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Vaaka Partners-backed Solita acquires Palmu
Finnish GP has owned the digital business consultancy and services company since 2013
3TS leads €2.3m round for Parsek
Parsek plans to use the fresh capital to grow its sales and business development activities across EMEA
HitecVision's Point Resources acquires ExxonMobil's EEPN
Deal will see ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Norway merged with HitecVision's Point Resources
Nordic Capital, Avista place £2bn ConvaTec block
Two GPs sold a stake of nearly 20% to Danish biotechnology and pharmaceuticals group Novo
Dino Polska IPO could revive public exit route for PE in CEE
Public market exit route has been in decline for central and eastern European private equity since its 2013 post-crisis peak
Credit funds eye opportunity in ECB limits on bank leverage
Draft guidelines from the European Central Bank propose a suggested ceiling of 6x EBITDA for leveraged buyouts
Rockaway backs Czech book publisher Euromedia
Growth investor joins forces with local investors Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč, who provided additional capital
Capidea backs Westpack
Buyout will allow for succession at the company, with one member of the founding family exiting his shareholding entirely
Ratos sells final Arcus share block for NOK 762m
After the share sale, listed Swedish private equity firm Ratos will no longer be a shareholder in the Norwegian wine and spirits group
Providence in €115m buyout of Baltic broadcaster MTG
Vendor is Swedish broadcasting company Modern Times Group, which is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm
Livonia completes third deal with Santa Monica Networks MBO
The deal sees Livonia tap its maiden fund to acquire Santa Monica's Latvian and Lithuanian operations
Denmark suffers from lack of newcomer buyout firms
Country lags behind its Nordic counterparts in terms of new private equity players, despite a growing number of buyouts
FSN Capital acquires Active Brands
Buyout sees the Norway-based private equity fund acquire a majority stake in sporting goods group
Genesis acquires 47% of POS Media Group
Transaction is the second investment made from the Czech GP's third fund, which raised more than €80m last year
EQT to onshore all funds in Luxembourg, ditch UK post-Brexit
Brexit-driven uncertainty has ruled out the UK as a future jurisdiction for EQT funds, COO Casper Callerström tells unquote"
Investcorp acquires majority stake in Ageras
Private equity firm's cash injection is the first institutional capital raised by Ageras since it was founded
Altor's Transcom take-private succeeds
GP's four-month bidding process to delist Stockholm-based Transcom comes to an end two years after Altor first invested
EBRD buys into Mid Europa's Profi
International finance institution provides €25m of equity after a €533m buyout by Mid Europa in November
Vaaka Partners' third fund hits €225m hard-cap in three months
Final close brings the total amount raised by the Finnish firm since 2007 to тЌ450m
Enterprise Investors to float Dino Polska in Warsaw
Dino founder Tomasz Biernacki will remain majority shareholder after the IPO, retaining a 51% stake in the business
Credo disposes of Labflex to founders after 15 months
Norwegian private equity fund told local media it had been dissatisfied with the investment
Nordic Capital sells final Europris shares for NOK 1.9bn
Final block of 54 million shares was disposed through an accelerated bookbuilding offer run by Carnegie and DNB
Apposite acquires Mitie's social care arms in £2 hand-over
UK-listed service provider disposes of the loss-making divisions and will make payments to fund their trading losses
How many more generalists can the Nordic PE market bear?
Competition for capital and assets in the Nordic region has skyrocketed to the point of possible oversaturation