Abbott is to acquire St Jude Medical, creating a medical device specialist with top positions in high-growth cardiovascular markets, including atrial fibrillation, structural heart and heart failure as well as a leading position in the high-growth neuromodulation market. Under the agreement, St Jude Medical shareholders will receive USD46.75 in cash
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of TPG, has closed its acquisition of Frank Recruitment Group (FRG), a global staffing and recruiting business focused exclusively on the enterprise software market. TPG Growth acquired a majority stake in FRG from its founders and UK-based mid-market private equity
Seabury Group’s recently formed Seabury Global Markets (SGM) entity has made an initial investment and entered into a multi-year, strategic relationship with Spotex, an FX ECN focused on improving foreign exchange and precious metals trading for both buy and sell-side participants. The new agreement follows the January 2016 announcement of
Fidelity Institutional has expanded its alternative investments platform, which will now provide access to a wide range of private equity funds for all Fidelity Institutional clients. Fidelity’s alternative investments platform, launched in October 2013, provides research, education and third-party due diligence, as well as access to a wide range of
UK private equity has made a slow start in the first quarter of 2016, following the highest number of buy-outs since 2007, according to figures published by the Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR) at Imperial College Business School. The latest research, sponsored by Equistone Partners Europe Limited, shows that
The recovery rate for private equity transactions – the proportion of capital recovered in any deal where some loss has occurred – continues to maintain record levels of around 80 per cent, according to figures released by CEPRES. The results come from the new Loss & Recovery Benchmarking in PE.Analyzer,
An investment subsidiary of Investindustrial is to acquire Valtur Group from its current owners, Sofia which belongs to the Ljuljdjuraj family, who used to control the Valtur Group and will retain a minority shareholding. The acquisition of Valtur represents the first step of a global project aimed at creating a
Infosys, a specialist in consulting, technology and next-generation services, has partnered with Trifacta to provide a data wrangling solution for the Infosys Information Platform (IIP) and Infosys’ other platforms and offerings. Infosys clients can now leverage Trifacta’s intuitive self-service solution for exploring and transforming data—a critical step in any analytics
BlueVine, a leading online provider of everyday financing to small businesses, has secured a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. Financial terms of the investment have not been disclosed. Citi Ventures' investment will support BlueVine’s growth as it continues to scale its cloud-based working capital financing platform for small businesses and
PRA Group, a specialist in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, has completed its public tender offer to purchase shares of Warsaw-based DTP SA (DTP) on 26 April, 2016. Some 99.73 per cent of the shares in DTP have been tendered at PLN 4.90 per share (approximately USD1.26 per share), for
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