The first half of 2016 has seen an overall shift towards larger private equity deals with total deal value up 2 per cent and volume slipping by 17 per cent, according to SL Capital’s Q2 2016 Private Equity Barometer. The number of European private-equity-backed deals declined by 8 per cent
Data visualisation and analysis specialist PlanetRisk has acquired Analytic Strategies, a provider of enterprise analytics services to the federal government. With this acquisition and the addition of Analytic Strategies’ expertise in enterprise analytics, data system management, operations research, supply chain management and intelligence analysis, PlanetRisk expands its suite of analytic
Press Ganey, a healthcare performance improvement company, is to be acquired by EQT Equity fund EQT VII, part of the global private equity group EQT. Under the terms of the agreement, EQT will acquire all of Press Ganey’s common stock. Shareholders of record will receive USD40.50 in cash per
Sverica Capital Management’s Sverica Fund IV has acquired a majority stake in RMS Healthcare Management, a provider of management services to Med First Immediate Care and Family Practice. The transaction marks Sverica’s second investment made from Fund IV. Cadiz Capital also participated in the transaction. Headquartered in Jacksonville, North
Vestar Capital Partners, in partnership with management, has acquired Mobile Technologies Inc (MTI), a provider of mobile device security and display technologies, from Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company (HKW). Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Founded nearly 40 years ago, MTI operates in three business segments: Retail
OST Energy, an independent engineering consultancy, has teamed with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and solar energy company Lightsource Renewable Energy to bring Europe’s largest floating photovoltaic (PV) solar project to completion. A 6.3 Megawatt peak (MWp) array floating on the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir west of London, is now
Strong exit environments in both Europe and Asia helped private equity and venture capital funds in emerging markets and developed markets outside the US outperform public markets in those regions in 2015, according to global investment adviser Cambridge Associates. Emerging market PE and VC returns beat non-US developed market PE
One of the biggest issues with risk when it comes to investing is that investors will invariably think about it in binary terms; what is the level of risk? Is it too high or too low? Of greater import, however, is understanding the composition of risk. Given where the funds
Apex Fund Services has closed a USD40 million credit facility with global credit investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies. Peter Hughes (pictured), founder and chief executive officer, Apex Fund Services, says: “The completion of this investment further strengthens Apex’s ability to continue its expansion on a global scale. I am delighted
Sunshine Heart has acquired the Aquadex product line from an indirect subsidiary of Baxter International, a specialist in the hospital products and dialysis markets. The Aquadex system is indicated for temporary (up to eight hours) ultrafiltration treatment of patients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy, and extended (longer
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