Harbinger Group has formed a joint venture with EXCO Resources to create a private oil and gas limited partnership that will purchase and operate EXCO’s US conventional oil and gas assets, for a total consideration of USD725m. Under the terms of the agreement, the partnership will own EXCO’s conventional oil
Investcorp, a provider and manager of alternative investment products, is to acquire Scandinavia’s luxury retailer Georg Jensen for USD140m from private equity group Axcel Capital Partners. As part of this transaction, Investcorp has teamed up with David Chu, the luxury brand entrepreneur and founder of Nautica, who will join the
Sidewinder Drilling, a Houston-based land drilling company controlled by private equity firm Avista Capital Partners, is to acquire Union Drilling. Sidewinder’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Fastball Acquisition, is to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Union Drilling for USD6.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest and
Humana has acquired Certify Data Systems, a specialist in health information exchange (HIE) technology. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Hospitals, physicians and laboratories across the nation have adopted the HealthLogix Enterprise HIE platform from Certify. The platform provides two-way sharing of clinical information across disparate electronic health
A fund managed by Blackstone on behalf of its private equity investors, Blackstone Capital Partners V, has completed its purchase of GCA Services Group from Nautic Partners and other minority shareholders. Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley acted as M&A advisers to Blackstone and provided financing for the transaction. Simpson Thacher
AXA Private Equity has participated in the EUR20m capital increase of the online travel agency Bravofly. Proceeds of the fundraising have been used to finance the acquisition of Rumbo, a Spanish online travel company. Founded in 2004, Bravofly allows internet users to search, compare and book airline tickets from low-cost
MIddle market private equity firm The Sterling Group has completed the acquisition of the Dexter Axle business from Tomkins Industries, a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings. The investment is Sterling’s fourth investment in its third fund, an USD820 million fund raised in 2010. Dexter is the second business Sterling has acquired
First Investors Financial Services Group has completed its previously announced merger with an affiliate of private equity firm Aquiline Capital Partners. The total consideration to be received by the former holders of First Investors securities will be approximately USD100 million. First Investors, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of a
Mindbody, a provider of online business management software to the beauty, health and wellness industry, has completed a USD35m investment round led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The company’s existing investors, Catalyst Investors and Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), also participated in the latest investment. The capital raised will be
Private equity firm GTCR has acquired Premium Credit from MBNA Europe, a subsidiary of Bank of America. Premium Credit is a provider of payment facilitation and financing services in the UK and Ireland. GTCR is partnering with new chief executive Andrew Doman and existing management of Premium Credit to recapitalise
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