Appian Capital Closes $2.06bn Fund III, Biggest Mining PE Fund

Appian Capital Closes $2.06bn Fund III, Biggest Mining PE Fund

Appian Capital Advisory LLP, the investment advisor to long-term value focused private capital funds that invest solely in mining and mining related companies, announces the final close of its third fund (“Fund III”). Fund III was heavily oversubscribed...
Silver Lake Acquires Software AG for €2.6bn

Silver Lake Acquires Software AG for €2.6bn

US private equity firm Silver Lake has secured over 85% of the share capital and voting rights of Software AG, the second biggest Germany-based provider of business software after SAP. A press note from Software AG put its total share in the firm at 85.1%; an...