Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canada&`s largest single-profession pension plan, the $155.1 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Toronto, and the New York-based private equity firm Lightyear Capital have agreed to ac...Article Link
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: UK pension funds are planning to increase allocations to renewables over the next five years, said a report. New research by real assets specialist Alpha Real Capital revealed that nearly 70%
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Chinese venture capital and private equity fund manager Legend Capital (LC) has closed its eighth fund - LC Fund VIII - at a hard cap of $500 million. LC Fund VIII
The company provides educational tools to businesses for applications that include employee development, customer education and compliance training
The investment in H2 Pharma was made via Ardian’s second growth fund, closed at €230m in 2018
Investment advisory firm BFinance has hired Anna Morrison as senior director of its private markets division.
Venture-focused fund-of-funds Isomer Capital II is currently targeting €250m.
Summit Partners has injected $56m in growth investment into Dublin-based corporate learning platform LearnUpon.
True Ventures has closed its seventh early-stage fund True Core Fund VII on $465m and its fourth later-stage fund True Select Fund IV on $375m.
Aurelius has acquired off-highway wheels producer GKN Wheels & Structures in a carve-out from its parent company, UK-based automotive and aerospace parts producer GKN.
The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan has agreed to lead a $360m investment in Singapore-based data centre business Princeton Digital Group, which includes capital from existing backer Warburg Pincus.
Dunedin-backed payments processor Global Processing Services (GPS) has drawn investment from Visa.
IT consultancy MCL, a portfolio company of One Equity Partners, has acquired Germany-based market peer Elanity Network Partner.
S-UBG has acquired minority stakes in Germany-based glass producers Thermoglas Niederrhein and Glas Trienes as part of a management buy-in.
Food and consumer investment specialist Kainos Capital has agreed a $575m buyout of nutrition and weight-management brand Nutrisystem from Nasdaq-listed Tivity Health.
Orange Capital Development has acquired a majority stake in Italian cereals producer La Sanfermese from the founding Pelladoni family.
Hamburg-based biotech company Topas Therapeutics has closed a €22m series-B round co-led by new investors Vesalius BioCapital III and BioMedPartners.
Mercia Asset Management has sold performance management software company Clear Review for £26m.
Indian venture capital firm SAIF Partners has rebranded to Elevation Capital amid the $400m final close of its biggest India fund yet.
The firm is launching a joint venture with real assets investor Cerestra Advisors to create a listed education infrastructure investment trust in the country
