AXA Private Equity has agreed to acquire a 45 per cent stake in Arkadin, a provider of collaboration services. The transaction, which sees AXA Private Equity working alongside Olivier de Puymorin, founder and chief executive of the company, follows the exit by the historical investors, Apax Partners, Altamir Amboise, Innovation
Alexandre Masson has joined Activa Capital as an operating director. Masson previously worked for six years as a director at Alvarez & Marsal where he conducted operational and financial improvement assignments on behalf of private equity firms or family-owned companies. He specialised in the retail, manufacturing industry and healthcare sectors.
Aurora Venture Capital investment fund has acquired 25 per cent of xLander, the Russian travellers’ social network. The amount of the transaction has was been disclosed. The investments will be directed to the development of the social network, particularly to the development of new Web services for travellers and professionals
There were 705 private equity-backed buyout deals in Q2 2012, valued at an aggregate USD60.4bn – a 37 per cent increase in deal value from Q1 2012, and a six per cent increase from the USD56.8bn in Q4 2011, according to figures from Preqin. There were 705 private equity-backed buyout
Multifonds has launched Global Investor, which allows fund administrators to consolidate their investor servicing and transfer agency operations onto a single platform across all investment types. Multifonds has developed its alternatives capability and extended the former Multifonds Transfer Agent platform to fully support alternatives, rebranding it Multifonds Global Investor in
Law firm Baker & McKenzie has hired three private equity lawyers in Chicago: William S. Kirsch, Stacey T. Kern and Garry W. Jaunal. Kirsch (pictured) will chair the private equity practice in North America and will serve as a member of the firm’s Global Private Equity Steering Committee.
OMERS Private Equity and AXA Private Equity have signed a definitive agreement in connection with the sale by OMERS to AXA Private Equity of a portfolio of 11 private equity fund investments, and the related unfunded commitments. The portfolio of entirely buyout funds, in aggregate, represents a total size of
The tepid global economy has greatly slowed the pace of US M&A activity, as deal flow dropped by 15 per cent to 3,159 deals in the first half of 2012 from 3,729 in 2011. Deal value also tumbled by 43 per cent from the prior year. While the US economy
BlackRock has entered into a definitive agreement whereby it will acquire Swiss Re Private Equity Partners, the European private equity and infrastructure fund of funds franchise of Swiss Re. BlackRock and Swiss Re have also entered into a strategic alternative investment relationship agreement, centred on BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI), which
Private equity firm HarbourVest Partners has announced that HarbourVest-managed funds together with HarbourVest Global Private Equity, a closed-end investment company, have signed a definite agreement to acquire the entities that hold Conversus Capital’s portfolio of private equity fund interests and direct co-investments for USD1.4bn. In conjunction with the purchase, up
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