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UK-based asset management firms Duet Group and Vasari have partnered with the TIRET Group, an Ethiopian endowment fund, in the brewery sector, in what will become the largest private equity investment in Ethiopia to-date.
New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has bought Fluoro-Seal Holdings, a provider of plastic barrier, adhesion and surface enhancement products
House Party, a social media company that combines digital media and word-of-mouth marketing with brand-inspired, in-home events, has raised $5.3m in Series C funding led by New York-based Acadia Woods Partners. 
ORIX Corporate Capital has appointed Jeff Sangalis to its Dallas office as a managing director of mezzanine and private equity co-investments.
Global mid-market investment firm Baird has hired Paul Bail as a managing director of its investment banking team in London, further expanding the firm’s debt advisory offering to its European clients. 
In a country with the second most privately owned assets in the world after the US, a buy-out firm having to cut the size of its fund due to a lack of deals might come as a surprise to many investors.
The IFC has partnered with the UK government to establish the IFC Climate Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund of funds focused on growth capital investments in resource efficiency and low-emission companies in emerging markets. 
Private equity is growing up as an asset class. Adulthood may be less fun, but makes life more predictable. There is even a reasonable chance that in 2012 a private equity manager, Mitt Romney, will be elected president of the US. Private equity has now become mainstream.
Venture capital investing looks to be in the midst of a revival and change, with Wall Street taking a new found appetite for venture-backed technology companies. 
With a private equity investment programme that has yielded almost 20 per cent over the past two decades, Teachers’ Private Capital – the C$12bn private equity investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – is under constant pressure to maintain its performance.
While 2011 proved a difficult period for the global financial industry, which saw the rating downgrade of US Treasuries and the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, 2012 looks set to offer its own share of challenges.
In 2011, Israeli venture capital funds invested $525m in Israeli companies, an increase of 42 per cent from 2010, and a rise of 28 per cent from 2009 levels. In a country with the second most privately owned assets in the world after the US, a buy-out firm having to cut the size of its fund due to a lack of deals might come as a surprise to many investors. New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has bought Fluoro-Seal Holdings, a provider of plastic barrier, adhesion and surface enhancement products House Party, a social media company that combines digital media and word-of-mouth marketing with brand-inspired, in-home events, has raised $5.3m in Series C funding led by New York-based Acadia Woods Partners.
Igloo Software, a Canadian provider of cloud-based social business software, has received $5m from a Series B financing round led RBC Venture Partners, with the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund also participating. ORIX Corporate Capital has appointed Jeff Sangalis to its Dallas office as a managing director of mezzanine and private equity co-investments.
Global Environment Fund, US-based sustainable forestry fund set to tap into Africa-based opportunities, has exceeded its target with a final close of €160m. 
Danish buy-out house Odin Equity has sold its majority stake in Haarslev Industries, a cleantech business, to Stockholm-based private equity peer Altor Equity Partners.
Dallas-based secondaries specialist Cogent Partners has hired Niklas Johansson as a senior advisor for Europe, where he will primarily assist the firm with expanding its relationships in the Nordic region. The IFC has partnered with the UK government to establish the IFC Climate Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund of funds focused on growth capital investments in resource efficiency and low-emission companies in emerging markets.
China’s fast-growing social security fund is looking to commit to foreign private equity funds for the first time, in an effort to increase the ratio of overseas investment and boost the returns on the country’s vast pools of foreign exchange reserves. The IFC has partnered with the UK government to establish the IFC Climate Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund of funds focused on growth capital investments in resource efficiency and low-emission companies in emerging markets.
UK-based asset management firms Duet Group and Vasari have partnered with the TIRET Group, an Ethiopian endowment fund, in the brewery sector, in what will become the largest private equity investment in Ethiopia to-date. In a country with the second most privately owned assets in the world after the US, a buy-out firm having to cut the size of its fund due to a lack of deals might come as a surprise to many investors.
Regulators have finally approved Dallas buy-out firm Lone Star’s KRW3.9tr ($3.48bn) sale of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) to South Korean financial conglomerate Hana Financial Group, ending an ongoing and controversial sale process involving two failed deals and legal disputes spanning more than a year. 
While undeniably enticing, M&A deals in growth markets remain a challenging prospect. And now new research has found that over 50 per cent of deals that go to due diligence in these regions fail to complete.
Global buy-out majors including Apollo Global Management and Carlyle have submitted first round offers for the US document management arm of Bramble’s, the world’s largest provider of pallets and container pooling products. 
Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital has sold its 50 per cent stake in Turkish hospital operator Acibadem to Integrated Healthcare and Khazanah Nasional, the investment holding arm of the government of Malaysia. Danish buy-out house Odin Equity has sold its majority stake in Haarslev Industries, a cleantech business, to Stockholm-based private equity peer Altor Equity Partners. The IFC has partnered with the UK government to establish the IFC Climate Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund of funds focused on growth capital investments in resource efficiency and low-emission companies in emerging markets.
The World Economic Forum should consider how participants can play more of a role in investing to fill the equity gap in the emerging markets, according to one emerging markets investor. 
Gulf Marine Services, the oil & gas barge and vessel unit owned by Dubai-based private equity firm Gulf Capital, has attracted nearly a dozen offers in a sale process that is expected to fetch around $500m.
MENA telecoms giant Saudi Telecom Company has set up a venture capital arm to finance start-up SMEs operating in the IT and telecoms sectors in the Middle East, and has chosen pan-European growth investor Iris Capital to manage the vehicle. ORIX Corporate Capital has appointed Jeff Sangalis to its Dallas office as a managing director of mezzanine and private equity co-investments. New York-based private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has bought Fluoro-Seal Holdings, a provider of plastic barrier, adhesion and surface enhancement products 27 Jan 2012
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Excited by the continent’s emerging middle class, institutional investors around the world are looking to make to make their first significant step into Africa over the next five years, with private equity and infrastructure expected to overtake commodities as the most favoured asset classes.
Tokyo-based private equity firm Advantage Partners has agreed to buy listed Japanese home builder Yasuragi in a take-private deal worth ¥13bn ($169m). 
While 2011 proved a difficult period for the global financial industry, which saw the rating downgrade of US Treasuries and the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe, 2012 looks set to offer its own share of challenges. 
San Francisco-based private equity firm Industrial Growth Partners has completed the sale of oil and gas testing company O’Brien Corporation to electric instruments manufacturer AMETEK, for approximately $175m. 
HelloWallet, a provider of personalised financial guidance, has secured $12m in Series B funding. 
The North West Fund for Development Capital, a state-backed business growth initiative managed by UK regional investor YFM Equity Partners, has invested £400,000 of equity finance in Evodental, a specialist provider of private dental implants. 
UK investment group NVM Private Equity has committed nearly £3m of development capital to Lineup Systems, a multi-channel advertising and media software business. 
London-based turnaround and restructuring investor Rutland Partners has sold Attends Healthcare Group, the incontinence product maker it bought from UK private equity firm 3i almost five years ago, to Domtar Corporation for €180m. 
Lok Capital, a Mumbai-based social investment firm focused on providing micro finance institutions with management expertise and operational best practice, has closed its second fund with commitments of $65m. 
