime

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Discussion Paper setting out its initial views on the implementing measures it will have to develop for the new Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). MAR aims to enhance market integrity and investor protection. It will achieve this by updating and strengthening

Z Capital Partners becomes largest shareholder of Real Mex

Private equity firm Z Capital Partners has acquired an equity stake of a non-strategic minority holder and increased its equity ownership of Real Mex Restaurants. As a result of this transaction, Z Capital is now the largest shareholder of Real Mex.   Concurrent with this transaction, the company announced that

PwC poll shows increasing focus on sustainability factors in dealmaking

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters are becoming increasingly important in the deal market, according to a poll of over 300 professionals conducted by PwC US.  The poll, conducted during PwC's recent webcast, Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in deals and valuing their impact, found that 68 per

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Midland IRA added to FNEX.com

Midland IRA has been added to FNEX’s self-directed IRA network.  FNEX platform users can invest their retirement funds in a multitude of private securities and managed accounts rather than being limited only to the public stock and bond markets.   FNEX announced the launch of FNEX.com, an online marketplace for

Elliptic Technologies secures USD4m in growth capital

Elliptic Technologies has secured USD4m of additional funding from existing and new investors including BDC Venture Capital and Anges Quebec members. Building on Elliptic's embedded security and content protection solutions, the company will deploy the new capital to support its growth strategy and fuel more extensive market opportunities through the

PasswordBox receives USD6m in VC funding

PasswordBox has raised USD6m in a series A funding round led by OMERS Ventures, along with Mark Britto, chief executive of BOKU, and Lee Linden, head of Facebook ecommerce. PasswordBox, a secure password management solution, plans to use the funds to continue scaling and growing its team.   "Thirty eight

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