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Bridgepoint takes over biopharma business from Baird

UK-based Prescient Healthcare Group is a global provider of pharmaceutical intelligence, insights and product strategy

Nearly 2,500 jobs and £150bn in assets moved to France post Brexit

François Villeroy de Galhau's comments come as the UK and the European Union begin talks on a MoU for the financial services sector

Moonpig eyes £1.2bn London float

Blackrock and Dragoneer Global Fund have committed to buying £130m of the British retailer’s shares

TA Associates sells ITRS Group to Montagu PE, four years after buying business from Carlyle

TA Associates has agreed a sale of real-time monitoring and analytics software ITRS Group to UK private equity house Montagu.

Montagu Private Equity buys reproductive biotech specialist IMV from Qualium Investissement

UK buyout house Montagu Private Equity has entered exclusive negotiations with Qualium Investissement and management to acquire IMV Technologies.

Eurazeo invests in payments startup PPRO, UK’s newest unicorn

The Paris-based firm co-led a funding round alongside Sprints Capital and Wellington Management to raise a total of €153m for the British fintech

PE-backed Moonpig follows Covid-lockdown profit boom with up to £1.2bn London IPO

Exponent Private Equity is set for a powerful IPO of UK greetings card business Moonpig amid the company emerging as one of the big winners of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.

Claret Capital strikes initial close for first fund since spinout from Harbert

Claret Capital has struck an initial close for its first fund since spinning out of Harbert Management last year.

Growing pensions, employee benefits business Broadstone stays in PE hands with Livingbridge sale to ICG

Mid-market UK private equity house Livingbridge has agreed the sale of Broadstone, a provider of specialist pensions, trustee, and employee benefits solutions, to ICG.

Star Capital acquires Rail Operations

Star Capital has acquired rolling stock movement and storage service Rail Operations (UK).

UK gets in on global M&A surge

Investors bet on higher offers for Entain, G4S, Signature Aviation

Impax Asset Management brings in renewables veteran Maguire as managing director

Sustainable investment specialist Impax Asset Management has bolstered its private equity and infrastructure operations by bringing in Sean Maguire as a managing director.

UK’s Exponent eyes Benelux expansion with new hire

Former EQT managing director Jeroen Regeur will open a new office in Amsterdam and build out the firm’s business in the Benelux region

European private equity still facing challenges despite strong fight against 2020’s uncertainty

European private equity dealflow has held up remarkably well amid the huge uncertainty caused by Covid-19 and the UK's impending exit from the EU - but big challenges remain according to new research from Mercer.

eEquity, Bonnier Ventures sell Refunder to trade

UK-based Top Online Partners Group has acquired Swedish cashback website Refunder from eEquity, Bonnier Ventures and its management.

IK agrees to sell private equity research specialist Third Bridge to Astorg

IK Investment Partners has agreed to sell private equity and alternatives researcher Third Bridge to fellow buyout house Astorg.

Moonpig to deliver next IPO of 2021

Moonpig, the UK cards and gifts company, has published a registration document to list on the London Stock Exchange and sources close to the deal are confident that there is enough demand for it to

Apollo offloads Watches of Switzerland shares

Apollo Global Management has continued to selldown its stake in Watches of Switzerland, the UK luxury watch retailer, following a strong rally in the stock since its IPO on the London Stock Exchange in May

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