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Access acquires Delta Software

Access Group, a business software provider backed by Lyceum Capital, has acquired Delta Software in a GBP5.4m deal. The acquisition is Access’ fifth since Lyceum Capital backed a GBP50m buyout of the group in March last year to support its long-term growth strategy.   Since then, the company has consolidated

Michael Beetz appointed associate principal at Palamon Capital Partners

Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Michael Beetz as an associate principal.  Beetz, a German national, joins Palamon from Coller Capital where he was a senior associate in its London based investment team.  Prior to this he was an associate at UBS Investment Bank in its London

Macquarie appoints Jim Frawley to head M&A

Macquarie Group has appointed James F. Frawley as a senior managing director and US head of mergers and acquisitions. Frawley will join Macquarie from FBR, where he served as head of mergers and acquisitions and head of FBR’s New York investment banking office. “I am delighted to welcome Jim to

Francisco Partners acquires biometrics provider Cross Match Technologies

Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, has acquired Cross Match Technologies, a provider of interoperable biometric identity management systems, applications and services. “Cross Match has a long history of innovation and has secured significant contracts with the most discerning government clients,” says Keith Geeslin, a partner at Francisco Partners.

Tullett Prebon strengthens alternative investment team

Tullett Prebon, an inter-dealer broker, has hired Kishore Kansal, the founding partner and chief executive of PEFOX, to its alternative investments team in London as head of Tullett Prebon Private Equity Risk Solutions. Kansal will be based in London and will lead Tullett Prebon Private Equity Risk Solutions (TPPERS).  

Infrastructure

The RBS Group Pension Fund awards infrastructure mandate to Hastings

Hastings Funds Management has been selected by The RBS Group Pension Fund as its partner to develop and manage their private market infrastructure assets.    The initial allocation by The RBS Group Pension Fund is GBP750m.   The mandate is to source and manage core infrastructure investments in the UK

RJD backs management buyout of Harrington Brooks

RJD Partners, a UK-based middle market private equity investors, has backed the management buyout of Harrington Brooks, a provider of debt management solutions, from Inflexion Private Equity. The buyout is being led by chief executive Matthew Cheetham, who joined the business in 2007, and finance director Terry Sweeney, who was

Francisco Partners acquires supply chain software company Kewill

Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Kewill, a trade and logistics software provider. This deal represents Francisco Partners’ sixth take-private transaction in Europe since the beginning of 2009. “We see a significant opportunity for Kewill as long-term growth and increasing complexity in the trade

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