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NorthEdge-backed FPE Global acquires JWP

Private equity-backed materials handling firm FPE Global has acquired mixing technology specialists JW Process Equipment. Founded in 2016 by engineering entrepreneur James Winkworth, JWP provides mixing technology and processing solutions to customers across a range of process industries.   Based in Surrey, the company has a team of industry experts

EOS IM launches private equity fund supporting Italian SMEs

EOS Investment Management has launched and raised EUR55 million for EOS Private Equity, its new Luxembourg fund that will invest in growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Europe, with a focus on Italy. The fund continues to target a final close of EUR150 million from qualified investors and

ENRA Group acquired by Exponent

Livingstone has advised the shareholders of ENRA Group, including Livingbridge, on its sale to Exponent Private Equity. ENRA Group is a provider of mortgage finance.   This is the fourth transaction the Livingstone team has advised ENRA on, previously introducing exiting chairman David Campbell on his investment in 2013, raising

2016 likely to be a record year for M&A announcements

Despite the uncertainty created by the UK’s Brexit vote, the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is showing the strongest growth globally in early-stage merger and acquisition (M&A) activity at 13 per cent compared to the same period last year. This is according to the latest Intralinks Deal Flow

AXA IM – Real Assets acquires stake in French motorway A63

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has completed, on behalf of AXA Germany and AXA France, and in joint venture with Crédit Agricole Assurances, the acquisition of a 42 per cent stake in Atlandes, the concession-holder of the A63 motorway in South-West France. The vendor, InfraRed Capital Partners, an investment

Ithmar Capital and the World Bank create first green fund dedicated to Africa

The World Bank Group and Ithmar Capital, a Moroccan sovereign investment fund, are to establish a Green Growth Infrastructure Facility for Africa (GGIF), the first pan-African fund dedicated to green investment in the continent. GGIF will be structured as private capital fund and its objective is to attract private investors

Stuart Waugh, Northleaf

Northleaf raises USD1.4bn for global private credit programme

Northleaf Capital Partners has launched a global private credit programme, with more than USD1.4 billion in capital raised from a core group of Canadian pension plans. Northleaf’s global private credit strategy provides investors with diversified exposure to private credit investments and offers flexible debt financing solutions to privately held companies.

FFL Partners to buy Crisis Prevention Institute

FFL Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in middle market companies, is to acquire Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) from Brockway Moran & Partners. CPI specialises in crisis prevention, non-violent physical intervention and dementia care training for education, healthcare and corporate customers. Terms of the private transaction were

European buy and build activity reaches highest level since 2008

European buy and build activity in the first half of 2016 reached its highest level since 2008 with the largest number of deals in the UK and Ireland, according to Silverfleet Capital’s latest semi-annual European Buy & Build Monitor. The Buy & Build Monitor, which tracks global add-on activity undertaken

Baird Capital sells Watkins Hire to Carrier Rental Systems

Baird Capital has sold its portfolio company Watkins Hire to Carrier Rental Systems (UK). The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1998, Watkins is a provider of industrial and commercial heating and cooling equipment rental services. Watkins supplies heaters, steam and water boilers, fuel tanks,

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