Financials
Corsair and Palamon in MBO for Currencies Direct
Transaction valued above ТЃ200m
Just Retirement buys Partnership Assurance for £669m
Both companies are private-equity-backed
Prodigy Finance raises $100m from Balderton et al.
Round also saw participation from Credit Suisse
Ribbit et al. in €20m series-B for SavingGlobal
Startup received €7.5m from Index Ventures in June 2014
Permira acquires Lowell to merge with GFKL
Permira acquired GFKL from Advent for тЌ600m in May
BlackFin holds €300m second close
Interim close puts GP on track to hit €400m hard-cap
Bima raises $38.4m series-C from LeapFrog et al.
Swedish micro-insurance provider aims to expand across emerging markets
IK buys majority stake in Auxiga
Second deal for IK’s new small-cap fund
Credit Benchmark raises $20m in series-B
Company to expand services and hire extra staff
Prêt d'Union raises €31m from Eurazeo et al.
Listed GP contributes €17m to round for peer-to-peer lender
Apollo and EBRD buy €250m Nova KBM
Deal part of Slovenian government asset privatisation plan
Cabot Square hits £275m first close
Fund has secured additional commitments to reach ТЃ300m target
Vision Capital's Nordax IPO valued at SEK 5bn
GP retains 36.1% stake following SEK 2.59bn share listing
Montagu acquires DEAS from PKA and Sampension
Danish pension funds exit property services business to Montagu IV
Cobalt acquires Eurodommages in MBI
MBI was structured on a deal-by-deal basis
BlackFin backs Lucheux MBO
Investment in insurance broker marks BlackFin's third deal in a month
Partech et al. invest €10m in Kantox
Investors had already backed the business in February 2014
Vision Capital's Nordax seeks Stockholm listing
Citigroup to run book for IPO of Nordic consumer bank
IK to sell Vistra to Baring Asia
Sale follows series of bolt-on acquisitions in recent years
Astorg set to exit Gras Savoye
Deal expected to complete by end of 2015
Valar Ventures leads €10m series-A in Number26
Earlybird invested in company in June 2014 alongside Redalpine
Rothschild backs ACE Group
Company plans to double number of existing offices
Synova backs Defaqto SBO
Foresight and FF&P reap proceeds of ТЃ27.6m
Inflexion makes 80% IRR on Sanne IPO
Listing values fund administration services provider at ТЃ232m