Buyouts
Mobeus invests £8m in Ludlow MBO
Asset management business will look to expand its regional network and make bolt-on acquisitions
FSN takes majority stake in Holmbergs Safety System
Firm plans to expand domestically and internationally, primarily in Asia
CVC inks third Italian deal with Pasubio
GP acquires a controlling stake in the Italian business via CVC Capital Partners Fund VI
Cobe buys Völker from Hill-Rom
End of a five-year holding period for Hill-Rom, which acquired Völker for $85m in February 2012
Norvestor snaps up NetNordic
Norvestor will own approximately 75% of the companyтs shares post-deal
Triton buys Univativ
Second acquisition made by Triton's recently established lower-mid-cap team, according to a statement
Altor acquires customer services firm Xzakt Kundrelation
Deal will be the 12th conducted by Altor's тЌ2bn Fund IV and its fourth deal this year
Bain and Cinven's Stada take-private bid fails
Offer narrowly misses the minimum acceptance condition, with 65.2% of Stada shares tendered
IK takes majority stake in Pinard Emballages
GP invests in the packaging business via the IK VIII fund, closed on €1.85bn last year
Towerbrook et al. buy Springwater's stake in Aernnova
Deal is the first acquisition in Spain for Towerbrook, which opened an office in Madrid in 2016
Endless supports Theo Fennell MBO from administrators
High-end jewellery business went into administration in May four years after being taken private
Mittel buys 80% in Ceramica Cielo for €15m
Deal follows the acquisition of elderly care homes operator Gruppo Zaffiro in November 2016
GED buys GTT from Realza
Realza sells its majority stake after a four-and-a-half-year holding period
Altor acquires Nordic Trustee
GP buys the Norwegian provider of trustee services in the Nordic bond market
Hannover Finanz purchases majority stake in Widos
German GP acquires an 80% stake while Finexx and the management team will retain a 10% holding each
EdRip acquires Klaxcar
Transaction is the third completed with the small-cap fund Cabestan Capital II, closed last year
Palamon to buy 49% stake in Il Sole 24 Ore events division
Acquisition would be based on an €80m EV for the company's events division
Shawbrook to accept BC and Pollen Street's £868m take-private
Listed bank's board changes advice to shareholders after private equity duo secure 75.6% stake
AAC Capital Partners acquires Verasol
Committed Capital acquired the veranda and garden room maker in 2009, investing through its first fund
DBAG acquires stake in Duagon
Deal is the GP's first MBO in Switzerland and the third deal via its DBAG Fund VII in six months
CVC acquires Etraveli in €508m EV deal
Transaction made by CVC's sixth fund values the online travel agent at around 14x EBITDA
Amundi takes minority stake in Groupe Bernadet
Amundi is taking over from previous investor Siparex, which first invested in Bernadet in 2007
CVC Capital Partners acquires QA from EMK and Bregal
Transaction reportedly values the IT training business at ТЃ700m and follows a 10-year holding period
Main Capital takes majority stake in Verklizan
Investment comes a week after the GP acquired a majority stake in Dutch business Inergy