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US private equity firm Bain Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire network equipment provider 3Com Corporation for about USD2.2bn in cash.

US venture capital investors are eager to go green, according to new data released by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young, which shows investors put USD892.6m to work in 71 deals fo

The UK Aim-quoted investment vehicle Aurora Russia, established to make equity or equity-related investments in small and mid-sized private companies in Russia, has invested a further GBP1

Smedvig Capital, a London-based private equity firm active in development capital for growth businesses has led an investment of GBP4m in Suso Drinks, a new entrant in the UK’s GBP2bn carb

The annual rate of growth in enterprise value achieved last year by the largest private equity-backed businesses significantly outperformed equivalent public companies in the same country,

Partners Group, the Switzerland-based alternative asset manager, has teamed up with the Italian firm Poli e Associati and other professionals to establish Perennius Capital Partners in Mil

The Carlyle Group has appointed David Marchick, previously a partner advising US and foreign companies on regulatory and strategic issues at law firm Covington & Burling, as a managing

Pamplona Capital Management has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, Pamplona Capital Partners II, having attracted EUR1.3bn in capital commitments.

KPS Capital Partners has announced the addition of six professionals to its investment team, which follows the closing of the firm’s third oversubscribed fund, KPS Special Situations Fund