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Affiliates of Xura to acquire Mitel Mobile and Ranzure Networks

Affiliates of Xura, a provider of digital communications services, are to acquire Mitel Mobility, a division of Mitel Networks and Ranzure Networks. Mitel Mobile, formerly Mavenir Systems, is a provider of Voice-over-Long-Term Evolution (VoLTE), Voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi), video, Rich Communication Services (RCS), messaging, radio access and packet core solutions.   Ranzure,

LPA advises Bluecom Group on sale to Dentsu Aegis Network

LPA, in association with Toullec Solicitors, has advised Bluecom Group, an e-commerce solutions provider in Asia-Pacific, on the sale of 100 per cent of its share capital to Dentsu Aegis Network, a provider of media, digital and creative communications services. Established in 2012, Bluecom specialises in designing and implementing e-commerce

Kohlberg closes on USD2.2bn Kohlberg Investors VIII

Kohlberg & Company, a private equity firm specialising in middle market investing, has held the final closing of its eighth private equity fund, Kohlberg Investors VIII, with USD2.2 billion in total commitments. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap due to strong support from existing limited partners,

James Williams, Hedgeweek

Protégé Partners: The art of seeding talent

Perhaps it is apt that Protégé Partners, LLC is located above the world-renowned Museum of Modern Art in New York given that its modus operandi is to find the best and most creative talents in the hedge fund industry.  Some seed investors look for portfolio managers with proven skills in investing,

Caledonia Investments sells Park Holidays UK

Caledonia Investments has agreed terms for the sale of Park Holidays UK, the UK's third largest holiday park operator, to Tiger Bidco, a special purpose vehicle incorporated by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), for a headline enterprise value of GBP362 million. Caledonia will receive GBP197 million in cash, net of fees,

Lightyear sells RidgeWorth to Virtus Investment Partners

Investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm focused on financial services investing, are to sell RidgeWorth Holdings, the holding company for multi-boutique asset manager RidgeWorth Capital Management, to Virtus Investment Partners for USD472 million. The transaction is not subject to financing and is subject to

Harris Williams advises The Leisure Pass Group on sale to Exponent

Middle market investment bank Harris Williams & Co has advised The Leisure Pass Group in its sale to Exponent Private Equity. Leisure Pass is a city attraction pass provider with operations in 19 major international cities across Europe and North America.   Harris Williams & Co served as the exclusive

Keensight Capital to sell stake in Sogelink to Naxicap

Keensight Capital has agreed to sell its stake in Sogelink, a provider of vertical software dedicated to the construction and civil engineering market, to Naxicap. Founded in 2000, Sogelink designs, develops and markets software, SaaS (Software as a Service) and mobile solutions intended to simplify and optimise complex processes tailored

European private equity activity falls amid post-Brexit dearth of mega-deals

The slowdown in deal activity ahead of the EU Referendum in June continued after the surprise outcome, with year-on-year activity down 38 per cent from EUR89.7 billion in 2015 to EUR55.7 billion in 2016, according to the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR). The latest data from CMBOR, which is

SSandC Globe Op Bill Stone

SS&C acquires Conifer Financial Services

SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has acquired Conifer Financial Services, an independent asset services firm, for an aggregate purchase price of USD88.5 million. Senior management of Conifer will continue to lead the business.   Conifer has 200 clients worldwide representing USD110 billion of combined

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