Hanover Investors has completed the acquisition of AIM listed Hydro International, a storm water and waste water engineering business. The business was bought for a total consideration of circa GBP29 million by the Hanover Active Equity Fund through a Scheme of Arrangement. This is the first investment by the fund and fits into its strategy of private equity
UK peer-to-peer finance platform Assetz Capital has received a 5-Star rating from Defaqto in the independent financial information business’ first ‘Loan Based Crowdfunding’ analysis. Assetz Capital’s rating, which relates to investing on the platform, is one of only four 5-Star peer-to-peer awards made by Defaqto. Assetz Capital has facilitated the
Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has sold CSL, a provider of critical connectivity solutions for machine-to-machine communications, to Norland Capital, ICONIQ Capital and RIT Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. CSL pioneered dual signalling technology in the alarm security industry where it manages the communications for over 400,000 commercial,
21 Investimenti, an investment firm founded and led by Alessandro Benetton, is to sell a majority stake in Farnese Vini to NB Renaissance Partners, the private equity fund formed in 2015 by Neuberger Berman and Intesa SanPaolo. Farnese Vini is a group active in the production, bottling and sale of Central/Southern
Sun Capital Partners’ affiliated portfolio company Aclara Technologies has acquired the smart grid business of Tollgrade Communications. The transaction includes the LightHouse distribution monitoring platform comprising Sensors and Sensor Management System (SMS) software with Predictive Grid Analytics, as well as a broad intellectual property portfolio. Financial terms have not been
GigPeak, a specialist in semiconductor ICs and software solutions for high-speed connectivity and high-quality video compression over the Network and the Cloud, has closed its acquisition of Exccess Venture Fund holding Magnum Semiconductor. Magnum Semiconductor is a provider of silicon ICs, SoCs, software, and IP for the professional video broadcast
Avedon Capital Partners and management have sold Tesch Inkasso Group, a German debt collection company, to Lowell GFKL Group, a credit receivables management backed by the Permira Funds and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). Tesch Inkasso is headquartered in Wiehl, Germany. Its core business is to recover debt claims, mostly
The half-year 2016 edition of Mergermarket's Deal Drivers EMEA reveals a more cautious dealmaking environment, with European investors eyeing political and economic changes in key markets, notably the UK's decision to ultimately leave the EU. As a result, European deal value dropped 18 per cent to EUR314.7 billion compared to
Inflexion portfolio company Global Reach Partners (GRP), a UK foreign exchange specialist, has completed the acquisition of international money transfer and payment solutions provider FC Exchange. GRP, which provides payments and hedging services to businesses and private individuals, transacts annually over GBP3.5 billion of foreign currency, through its team of
BPS Technology has completed its underwritten AUD27.5 million institutional placement and will use net proceeds of the capital raising to fund the acquisition of Entertainment Publications Australia and New Zealand. Entertainment Publications is a business-to-consumer deals platform with 12,000 SMEs, 18,000 not-for-profits and 550,000 members. The consideration for the
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 February, 2026 – 5:00 pm
