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Novetta Solutions acquires White Cliffs Consulting

Novetta Solutions, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has acquired White Cliffs Consulting (WCC). WCC specialises in the digital discovery domain and applies multidisciplinary high-end technical analysis, software engineering, and mission engineering to the entire end-to-end Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) and cyber mission spectrum.  Based in Columbia, Maryland, WCC has

Excellere Partners completes investment in Anesthesia Medical Group

Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on partnering with middle-market entrepreneurs and management teams, has completed its investment in PhyMed Management, the management services company to Anesthesia Medical Group (AMG). This represents the second platform investment in Excellere Capital Fund II. Nashville, Tennessee-based AMG is one of the

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CDC makes new appointments to strengthen investment team

CDC Group plc, the UK’s development finance institution, has made a series of new appointments designed to strengthen its investment teams and enable the company to start to implement its new strategy. Holger Rothenbusch has been appointed as Managing Director of the new Debt and Structured Finance Team and starts

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Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners acquires full ownership of Southern Star

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) has increased its ownership stake to 100 per cent of the common equity of Southern Star Central Corp, parent company of Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline. MSIP, a USD4bn global infrastructure fund, originally acquired a 40 per cent economic stake with 50 per cent governance

US companies most active in emerging market M&A, says KPMG

US-based companies were the most active in completing mergers and acquisitions with emerging and high-growth market companies in the first half of 2012, but deal activity dropped by 33 per cent compared with the first half of 2011, according to KPMG International’s latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker study. The

EIF adds new associate to investor relations team

Energy Investors Funds (EIF), a private equity firm focused on the independent power and electric utility industry, has appointed Lydia Blandy as an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office.  Blandy, who was previously a member of the investor relations department of Ironwood Capital Management, has a BA from Dartmouth

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AQR Capital Management establishes presence in London

AQR Capital Management, an independent alternative investment management firm with USD54.5bn under management, has established a London office. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, AQR has a systematic and disciplined approach to asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk control. Its offerings range from traditional benchmark-oriented long-only strategies to absolute return alternative strategies.

KPMG adds five to alternative investment funds practice

KPMG, the audit, tax and advisory firm, is continuing its investment in its alternative investment funds practice by bringing on board several new partners and managing directors. “KPMG is committed to becoming the market leader in serving the alternative investments industry and our latest additions to the team demonstrate our

Global automotive industry M&A activity declined in first half, says PwC

Global automotive industry merger and acquisition activity slowed during the first half of 2012, according to PwC. In H1 2012, 264 deals closed with a disclosed value of USD10.6bn, reflecting a sizeable decline compared to H1 2011, which totalled 303 completed deals with a disclosed valued at USD18.8bn. "Europe is

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Goodwin Procter hires Lawrence Chu in Silicon Valley

Lawrence M Chu has joined Goodwin Procter’s business law department in its Silicon Valley office as a member of Goodwin’s technology companies, M&A/corporate governance and private equity practices. He will focus on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and corporate finance transactions in the technology, internet, digital media, financial technology, e-commerce and

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