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HIG buys real estate assets from Spain’s “bad banks”
HIG Capital has acquired a package of real estate assets from Sareb, the state-run company that manages assets transferred from Spain’s bailed-out banks.
Ex-Premier Foods boss to advise KKR on Lucozade and Ribena bid
KKR is understood to have brought in Michael Clarke, the former CEO of Premier Foods, to advise on its £1.5bn bid for Lucozade and Ribena from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
Hummingbird backs $2.6m round for Engagor
Hummingbird Ventures has led a $2.6m series-A funding round for Belgium-based Engagor, a social media monitoring platform, as the company expands into the US.
Graphite Capital exits Willowbrook
Graphite Capital has sold its majority stake in Willowbrook Healthcare, an owner of care homes for the elderly, to the company's management.
Nord Holding buys Jumpers Group
Nord Holding has bought a 65% stake in German fitness chain Jumpers Group.
Blackstone given all-clear to buy Multi Corporation
The European Commission has granted Blackstone the option to wholly purchase Netherlands-based Multi Corporation, a commercial real estate developer specialising in shopping centres.
Maven invests £2m in Calnex through SLF
Maven Capital Partners has invested £2m in Linlithgow-based Calnex Solutions through the Scottish Loan Fund (SLF).
LDC sells Avelo for £210m
LDC has sold financial services software company Avelo to Iress, an Australian financial services technology specialist, for £210m.
Target Partners appoints Michael Kowalzik
Michael Kowalzik, Target Partners
CVC set to buy Advent's Domestic & General
CVC has entered exclusive talks with Advent International to buy insurance business Domestic & General, according to reports.
CVC sells Colomer Group to Revlon
CVC has sold The Colomer Group to Revlon Consumer Products Corporation for $660m after a 13-year holding period.
VC-backed Profibrix sold to big pharma
Index Ventures, Gilde Healthcare Partners, Vesalius Biocapital and Inkef Capital have sold Dutch biotech firm Profibrix to The Medicines Company for a total consideration of $240m.
Benelux exit market lifts
Benelux
Terra Firma sells Phoenix to Hastings
Terra Firma has wholly divested Phoenix Natural Gas, a Northern Irish natural gas distribution and energy services company, to infrastructure fund manager Hastings.
Isis invests £9m in Key Travel MBO
Isis Equity Partners has invested £9m as part of a management buyout for travel management company Key Travel.
ING in talks with MBK Partners over Korean life insurance arm
Dutch bank ING is in talks with South Korean private equity firm MBK Partners over a sale of the bank’s Korean life insurance arm, according to reports.
Investec funds 2M’s acquisition of ChlorVinyls arm
Investec Growth and Acquisition Finance has provided follow-on funding to client 2M Group for the acquisition of the packed chlorine branch of ChlorVinyls.
Affaredelgiorno raises €1.1m
Italian online grocery discount aggregator Affaredelgiorno.it has raised €1.1m from Principia and Dpixel.
Axa Private Equity exits Arkadin
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has agreed to acquire a stake of up to 91.2% in Axa Private Equity-backed collaboration service provider Arkadin International.
Dunedin's CitySprint buys The Courier Service
CitySprint, backed by private equity house Dunedin, has bought parcel delivery service business The Courier Service.
Equita sells Karl Eugen Fischer to Equistone
Equita has sold its majority stake in Karl Eugen Fischer (KEF), a German provider of cutting systems for tyres, to fellow private equity house Equistone Partners Europe.
Piper acquires Orlebar Brown
Consumer brands investor Piper has acquired a majority stake in luxury menswear clothing company Orlebar Brown.
Little Chef sold to Kuwait-based KFG
Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef has been sold by turnaround investment firm Rcapital to Kuwait-based Kout Food Group (KFG).