Bertram Capital has sold Power Distribution to Smiths Interconnect, a division of global technology business Smiths Group plc for USD235 million. The all-cash sale was previously announced by Smiths in September and today’s announcement reflects the completion of the transaction. The sale is Bertram Capital’s first exit from its inaugural
Denis Fabre has joined The Blackstone Group as a Senior Managing Director. Based in London, he is responsible for the European healthcare franchise for Blackstone Advisory Partners. John Studzinski, of Blackstone Advisory Partners, says: “Healthcare is a core sector for the Blackstone Group with a number of high profile investments
Indus Capital Partners, LLC has announced the creation of two new positions to support the Europe Fund. There are now eight dedicated team members and AUM of approximately USD557 million. Jianbo “Bob” Li, PhD has joined the Europe team as an Analyst responsible for Trading, Risk and Performance Analytics for
Intervale Capital, an energy-focused middle-market private equity firm, has promoted Erich Horsley (pictured) to Partner. In his new role, Erich will be actively involved in deal sourcing and execution, portfolio company oversight and interaction with the firm’s limited partners. He will also join Intervale’s Investment Committee alongside Managing Partners Charles
Candescent Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired SoftBase, a provider of DB2 z/OS coding, testing and deployment tools that accelerate application development. Candescent led the transaction with co-investors Harbert Mezzanine Capital, Bush O’Donnell Capital Partners, and Brooke Private Equity Associates. SoftBase is Candescent’s fourth platform acquisition and second
Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC), a China-focused early stage venture capital firm, has closed Northern Light Venture Fund III LP, (together with its parallel funds, (NLVF III), with USD400 million in committed capital. The capital was committed by leading institutional investors from the United States, Europe and Asia. NLVC plans
Former Treasury and Economic Development Minister Allan Bell has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, effective Tuesday 11 October, 2011). The Ramsey MHK was elected to the position by Tynwald, the Island’s parliament, of which he has been a member for 27 years. He
South Bend Controls is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly engineered, solenoid-based components used in critical applications serving the aerospace and defence, industrial and medical markets. The business will operate within Curtiss-Wright’s Motion Control segment. "The acquisition of South Bend Controls by Curtiss-Wright validates the company’s unique strength in
Gresham Private Equity-backed ICR Integrity has acquired asset integrity specialists North East Corrosion Engineers Ltd (NECE Ltd), in the first phase of the group’s expansion since its formation in July. ICR Integrity was formed in July 2011 following the buy-out of Walker Technical Resources, the Aberdeen based specialist in engineered
China Science and Merchants (CSM) has today launched a global capital raise for its first international US Dollar denominated fund which will make private equity investments in China and has appointed EME Capital as global co-ordinator for the fundraising. CSM is initially targeting USD1 billion for this fund. Professor Shan
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