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Smitham leaves Permira
Smitham has been gradually stepping away from the GP in recent years
Pembroke et al. back ME+EM
Deal marks VCTтs fifth foray in the retail and apparel sector
Equistone's Concept bolts-on CXR
Deal marks CXR's fourth bolt-on
Inflexion sells Rhead in £36m trade sale
Deal marks sixth exit for Inflexion so far in 2015
Calculus injects £2.1m into Synpromics
Calculus draws capital from Calculus Capital EIS Fund 15
EmergeVest acquires Palletforce in £30m MBO
Deal values business at 12.3x profits after tax
PE-backed Expro withdraws IPO
Cancelled IPO follows recent refinancing
VC-backed Shopa looks to wind down
Octopus currently looking for ways to exit the business
Equistone buys Palatine's Wealth at Work in £50m SBO
Palatine to reinvest to stay as minority shareholder
Corsair and Palamon in MBO for Currencies Direct
Transaction valued above ТЃ200m
UK Treasury moves to make limited partnerships more competitive
How necessary are recent changes to the UK limited partnership?
Just Retirement buys Partnership Assurance for £669m
Both companies are private-equity-backed
LDC secures £18.5m refinancing for SPS
Yorkshire Bank replaces SPS's existing ТЃ10m debt facility
Clearwater International hires James Sinclair
Sinclair relocates from China
Prodigy Finance raises $100m from Balderton et al.
Round also saw participation from Credit Suisse
Atlantic Bridge et al. exit Acision to Comverse
Sell-off comes more than eight years after consortium picked up business
Permira acquires Lowell to merge with GFKL
Permira acquired GFKL from Advent for тЌ600m in May
TA's Access picks up First Choice
TA acquired Access from Lyceum earlier this year
Hollyport holds £125m first close for latest secondaries fund
Fund targeting ТЃ150m by the end of 2015
Livingbridge exits Inov-8 to Descente
Trade sale comes three years after ТЃ13.5m investment by the GP
Deal in focus: Electra reaps 3.8x on Nuaire sale
An in-depth look at Electra's sale of Nuaire, which reaped 3.8x
Bridgepoint buys Tastecard, Gourmet Society from Didix
Waterland-owned vendor bought businesses in 2014
Deal in Focus: Sovereign makes £18m offer for Synarbor
Sovereign makes ТЃ18m offer for Synarbor, which trades on JP Jenkins
Oakley reacquires minority stake in Daisy for £39m
GP held 13.6% stake in business until it was delisted in 2014



