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3i bonuses to spark shareholder revolt
Ahead of 3iтs annual meeting on Thursday, shareholder lobby group PIRC is urging stakeholders to vote against the listed firmтs executive bonuses.
Isis invests £18m in YSC buyout
Isis Equity Partners has invested ТЃ18m in the ТЃ38m MBO of YSC, a global business psychology firm.
Foresight backs Aerospace Tooling BIMBO
Foresight has invested ТЃ3.5m in the buy-in management buyout (BIMBO) of Scottish precision engineering company Aerospace Tooling.
Altor acquires Rossignol
Altor Equity Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in French ski equipment company Rossignol Group.
Portobello Capital sells Cie to BlackRock
Spanish private equity firm Portobello Capital has sold its remaining stake in listed car parts manufacturer Cie Automotive Group to BlackRock.
Panoramic backs Captify Media
Panoramic Growth Equity has injected ТЃ1.2m into digital marketing company Captify Media in exchange for a minority stake.
BGF invests £10m in York Mailing
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in UK printing business York Mailing, a producer of retail flyers, media inserts and catalogues.
MCI backs Answear.com
MCI Management has invested in Polish online fashion retailer Answear.com in return for a minority stake.
XAnge leads series-B round for Studitemps
French GP XAnge has invested €3.5m in Cologne-based recruiting agency Studitemps as part of the company's series-B funding round.
AIFMD adopted in Luxembourg
The AIFM directive has been adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament and will officially come into effect in the country’s law system on 16 July.
Accent Equity acquires Infolog
Accent Equity Partners has acquired Infolog, a division of Swedish business communication group Intellecta.
EdRip backs DufyElec in SBO
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) has acquired a minority stake in DufyElec from the company’s private equity owner Naxicap Partners.
LDC's TD Travel acquires booking agent Hotelscene
TD Travel, supported by private equity house LDC, has bought Hotelscene, an independent corporate travel and hotel agency.
Cinven to relinquish control of Frans Bonhomme
Frans Bonhomme, a French plastic pipes specialist owned by Cinven, is reportedly about to be taken over by its creditors.
Permira casts its net for Ewos
Permira has joined Bain Capital and Altor in the bidding war for Norwegian fish farmer Cermaqтs fish feed division Ewos.
Law firm RPC hires Ahark
Sukh Ahark, RPC
Private equity-backed Moncler to float
Luxury jacket maker Moncler, backed by Eurazeo and Carlyle, is to sell around 30% of shares in a flotation expected in December, according to reports.
Smadex raises €600,000 from Cabiedes et al.
Spanish mobile advertising firm Smadex has closed a €600,000 funding round with participation from Cabiedes & Partners.
Montagu to sell Host Europe for £400m
Montagu Private Equity is preparing its portfolio company Host Europe, a hosting and domain service provider, for a £400m sale that has attracted other private equity buyers.
Matas to unlock the Nordic IPO market?
The recent IPO of Matas, with a market cap of тЌ630m, is the first new listing on the Copenhagen stock exchange in two years. Could this listing be the key to unlocking the hushed Nordic IPO market? Karin Wasteson investigates
Newion exits Mirror42
Newion Investments has divested Amsterdam-based Mirror42, a provider of cloud-based IT intelligence platform solutions, to trade player ServiceNow.
Vion division attracts PE buyers
The €1.4-2bn sale of Netherlands-based Vion Food Group's ingredients division is attracting private equity buyers, according to reports.
Qualium et al. buy Invicta in MBI
Qualium Investissement has acquired a majority stake in the management buy-in of French wood-based heating devices manufacturer Invicta.
Idinvest et al. back Pathoquest with €3.8m
Idinvest Partners and Aurinvest, as well as existing backer Kurma Life Sciences Partners (KLS), have injected €3.8m into Paris-based biotechnology firm Pathoquest.