The Riverside Company has acquired Paradigm Tax Group in partnership with management. Paradigm is a provider of property tax consulting services for commercial property owners with 31 offices across the US. Paradigm specializes in analyzing its clients’ real and personal property portfolios to identify potential tax-saving opportunities.
2 min read · 04 November 2013
Thoma Bravo has completed its acquisition of Empirix. Empirix helps service providers, mobile operators and enterprises master complexities within their networks.
3 min read · 04 November 2013
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has appointed Kewsong Lee as deputy chief investment officer for corporate private equity. Lee joins from Warburg Pincus where he was managing director and member of the executive management group.
3 min read · 04 November 2013
Funds managed by CapMan have completed the exit from Curato AS, a provider of medical imaging services in Norway. CapMan funds sold their equity stakes in Curato to Altor Fund III.
2 min read · 04 November 2013
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has closed its BioDiscovery 4 venture capital fund for European life science companies after raising 192 million euros (US$ 250 million). Through BioDiscovery 4, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners will lead investments in 15 to 20 life sciences companies across all stages of development.
3 min read · 04 November 2013
High Road Capital Partners' portfolio company The Crown Group has completed the acquisition of Electra-Finish. Electra-Finish is a provider of high-quality plastic coating services and solutions to the automotive, agricultural, heavy truck and other industrial end markets. The transaction represents the first add-on acquisition The Crown Group has completed under High Road’s ownership.
3 min read · 04 November 2013
Leading figures in European private equity are predicting a significant shift in industry dynamics in the coming years as buyout firms seek to attract new investment, a study published by Investec Fund Finance has found. Investec Private Equity Insights 2013 explores the issues that PE firms face as the industry adapts to the post-crisis environment based on insights from 15 influential senior executives in the European PE market.
5 min read · 04 November 2013
This morning read all about the latest after the weekend including Benchmark's view on investor luck and tech IPOs; a review of sovereign wealth fund activity and how PE payroll costs are affecting GP revenue.
1 min read · 04 November 2013
The 2001 vintage First Reserve Fund IX was the top performing mega buyout fund as of June 30 in a scorecard of the $53.9 billion Boston-based Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board.
2 min read · 29 October 2013
Market Track, a provider of retail promotion, real-time eCommerce, and pricing intelligence solutions in North America, has acquired Competitrack from the company’s founder, Bob Moss. Market track is backed by Aurora Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
5 min read · 24 October 2013
