Graphite Capital, the leading UK mid-market private equity specialist, has sold Summit Medical to The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm.

ISIS Equity Partners, investing funds from the Baronsmead VCTs, has completed a significant investment into the UK’s Carnell Support Services, a provider of specialist support services to

Guernsey is to hold a private equity masterclass in central London this spring featuring a keynote speech from Jon Moulton the founder and managing partner of leading industry firm Alchemy

Advent International, a global buy-out firm, has completed the acquisition of LaborMed Pharma from its founders.

BlackRock has been tapped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to help manage the USD30bn portfolio of Bear Stearns, which is being acquired by JPMorgan Chase, now for USD1.2bn.

Octopus Ventures, the private investor group specialising in early stage businesses valued at between GBP2m and GBP10m, is pleased to announce the appointment of  Paul  Humphries

Aureos Southern Africa Fund (ASAF) has acquired a 30 per cent equity stake in South African company Sandbox Holdings.

Yorkville Advisors, LLC, a private investment firm that specializes in structured finance and direct investments, hired Paul Strzelecki as Managing Director and partner for its UK-based op

Partners Group, the Switzerland based global alternative asset manager, announces the final close of Partners Group US Venture  2006, at USD250m.

Dechert has announced that Kevin P Scanlan has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services group.