BMS Group, a high growth independent speciality insurance and reinsurance broker, has secured an additional investment from Eurazeo in a deal that values the business at £1.75 billion. Existing shareholders British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), Preservation Capital Partners (PCP), management and staff will continue to be invested in the

Inflexion is to make a minority investment in YER via its dedicated minority investment fund, Partnership Capital II, acquiring a 25% stake in a deal that values the business at €500 million. The investment is Inflexion’s second in the Netherlands in the last 12 months following its investment into e-bike

Europe’s buyout industry continued to show appetite to deploy capital through the economic cycle, despite exceptionally challenging market conditions, according to provisional full-year data from CMBOR, the Centre for Private Equity and MBO Research based at Nottingham University Business School and supported by Equistone Partners Europe. The 707 buyouts completed

L Catterton’s Latin America fund has led a $70 million funding round for Razor Group, a global aggregator of e-commerce consumer goods. Other investors participating in the investment round include 468 Capital and Presight Capital.

Private investment firms Bain Capital and MV Credit have agreed a deal to recapitalise Spanish bridal firm Pronovias, acquiring a controlling interest in the business in the process from majority shareholder BC Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been revealed. Founded by Alberto Palatchi in 1922, BC Partners

Private investment firm EQT’s EQT Infrastructure VI fund is to acquire Madison Energy Investments (MEI) from affiliates of Stonepeak Partners LP. With the acquisition of MEI, EQT Infrastructure VI will be 0-5 per cent invested based on its target fund size of €20 billion.

Andra Tech Group, a manufacturer of precision mechanical components, and a portfolio company of private equity firm Equistone, has acquired Mayer Feintechnik, a specialist in precision metalworking for over 50 years.