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Palamon Capital Partners and IDH Group sell DD Group

Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon) are to sell DD Group (DD), formerly branded Dental Directory, a UK and Ireland-focused dental and medical aesthetics distributor and service provider, to an affiliate of Sun European Partners. The terms of the private transaction, which is expected to complete in June, have not been disclosed.

ICG holds final close of Asia Pacific Fund IV ICG at $1.1bn

Global alternative asset manager ICG has held the final close of its Asia Pacific Fund IV at $1.1 billion, exceeding its target of $1 billion. Fund V, which is 60 per cent larger than its predecessor fund, received support from a broad and international group of investors looking for exposure

Vespa Capital partners with leadership team to take Origo private

Vespa Capital has partnered with the leadership team at Origo to establish the fintech as a fully independent company. Origo is the infrastructure fintech provider to the pensions and lifetime savings industry. It was established in 1989 as a non-profit organisation owned by twelve pensions providers and investment management firms

Shore Capital partners with AA Medical

Shore Capital Partners (Shore Capital) has completed a partnership with AA Medical, a provider of sustainable solutions to both the new and resale medical device equipment market. AA Medical was founded in 2012 by Ron Plantz to help doctors and surgeons across the world access high quality pre-owned medical equipment

Redbird Capital beats Investcorp in race to acquire AC Milan

Redbird Capital Partners has overcome competition from Investcorp in the race to sign Italy’s AC Milan, according to a report by Bloomberg. Redbird has agreed in principal to buy the seven-times European champions from US investment fund Elliott Management Corp in a trading that values the club at roughly €1.3

Palatine Private Equity makes significant investment in My Pension Expert

Palatine has today made a significant investment in Doncaster-based retirement adviser, My Pension Expert. My Pension Expert is a UK’ at-retirement adviser, with its telephone and video-based services allowing the company to provide independent financial advice on a national scale. The business already enjoys a market-leading reputation amongst clients, achieving

Oaktree and CURA launch voluntary public takeover offer for Deutsche EuroShop

A consortium of private investment funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, and CURA Vermögensverwaltung, the family office of the Otto family and parent company of ECE Group, through Hercules BidCo, are to make a voluntary public takeover offer for all no-par value shares of Deutsche EuroShop AG. Deutsche EuroShop is

Blackstone Credit acquires 49% interest in US East Coast LNG infrastructure asset

Blackstone Credit has acquired EIG’s 49% ownership interest in Elba Liquefaction Company (ELC), a joint venture entity of the Elba Island LNG facility. Kinder Morgan (NYSE: KMI) will remain as the operator and retain its 51% ownership of ELC. ELC is an LNG liquefaction facility located near Savannah, Georgia. 

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