US private equity firm Providence Equity Partners is acquire UK exhibitions and events group Hyve in a deal that values the business at £481 million, according to reports. Providence has agreed to pay 108 per share after Hyve reportedly rejected offers of 101p and 105p from another unnamed bidder. Hyve’s

Alternative investment firm PAG is interested in acquiring Hong Kong telecommunications group HKBN setting up a potential $1 billion-plus bidding war with rival private equity firm I Squared Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg. Unnamed Bloomberg sources say that PAG is currently carrying out preliminary work on a potential

AnaCap Financial Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments in across software, technology and services in the financial services sector, is to sell of Oona Health, a Danish private health services and insurance provider, to Topdanmark. 



Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on services businesses, has made a majority investment in Supreme Optimization, a digital marketing agency catering exclusively to companies operating in the life sciences sector.

Apollo Global Management is to acquire Univar Solutions, a specialist chemical maker and distributor, in an all-cash transaction valued at around $8.1 billion including debt. The deal includes a minority investment from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Under the terms of the transaction, Univar

An affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone is to acquire Cvent Holding Corp, a meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, in a transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion, a little over a year after the business listed for a second time via a special purchase

Private investment firm Sun Capital Partners has added to its growing business services portfolio with a majority investment in Anderson Business Advisors. Management and employees of the company reinvested proceeds from the sale to retain a significant minority stake. 

UK buyout firm Cinven has made a non-binding offer to take German laboratory operator Synlab AG private in a roughly €2.2 billion deal, just two years after listing the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Brookfield Asset Management is in talks over a a $1 billion investment in Avaada Ventures Pvt Ltd, the parent entity of Avaada Group, an Indian renewable energy company, according to a report in The Economic Times.