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Chubb Fire & Security draws Bain-Advent consortium in £2bn sale
Previous process was halted in 2019 after bidders submitted lower than expected offers
LDC sells Magicard to trade for £42m
Sale comes five years after LDC backed a £22m management buyout of the compan
Omers buys into Partners Group's International Schools Partnership
Deal gives the international group of K-12 schools an enterprise value of €1.9bn
Foresight hits £65m first close for Regional Investment III
Fund has Greater Manchester Pension Fund as its cornerstone investor
HIG buys Travis Perkins' P&H in £325m deal
GP plans to use its experience in specialised distributors to support the plumbing and heating firm
Castik transfers Waterlogic to €700m single-asset fund
Vehicle acquires a majority stake in Waterlogic from Castik's €1bn first fund Epic I
Macquarie buys Wavenet from Beech Tree
Macquarie intends to boost the company's growth and provide a renewed focus on strategic acquisitions
Palatine sells TTC Group to management
TTC had reportedly been affected by the lockdowns caused by the pandemic
Mobeus hires three in growth team
Investment director Joe Krancki joins from Frog Capital, where he was a partner
Astorg, Bridgepoint buy Fenergo from Insight Partners
Media report values the business at $1.16bn, with the two GPs buying their stake for $600m
Endless's Enact carves out Jost's Edbro
Hydraulic cylinder producer is the third deal of 2021 from the GP's Enact strategy
Exponent acquires Gü
Exponent said in a statement that the dessert producer has international expansion potential
Warburg Pincus, Macquarie invest in Premier Technical Services
Macquarie Capital acquired PTSG in a take-private in 2019 and is reinvesting in the new buyout
KKR buys majority stake in ERM from Omers, AIMCo
Omers Private Equity backed the sustainability consultancy in 2015; the exit is valued at $2.85bn
Sanne rejects Cinven's £1.3bn offer
Cinven's proposal amounts to 830 pence per share, representing a 37.6% premium to Sanne's shares price of 603 pence
Livingbridge reaches £1.2bn mark for seventh fund
Partner Fiona Dane recaps the fundraising effort, which is double the size of its predecessor, with Harriet Matthews
Apposite Capital announces new appointments
Talent and human capital director and investment manager are among the new appointments at the UK-based GP
Abingworth Clinical Co-Development Fund 2 closes on $582m
ACCD 2 finances the development of late-stage clinical programmes of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
Bain Capital buys Valeo from CapVest
Bain intends to further boost the company's growth both organically and through acquisitions
Investec provides ESG-linked NAV facility for Bluewater
Facility is related to the portfolio of Bluewater Energy Fund I, which closed in 2013 on $861m
LDC backs PR firm Headland
LDC has history investing in PR consultancies; the GP backed Blue Rubicon from 2012 to 2015
Sovereign invests in AquaQ Analytics
GP is currently on the road for Sovereign Capital V with a £450-500m target, as reported by Unquote
Park Square Capital Partners IV closes on €1.8bn
Fund invests in primary and secondary subordinated debt in both performing credit and dislocated debt
NeoGenomics buys VC-backed Inivata for $390m
Inivata will become a separate business division alongside NeoGenomics' clinical, pharma and informatics units