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Graphite buys Opus Talent Solutions
Deal is the eighth investment from the GP's GBP 500m Graphite Capital Partners IX fund
HSBC closes secondaries fund on more than USD 1bn
HSBC had previously raised USD 1.34bn for its first secondaries fund
Lone Star to exit MBCC in EUR 5.2bn deal
Lone Star bought construction chemicals business of BASF, now renamed as MBCC, less than two years ago
Advent International and Eurazeo acquire Datatrans
GPs plan to combine Datatrans with Planet to create a global integrated payments group
LBO France secures Alliance Marine takeover from Weinberg
Deal values the target at around EUR 200m (10x EBITDA), according to Capital Finance
Announced PE deals fall sharply in October
Could the market have finally reached full capacity following a record-breaking first half of 2021 for M&A?
Proventis hires Jan Wetter as M&A partner
Wetter was previously an M&A partner and office managing partner at EY in Zürich
StepStone announces leadership transition
Scott Hart becomes sole CEO, while Monte Brem is to be named executive chairman
ECI's Travel Chapter shelves IPO plans
Move comes less than three weeks after the company announced its intention to float on AIM
3i reaps GBP 146m from Basic-Fit sell-down
Proceeds take 3i's cash return from its investment in Basic-Fit to 4.1x
YFM appoints Marcus Karia as CFO
Karia was most recently group finance director of London-listed venture capital firm Arix Bioscience
Unquote Private Equity Podcast: Leisure sector cleared for take-off
Unquote looks back at how the sector has fared, and speaks with PAI partner Gaëlle d'Engremont following the ECG deal
Eurazeo grew AUM by 44% over past 12 months
Asset manager raised EUR 3bn from limited partners in the first nine months of 2021
Activa Capital hires associate in investment team
Prior to joining, Julie Perouzel worked as an M&A analyst at Rothschild & Co for a year
Zooplus takeover to go ahead as 80% threshold is met
H&F and EQT Private Equity teamed up for a joint final offer for the pet products retailer in late October
Perwyn appoints investment manager from Omers
Maxime Menu joins from Omers Private Equity, where he worked as a senior associate
Metro Bank confirms possible offer from Carlyle
UK-based lender currently has a market cap of GBP 251.6m
Carlyle's tech fund buys majority stake in CSS
Deal should see Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV moving closer to full deployment
BGF appoints two investors for Central Scotland team
Devine and Nixon join a team of five investors working across both BGF's Edinburgh and Belfast offices
ArchiMed's MED II fund fully invested following Cube buyout
Cube is the last platform investment for the MED II fund, which closed in 2017
eEquity reaps 15x on sale of PriceRunner to Klarna
Deal values PriceRunner at more than SEK 9bn, allowing eEquity to exit in less than two years
BC Partners uses special-purpose fund to back Pet City in Greece
BC Partners GR Investment is set up to invest in high-growth SMEs in Greece
GHO appoints new director of sustainable investing
GHO creates the new role in order to further institutionalise its commitment to ESG
Kempen holds EUR 173m first close for European Private Equity Fund II
New fund is focused on small and lower-mid-market private equity buyouts in Europe