ItalMatch Chemicals, a Global Specialty Chemical Group, with leadership in the production and marketing of performance additives for lubricants, industrial water & process treatment, oil & gas, and plastics, has acquired the French company Magpie Polymers, a startup that has developed an advanced and patented technology for selective filtration to
KKR has sold Capsugel to Lonza for USD5.5 billion. As part of the sale, approximately USD35 million of proceeds were distributed to non-management level employees of the company, including all colleagues from the company’s thirteen manufacturing facilities around the world. All Capsugel employees globally participated in the distribution of proceeds
LDC-backed Fishawack Group of Companies, a specialist provider of scientific communications services to global pharmaceutical companies, has acquired the US-based Carling Group of Companies. The transaction value has not been disclosed. The Group includes Carling Communications, a full-service healthcare marketing and communications agency, and MCME Global, the specialist provider of
Middle market private equity firm Stellex Capital Management (Stellex) has held the closing of its debut fund, Stellex Capital Partners (the Fund), with aggregate commitments of USD870 million, exceeding the Fund’s USD750 million target. Stellex has a flexible investment strategy that executes deep value control-oriented middle market investments through structured
MidOcean Credit Partners, an affiliate of MidOcean Partners, a premier New York-based alternative asset manager, has closed a USD600 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO), MidOcean Credit CLO VII. The transaction was led by Goldman Sachs & Co. The CLO will be backed by a portfolio of primarily senior-secured leveraged
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has listed the first ever Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF). The new RAIF was brought to market by Finexis and has been listed on the Euro MTF market. RAIFs are a new type of vehicle that combine the characteristics and structures of specialised investment funds
The London Stock Exchange has seen nine fund IPOs on its markets to date in 2017, raising GBP1.4 billion. London listed funds have also raised GBP3.6 billion in further capital in the first half of the year. London continues to be an attractive market for international fund managers, particularly from the
AxiomSL, a provider of risk data management and regulatory reporting technology for the financial services industry, has secured a strategic investment from growth equity firm TCV. This investment represents AxiomSL’s first institutional financing, having bootstrapped to scale since its founding in 1991. TCV’s investment will enable the company to accelerate
Private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has sold its portfolio company Comverge through the sale of its parent company, Peak Holding Corp, to Itron in a cash transaction valued at approximately USD100 million. Comverge is a leading provider of demand response, energy efficiency, customer engagement and distributed generation solutions
An affiliate of HIG Europe (HIG) has acquired a controlling stake in Santa Lucia Pharma Apps (SLPA), an Italian provider of advanced services to hospitals. SLPA offers integrated turn-key solutions to hospitals for the traceability and management of unit dose drugs and medical devices. SLPA solutions, which include proprietary software,
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