Kester Capital has sold its interest in Chiltern in a deal which values the business at GBP135m. The exit comes as Chiltern announces the consolidation of existing investors, led by Sir Douglas Myers.   The transaction has generated a return of over 2x capital and a 25 per cent IRR

Hot Rod Brands, an affiliate of private equity company Z Capital, has acquired MSD Performance Group (MSDP), a provider of vehicle aftermarket performance parts. MSDP sells products under the MSD, Racepak, Powerteq, Edge and Superchips brands.   The transaction is scheduled to close this week.   The acquisition was part

Private investment company Ardian has joined forces with Eric Van Hal, chief executive and co-founder of the NHV Group, to acquire a majority stake in the Ostend-based NHV Group from the founder shareholders. NHV Group is an international helicopter transport services group.   Based in Ostend, Belgium, NHV was founded

PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association (PA), has signed an agreement to sell its weather business MeteoGroup to global growth investment firm General Atlantic. MeteoGroup, Europe's largest private sector weather business, provides weather services for corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets including key sectors such as transport,

Law firm Reed Smith has advised Sovereign Capital Partners on the sale of City & County Healthcare Group (C&C) to Graphite Capital Management. Sovereign first acquired C&C in 2009. Since then, C&C has extended its services to include children and adults with learning disabilities, expanding from 13 branches to 64,