In a $200m deal, the Credit Suisse spin-out has agreed to acquire 50 percent of Thompson Publishing Group, the other half of which it obtained from Credit Suisse in July.
German special situations manager has closed its second fund without breaking into a sweat, while Jon Moulton’s distressed debt fund underlines appetite for turnaround deals.
ISIS Equity Partners has acquired a 25 percent stake in Crew Clothing Co in a £7.75 million fund raising, building on its investment in Wiggle, an on-line retailer of outdoor accessories.
The UK-based firm has done its second French deal in as many years by aqcuiring a French concrete business for about €400m.
Capricorn Venture Partners, a Belgian venture capital firm, has with the help of three cornerstone investors managed a first closing on €26m of a venture fund dedicated to clean technology
Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners have teamed up with management executives of healthcare software provider Netsmart Technologies in a $115m going-private deal.
Europe’s biggest quoted private equity business has held the final close on its €5bn buyout fund, the largest pool of capital focused on the European mid-market.
The real estate and private equity teams within Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division will help manage the giant new infrastructure fund.
Investcorp will float $400 million (€312 million) of shares on the London Stock Exchange, ahead of changes to listing rules intended to ease the flotation of funds.
Partners Group, a Swiss alternative asset manager, has invested €40m ($51 million) from its €400m fund Partners Group Global Opportunities, following months of rampant activity.