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Riverside buys military training firm

The US mid-market firm has acquired Bohemia Interactive Solutions, completing yet another Australia-related education investment.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Firms stay busy during holiday ‘break’

There was no rest for several firms during the holidays that spent the allegedly ‘slow’ final week of the year closing landmark acquisitions and exits.

4 min read · 21 September 2013

Equistone books 2.5x return on Hydrasun

The oil and gas sector exit to Investcorp comes shortly after the close of Equistone's first independent fund.

4 min read · 21 September 2013

Grovepoint invests in Israeli microalgae

The London-based firm, created in 2010 as a principal investor, hopes to tap the growing global appetite for health and nutrition products.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

European mid-market fundraising to remain subdued in 2013

Mid-market fundraising remained flat last year, with low levels of realisations impacting new allocations to the asset class, according to a study by placement firm Acanthus.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

EQT acquires itslearning

The investment is likely to be the last by the firm’s Expansion Capital Fund II, a 2007 vintage now close to 80% invested.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Advent closes Turkish office

The decision by the Boston-headquartered firm – which opened its Istanbul outpost in 2010 – underlines the immediate challenges facing the market, says Deloitte’s Mehmet Sami.

3 min read · 21 September 2013

Study: Israeli deal flow down

Israeli deal flow and deal volume dropped during 2012, but the IVC Research Center expects activity to pick up this year as domestic firms are planning to put their recently raised capital to work.

2 min read · 21 September 2013

Investcorp sells Armacell to Charterhouse

The Bahrain-based firm, which bought Armacell in 2007 from Gilde Buy Out Partners and CVC Capital Partners, has sold the business to Charterhouse Capital Partners for more than €500m.

2 min read · 20 September 2013

Carlyle closes in on Turkish exit

The US firm is in exclusive talks to sell a stake of Medical Park, a Turkish hospital group, to London-headquartered Pamplona.

2 min read · 20 September 2013

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