BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) announced that it has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors ("BGI"), including the market-leading iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm will operate under the BlackRock name and the iShares brand will be retained. "Since this transaction was announced in early...

PharmaDiagnostics NV, a company developing and marketing a broadly-enabling, label-free screening technology that uniquely does not require specialized equipment, announces that it has successfully secured further funding of EUR 2.5 million (USD 3.5 million) from its initial investors. The lead investor was Capital-E, an...

BNY Mellon has completed the acquisition of Insight Investment Management Limited from Lloyds Banking Group plc. Based in London, Insight Investment specialises in Liability Driven Investment (LDI) solutions, active Fixed Income and Absolute Return. Its clients include some of the UK’s largest pension schemes, corporates,...

H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G."), a leading mid-market private equity firm, and its distressed affiliate Bayside Capital, today announced that they have completed the recapitalisation of VNU Media in a consensual restructuring in partnership with the incumbent equity sponsor 3i and VNU’s management team. VNU...

VNU Media has signed a detailed term sheet with all of its lenders with regard to the refinancing of the company. This term sheet is the culmination of discussions between the company, its shareholders and lenders over the last months. All stakeholders have agreed to refinance VNU Media’s proposal based on a new five year...

Candover Investments plc ('Candover') announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Candover Partners Limited, has today agreed the sale of Wood Mackenzie, to Charterhouse Capital Partners for an enterprise value of £553 million. The sale will generate proceeds of £36.2 million in total for...

21 Partners, the International private equity group, and Sirius Holding of Paolo Benini, founder of RGI Group, announce a voluntary public tender offer for RGI S.p.A., through their joint holding company Afrodite that owns 80,3% of Newco Diana, the vehicle responsible for the operation. The offer is subject to a threshold of...

The funds managed by CapMan and Ahlström Capital have signed an agreement according to which CapMan funds will sell 13% of the shares in Å&R Carton AB to Ahlström Capital. The partial exit does not have a significant impact on CapMan Plc’s result for 2009. Å&R Carton is one of Europe’s...

Palamon Capital Partners ("Palamon"), one of Europe’s leading mid market private equity firms, and G Square, a European private equity firm dedicated to investing in healthcare are pleased to announce they have completed a transaction with Grupo SAR (“the Company”). The Company is one of Spain’s...

Investors led by John Kanas announced that they have invested $900 million in a new depository institution that acquired the operations of BankUnited, FSB from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver. The investors include funds advised by The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners and WL...

Barclays Private Equity Manchester has backed ATP International Group ("ATP"), the multi-national corporate travel specialist, in its £37 million (€39.4 million) purchase of 100 per cent of the share capital of Instone International Group ("Instone"), one of the world’s leading suppliers of business travel services to the...

Clipperton Finance, a leading European corporate finance boutique focused on the High Tech and Media industries, announced the closing of a €12m capital raising for Ercom. Ercom designs and manufactures innovative solutions dedicated to the testing and securitization of telecommunication networks. Alven Capital, OTC...