Take a break this morning and read all about the latest PE news including ff venture capital's first fund to be raised under the JOBS Act; Maine committing to GTCR and Onex funds and investors flocking to Britain's Royal Mail.
1 min read · 16 October 2013
Argos Soditic has promoted Guillaume Lefebvre to associate. Lefebvre joined Argos Soditic Paris in February 2012 following stints in private equity within CM-CIC Capital Finance and Rothschild & Cie (Five Arrows Managers).
2 min read · 15 October 2013
Ed Eiland has been appointed a partner at Stonington Capital Advisors. Eiland had been working with the Stonington team on all their fundraising assignments since the beginning of 2013.
2 min read · 15 October 2013
StoneCalibre has completed the acquisition of Anatrace, part of Affymetrix. Headquartered in Maumee, Ohio, Anatrace is a specialized developer, manufacturer and global distributor of unique, high purity detergents and synthetic lipids for use in membrane protein studies.
3 min read · 15 October 2013
Tectum Holdings, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, has acquired Applied Products. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
3 min read · 15 October 2013
This Tuesday morning First Read reveals emerging private equity managers want more business from CalPERS, where to find the major league life sciences companies and the latest Asian private equity updates.
1 min read · 15 October 2013
See this week's job pickings you're interested in an investor relations, venture capital analyst or associate role at Carlyle, Velos Partners or Two Sigma Investments.
1 min read · 14 October 2013
UK-based Palatine Private Equity has backed the secondary management buyout of social housing contractor Forrest acquiring a significant minority stake. The deal is Palatine’s fourth investment from its second fund.
5 min read · 14 October 2013
Vodafone has announced that the voluntary public takeover offer for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG by Vodafone Vierte Verwaltungsgesellschaft AG, a subsidiary of Vodafone has completed. Vodafone now owns 76.57% of Kabel Deutschland’s share capital.
1 min read · 14 October 2013
Pan-emerging markets private equity firm Actis has appointed Sachin Korantak as head of industrials and Andreas von Paleske as director of consumer. Both Sachin and Andreas take up their posts with immediate effect and will be based in Actis’s London office.
2 min read · 14 October 2013
