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UK and Ireland small-cap soars amid general buyout lag
Overall UK buyout activity in Q1 is down by almost a third year-on-year, though dealflow in the small-cap space remains near record levels
Accent Equity sells Stål & Hyr in trade deal
Deal comes only a year after Accent Equity purchased a majority stake in the business
IK buys Bahr Modultechnik
GP draws equity from IK Small Cap II, a €550m fund that held a final close in February 2018
Essential Analysis
Essential Analysis
In Profile: Aberdeen Standard Investments
The LP's global head of private equity speaks to Unquote about new projects, co-investment, secondaries and first time funds
People Moves
LBO France hires three for venture, small-cap
Philippe Chambon and Sébastien Woynar join the venture team, while Nicolas Manardo joins the small-cap team
Sofinnova hires in-house counsel from Eurazeo
Bordes will work in Sofinnova's support team alongside managing partner and COO Monique Salnier
Expert Voices
Summa's Reynir Indahl on Nordic fundraising, ESG
Ahead of the upcoming Mergermarket Nordic M&A and Private Equity Forum on 15 March in Stockholm, Summa Equity co-founder and managing partner Reynir Indahl talks to Unquote about fundraising, and value creation in ESG strategies in the region
Q&A with Aztec Group’s Harrison: Outsourcing demystified
Aztec's Harrison speaks with unquote” about modern fund administration and how the role has adapted to a new market
Market Insight
European fundraises off to healthy start in 2018
Number of fund closes and aggregate capital raised in Q1 is roughly on par with the same period last year, but short of the strong start to 2016
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