The EVCA has welcomed the publication of the Level Two Delegated Acts for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive (AIFMD), saying that they are “important step towards giving European private equity fund managers and their investors legal certainty”. EVCA secretary-general Dörte Höppner (pictured) says: “Policymakers have listened and recognised the benefits
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of the Taxware business from ADP in an agreement that was announced on 6 November 2012. The company will continue to use the Taxware name. "We are excited that we are closing this transaction with ADP and acquiring a leading company in a
Nomura has launched the Nomura QES Modelled Private Equity Returns Index (PERI) in the US, the first daily investible index for institutional investors which targets returns similar to those achieved through investment in private equity buyout funds on a committed capital basis. The PERI has been developed in collaboration with
Polaris Private Equity, a Danish/Swedish mid-market private equity investor, has made four promotions. Peter Maigaard, Rune Gornitzka and Martin Bang-Löwgren (pictured) have all been promoted to director, while Simon Wille has been promoted to investment manager. The promotions mark the end of a year during which Polaris has made five
Energy group Winch Energy has invested in Sicily-based energy trader Onda Energy and its subsidiary Energit, based in Sardinia. The Onda Energy Group is the largest gas and electricity broker in both Sicily and Sardinia, with some 35,000 commercial customers in Sicily, Sardinia and Italy. The combined group has turnover
Claude Vachet has joined Cycle Capital Management as managing partner. Vachet (pictured) has over 22 years of experience in operations in venture capital and in fund management, and has been part of successful teams at both Kirchner and Multiple Capital. Vachet also previously worked at Innovatech Montreal as vice president
Private equity firm TA Associates has completed a majority investment in DigiCert, a provider of enterprise security solutions. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, DigiCert provides online authentication and encryption services primarily through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates to companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and educational
Sprint is to acquire the approximately 50 per cent stake in Clearwire it does not currently own for USD2.97 per share, equating to a total payment to Clearwire shareholders, other than Sprint, of USD2.2bn. This transaction results in a total Clearwire enterprise value of approximately USD10bn, including net debt and
Moonray Healthcare has acquired Lexum, a provider of ophthalmology in Czech Republic and Poland. The deal will see a phased transfer of ownership from current investors ARX Equity Partners and founder Professor Martin Filipec, who will remain with the group. Lexum operates 10 hospitals across Central Europe including the European
Baird, an employee-owned international financial services firm, and Axis Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of Axis Bank, have formed an alliance for investment banking services, with an initial focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions between India and Europe, and India and the US. Through the alliance, the two investment banks
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