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OMERS Private Equity and Alberta Investment Management to acquire Vue Entertainment

OMERS Private Equity (OPE), the private equity investment arm of the OMERS pension plan, in equal partnership with Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) on behalf of certain of its clients, have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vue Entertainment from Doughty Hanson and management for an enterprise value of GBP935m

Harris Williams opens German office

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has opened an office in Germany.   The Frankfurt office is led by managing director Jeffery Perkins who has broad experience across many industries.   The new office, which will focus on M&A transactions across Europe, will strengthen the firm’s cross-border deal

Domain Associates promotes Nimesh Shah to partner

Domain Associates, a US venture capital firm investing in life sciences technologies, has promoted Nimesh Shah to partner.   Shah (pictured) joined Domain in 2006.   "Nimesh has been instrumental at Domain in driving opportunities in the rapidly evolving medical device space," says Brian Dovey, partner at Domain Associates. "He brings

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Dataminr raises USD30m in funding led by Venrock and IVP

Dataminr has raised a USD30m venture capital round of funding led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).    Dataminr is a New York-based real-time information discovery company.    Dataminr’s real-time analytics engine transforms raw social media streams into actionable signals, providing enterprise clients with one of the earliest warning

Ogier advises Cinven and Partnership in GBP1.54bn London Stock Exchange IPO

Ogier has advised European private equity firm Cinven and annuity provider Partnership Assurance on Partnership’s recent premium listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.   The GBP1.54bn market capitalisation implied by the offer price would be enough to include it in the FTSE 250 index, which comprises

Silicon Labs acquires Northzone portfolio company Energy Micro for USD170m

Northzone has sold portfolio company Energy Micro to Nasdaq-listed Silicon Labs for USD170m.   The entity’s combined portfolio of products will continue to power the Internet of Things, smart energy and portable electronics.   Northzone, together with Investinor, has been an investor in Energy Micro since March 2010, and has

Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance

Guernsey now accepting AIFMD applications as marketing rules are implemented

On 7 June 2013 the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC), the island’s financial services regulator, issued Guernsey’s domestic Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) marketing rules, together with a notification form, and has confirmed it is able to accept applications prior to 22 July 2013.    This highlights a “business

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ACON exits investment in InverCap

ACON Latin America Opportunities Fund (ALAOF), a private equity investment fund managed by an affiliate of ACON Investments, has exited from its investment in InverCap.   InverCap’s main subsidiary, Afore InverCap, is the largest independent pension fund manager in Mexico.   ACON invested in the company in October 2010 through

Calculus Capital appoints Richard Moore as investment director

Richard Moore has joined the investment team at private equity investor Calculus Capital.   Moore (pictured) joins from Citigroup where he worked from 2005 to 2013, most recently as the head of the European technology (TMT) investment banking team.   Moore, who qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, has

Medical Specialties Distributors acquires Medical Technology Resources

Medical Specialties Distributors (MSD), a portfolio company of private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners, has acquired Medical Technology Resources (MTR).   Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, MTR specialises in providing infusion pumps and related products, as well as biomedical and billing services to alternate-site healthcare providers.      “MTR’s unique product

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