Schroders is to acquire Adveq Holding, a private equity solutions business, accelerating the growth of its private assets business. The acquisition complements Schroders’ existing capabilities and expertise in the real estate and infrastructure finance sectors.   With more than USD7 billion of client commitments and a predominately Swiss and German

UK mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the secondary buyout of Addo Food Group, a chilled savoury pastry producer, in a transaction that marks an exit for Vision Capital. LDC has invested to support Addo’s growth strategy, which will include further investment in product innovation, expansion into new markets

Audax Private Equity has partnered with management to acquire Impact Facility Services, d/b/a Academy Fire Life Safety, from Caltius Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Academy, headquartered in Maspeth, NY and Long Beach, CA, is a provider

Affluent Partners has conditionally agreed to purchase 33 per cent of the entire issued share capital of Dellos Group, at the aggregate consideration of HKD79.2 million. Dellos Group is an investment holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability.   Currently, it holds the entire equity interest of

Post Holdings, a consumer packaged goods holding company, is to acquire Weetabix from Shanghai-based state owned enterprise Bright Food Group and an investment fund advised by Barings Private Equity Asia, in a deal worth GBP1.4 billion.  Baker McKenzie acted for Post Holdings. The Baker McKenzie team is led by London corporate

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is to acquire a majority ownership in eCommerce, brand protection and promotional intelligence solutions provider Market Track from Aurora Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Market Track is a provider of data-driven market

Ametek is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Mocon at a price of USD30 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 39 per cent to Mocon’s closing share price on 13 April 2017. The aggregate enterprise value of the transaction is approximately USD182

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited, a specialist investment platform focused on dental and consumer health in Asia and part of Hillhouse Capital Management, are to acquire Carestream’s dental digital business (Carestream Dental).  Carestream Dental is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of imaging systems and practice management

Blockchain specialist nChain and a group of affiliated companies have been acquired by high tech private equity fund SICAV, an EU regulated investment fund managed by Accuro Fund Solutions. nChain specialises in research and development of blockchain technologies – a distributed, decentralised ledger that chronologically records transactions in an immutable way.