Bridgepoint, via Bridgepoint Europe VII, a fund focused on investing in mid-market growth businesses, is to acquire RoC Skincare, with existing backer Gryphon Investors, selling its majority shareholding in RoC as part of the transaction.

Funds managed by Blackstone have made a minority growth investment in Salas O’Brien, an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm, aimed at accelerating the company’s expansion in the architectural, engineering, and construction market.

Equistone Partners Europe, a private equity firm specialising in European mid-market buyouts, has sold its stake in CH&CO, a provider of premium contract and hospitality services in the UK and Ireland valued at £475m, to Compass Group, a major European contract catering provider.

RoadSafe Traffic Systems, an infrastructure services provider and portfolio company of private equity firms Investcorp and Trilantic North America, has acquired BC Cannon, a supplier of traffic control services and products. 

Private equity firm Hg is to sell its £52m stake in Argus Media Group to Chairman and CEO Adrian Binks and existing minority investor General Atlantic, with Binks becoming majority owner of the London-based oil news and pricing data provider as a result, according to a report by Reuters.

Private equity giant Blackstone is returning to the North American rental housing market, having agreed to acquire Canadian real estate firm Tricon Residential in a take-private deal with a $3.5bn price tag.

Eurazeo, a European private equity firm with €33.5bn in AUM, has completed a €25m minority investment in EX NIHILO, a $60m high-growth niche perfumery brand best known for its ‘Fleur Narcotique’ scent. 

Private equity firm Kennet Partners has agreed to a deal to sell learning and development platform provider Eloomi, which it co-owns with Great Hill Partners and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), to Ceridian, netting a 3x return on its initial investment.