WL Ross & Co has agreed to purchase 4.4 million common shares of Navigator Holdings owned by Lehman Brothers Inc (LBI) for USD110 million. James W Giddens, Trustee for the Securities Investor Protection Act liquidation of LBI, has submitted a motion to the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern
Affiliates of GS Capital Partners have closed a previously announced equity investment in Plastipak Holdings, a supplier of plastic packaging solutions to the world’s largest consumer product companies. The investment will position Plastipak to further capitalise on substantial growth opportunities across its global business platform. Plastipak has been owned and
Maples and Calder has appointed four new associates to the firm’s growing funds team in its Cayman Islands office and a new partner to the British Virgin Islands office. Tim Clipstone, Greg Barwick, Philip Dickinson, Patrick Head and Lucy Nicklas are each specialists in their respective fields. "It is
KMCO has been acquired by Owner Resource Group (ORG), an Austin, Texas based private equity firm. Westlake Securities advised ORG throughout the deal process. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Crosby-based KMCO, founded in 1975, is a chemical processing and manufacturing company serving the automotive, petroleum, industrial and agricultural
AlphaMetrix and Decision Analytics have come to an agreement regarding the initial Next Generation single manager product range. The final manager and strategy selection criteria involve a number of factors with the prime focus on the quality and performance of the track record and strategy specialisation. Next Generation Ucits funds
Alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and the management of The TCW Group, an asset management firm, are to acquire TCW from Société Générale. As a result of the transaction, TCW management and employees will increase their ownership in the firm to approximately 40 per cent on a fully
Aurora Resurgence, an affiliate of Los Angeles-based private equity firm Aurora Capital Group, has sold New Star Metals and its Premier Resource Group and Electric Coatings Technologies subsidiaries to an affiliate of Insight Equity Holdings. In conjunction with this transaction, Aurora Resurgence also sold the US Metals and Supply division
By Pascal Hernalsteen – Benefiting from a flexible tax and legal environment, but also from a well-educated, multilingual, multinational workforce, and an exceptional concentration of highly skilled service providers and niche experts, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has in a few decades become the world’s second largest centre for investment
By Simon Henin – These remain difficult times for the private equity industry. Although there are signs that activity is regaining momentum, it remains significantly subdued by comparison with the period before the onset of the financial crisis, especially in terms of fundraising. Only around 150 new firms raised a
Former Pfizer chairman and chief executive Jeff Kindler has joined venture capital firm Lux Capital as a venture partner. Kindler (pictured) will help identify new healthcare investment opportunities and work with Lux portfolio companies. He joins other recent venture partner additions Jim Woolsey (former CIA director) and Richard Foster (former
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