ACON Investments and Capital International Private Equity Fund have announced its acquisition of Colombia's Vetra Energia.
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Regent Recruitment receives investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital
Regent Recruitment revealed that they have received an undisclosed sum from The North West Fund for Venture Capital for their expansion plans.
EIV Capital Management Company raises US$65 million
Sources said EIV Capital Management Company had now raised US$65 million for its new energy investment fund.
Emerging-market private equity firms raised US$10.8 billion in the first half of 2013
A report by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association said that emerging-market private equity companies gathered US$10.8 billion, down 52% from last year's numbers.
OAO Uralkali set to transform potash market
OAO Uralkali's exit from a joint venture with a Belarusian miner is bound to transform the US$20 billion potash market.
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Techno Electric & Engineering announced that it is considering investments from private equity firms to finance growth and expansion projects.
Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP announced that they are planning to work with Deutsche Bank AG regarding rental home bonds.
IHS GmbH confirmed that Battery Ventures had acquired the group's shares in Kings Park Capital.
Spanish industrial engineering company, Technicas Reunidas SA announced that they are in the final stages to win a US$1 billion contract for a natural gas processing plant.
Sources said that Janalakshmi Financial Services is close to its equity fund raising target of INR300 crore.
Norwegian Cruise Lines' investors TPG Capital, Apollo Global Management LLC and Genting Hong Kong Ltd are set to sell US$600 million worth of holdings.
Cubist Pharmaceuticals widens antibiotics portfolio with the Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc and Trius Therapeutics Inc acquisition.
GE Energy Financial Services stated that it had agreed to invest US$43.2 million for a stake in Gati Infrastructure.
Kinetic Concepts Inc. revealed that they had signed an investment agreement to acquire Systagenix for US$485 million.
