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Kohlberg to acquire Steinway Musical Instruments

Steinway Musical Instruments is to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in a transaction valued at approximately USD438m.    Upon the completion of the transaction, the Steinway will become a privately held company.   Under the terms of the agreement, an affiliate of Kohlberg

Trilantic Capital Partners acquires interest in Traeger Pellet Grills

Private equity firm Trilantic Capital Partners has acquired a substantial minority interest in Traeger Pellet Grills, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wood pellet grills, wood pellets, sauces and spices, and grilling accessories.   Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   The company was founded in 1985 in

CVC Capital Partners appoints Duco Sickinghe to Benelux and TMT advisory boards

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has appointed Duco Sickinghe to its Benelux advisory board and TMT advisory board.   Sickinghe (pictured) will assume both roles on 1 September 2013.   Sickinghe, a Dutch national, was most recently the chief executive officer of Telenet, a provider of cable broadband services

Qiming promotes Nisa Leung to managing partner

Qiming Venture Partners has promoted Nisa Leung to managing partner effective immediately.   Leung (pictured) joined Qiming as a venture partner in 2006 to head the firm’s healthcare practice. She currently sits on the board of Gan & Lee Pharmaceutical, Novast Pharmaceuticals, Crown Bioscience, Sangon Biotech, Nurotron, Goodwill Information Technology,

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Fudge joins Mourant Ozannes in BVI

Marie-Claire Fudge has joined Mourant Ozannes as counsel and head of funds in the British Virgin Islands.   Fudge (pictured) has extensive experience in structuring, setting up and launching open and closed ended BVI investment funds and providing ongoing advice to investment funds and their managers.   She has a

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Maven invests in Lambert Contracts

Private equity and alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners has invested GBP3.8m into Paisley based Lambert Contracts.   Maven’s investment will help to position the business for further growth and accelerate its strategy for expansion into new geographic markets.   The business, which was founded in 1986 and now employs

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KCP invests in telecoms support provider WHP Projects

Key Capital Partners, the private equity firm focused on smaller buyouts, has led a GBP3m equity investment in WHP Projects, a provider of support services to the mobile phone industry.   As part of the transaction, Royal Bank of Scotland, led by Stuart Watson, director of the corporate transactions team,

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BNY Mellon launches Form PF reporting solution

BNY Mellon has developed a reporting solution that enables its affected alternative investment clients to prepare and file Form PF, as required by recent rules introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).   A joint effort of the SEC and CFTC, Form PF

Jon Trigg joins Moore Group

Moore Group has strengthened its senior management team appointment of Jon Trigg as private equity director.   Trigg’s private equity expertise and knowledge spanning the whole client, technical and operational spectrum from over 13 years in the sector make him the ideal candidate for the new role at Moore.  

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Jim Douglass joins Fulcrum Equity Partners

Jim Douglass has joined Fulcrum Equity Partners as partner.   He will work closely with the fund’s existing portfolio companies and will also develop new investment opportunities.   Douglass brings more than 25 years of operations management, strategic development and financial experience with high-growth companies, particularly in the financial services,

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