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Arsenal Capital Partners closes Fund IV at USD1.3bn hard cap

Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in lower middle market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, has completed fundraising for Arsenal Capital Fund IV at its USD1.3 billion hard cap.   The firm's previous fund, Arsenal Capital Partners III, was raised in 2012 with USD875 million

Rockbridge Growth Equity sells Triad Retail Media to Xaxis

Detroit-based private equity firm Rockbridge Growth Equity has sold Triad Retail Media, a digital retail media advertising firm, to programmatic audience company Xaxis. Xaxis is a wholly owned operating company of WPP, the world's largest communications services group with offices in 113 countries.   Triad manages and delivers full-service creative,

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Man Group acquires Aalto and launches Man Global Private Markets

Man Group plc has acquired Aalto Invest Holding AG and launched a new ‘private markets offering’, Man Global Private Markets,  designed to offer longer term investments and complement their existing products. Man defines private markets as real estate, credit and infrastructure.  Founded in 2010 by Mikko Syrjänen and Petteri Barman,

AXA IM – Real Assets extends forestry portfolio with French acquisition

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has acquired a 958 hectare forest known as “Domaine de Saint Augustin” in the Allier and Cher departments, France, for EUR21.5 million from a private vendor. The transaction has been undertaken on behalf of an AXA Insurance Company and brings AXA IM – Real

Monroe Capital reaches final close on Private Credit Fund II

Monroe Capital has held the final close of Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund II with USD800 million of limited partner commitments, eclipsing the fund’s target of USD600 million. When combined with target fund leverage, the fund will have approximately USD1.5 billion of total investable capital or buying power, the largest

Investec supports Waterland’s acquisition of Scholt stake

Investec Corporate & Acquisition Finance, KBC and Rabobank have jointly provided debt finance facilities to support Waterland’s acquisition of a stake in energy supplier Scholt. The acquisition is being made alongside the original founder, Jan Scholt, and Scholt’s management.   The deal marks Investec’s eighth recent financing transaction in the

PE firm Catalyst acquires majority stake in Tanzanian pharmaceutical co

East African-focused private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Zenufa Laboratories in Tanzania. Zenufa is a pharmaceutical manufacturers with its factory recognised by the Tanzania Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) as being fully compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) conforming with international guidelines and systems

Blue Sage invests in Magnum Systems

Lower middle-market private equity firm Blue Sage Capital has completed its acquisition of Magnum Systems. Headquartered in Kansas City, with an additional manufacturing facility in Parsons, Kansas, Magnum, through its Taylor Products and Smoot brands, is a designer and manufacturer of branded packaging and material handling solutions.   The company’s

French private equity very positive in 2016, says AFIC

In the first half of 2016, French private equity firms invested EUR5.5 billion to support and accelerate company growth projects, according to data released by the Association Française des Investisseurs pour la Croissance (AFIC). This figure is up 47 per cent relative to the first half of 2015 and is

RDIF portfolio co breaks ground on Karelia hydropower plants

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) portfolio company Nord Hydro-Beliy Porog has broken ground on the construction of small hydropower plants on the river Kem in Karelia, Northwest Russia. The breaking ground ceremony was held in the presence of the Head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen, RDIF executives and

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