Deals
Montagu, a mid-market private equity firm, has closed a €2bn single-asset continuation vehicle to extend its partnership with Wireless Logic, an Internet of Things platform provider. The oversubscribed fund, which is the largest single-asset continuation vehicle completed in Europe this year, will be managed by Montagu, with TPG GP Solutions as lead investor and CVC Secondary Partners and Partners Group as co-leads.
TSG Consumer, a private equity firm specialising in consumer brands, has sold its majority stake in collision repair firm Joe Hudson’s Collision Center to Boyd Group Services Inc, one of the largest operators of collision repair centres in North America. The transaction, valued at $1.3bn, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory requirements.
Leading global private equity firms, including Warburg Pincus and Carlyle Group, are reportedly exploring bids for Acclime, a Hong Kong-based corporate services platform, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Investment firm Aquarian Holdings, which is backed by private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners and Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala, is close to finalising a $4bn take-private deal for US life insurer Brighthouse Financial, according to a report by the Financial Times.
International private equity firm Cinven has partnered with founder Jesús Núñez and Mubadala Investment Company to acquire a majority stake in Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Group (UAX), a private higher education platform in Spain, from CVC Funds.
British specialist lender Shawbrook has priced its shares at £3.70 each, valuing the business at approximately £1.92bn, in what is London’s largest initial public offering in two years, according to a report by Reuters. Shares in the company subsequently rose by as much as 8% in early trading.
US-based private equity firm Roark Capital is exploring a sale of bakery chain Nothing Bundt Cakes with a potential valuation of up to $2bn, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter. The firm has reportedly hired advisers North Point and Bank of America to run the sale process, which is expected to launch in early 2026.
Global private investment firm Fairlight Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in Noviscient, an award-winning fintech that is transforming how emerging and boutique managers launch, operate and scale institutional-grade hedge funds.
Nordic Capital and Astorg have agreed to sell their co-controlling stakes in Clario, a provider of digital endpoint solutions for clinical trials, to Thermo Fisher Scientific in an all-cash transaction reportedly valued at around $8.9bn.
Jamf, the Minneapolis-based company specialising in managing and securing Apple devices in enterprise, education, and government environments, has agreed to be acquired by Francisco Partners in a deal valued at approximately $2.2bn.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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