Roundtable: Special situation market players find special purpose
With UK corporate insolvencies high, the special situations community looks to step up to the plate. But will 2024 be the year of the turnaround?
Insight Referencing launches
Fundraising advisory boutique Foundation FS aims to support PE firms with building LP relationships in an increasingly challenging market
The many flavours of private equity
Our roving editorial director Alice Murray reveals the great changes she saw at IPEM Paris 2023
Finding opportunities amid uncertainty
According to Lincoln International’s Phillip McCreanor, new drivers motivating sellers coupled with softening macro pressures are behind signs of improvement for the M&A market
Qualitas does double co-investment
The Spanish fund-of-funds has invested in FCDE’s Lindera and Vendis’s Meubelzorg
Verdane energises UrbanVolt
The European growth GP has invested €26m in clean energy company UrbanVolt via its impact fund
Archimed acquires Instem
The healthcare-focused GP’s £203m recommended cash offer agreed by Instem board
FSI does Nice deal
Italian GP invests in home and building management company Nice
Summit Partners invests in Certania
The growth investment is earmarked for the testing, inspection and certification company’s acquisitive growth strategy
Flashpoint exits Clausematch
The policy management automation business has been acquired by Corlytics
ECM sells PikeTec
The Berlin software provider has been acquired by US company Synopsys
Exponent partially divests Meadow
Canadian holding company Fairfax Financial has picked up a portion of the GP’s stake in the speciality ingredients company
Equistone’s CH&CO in double bolt-on
Independent caterer CH&CO has combined with Blue Apple and Pabulum
Horizon-backed Dains makes fourth acquisition
The accountancy has purchased public sector and not-for-profit VAT and employment tax specialists PSTAX and S3TAX
Tenzing-backed Altum buys Link Luxembourg
Transaction highlights private equity’s continued push in the fund administration space
British Business Investments supplies Cynergy Bank with £20m
The Tier 2 capital facility aims to accelerate the challenger bank’s SME lending capabilities