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Rcapital and Montague snap up Primary Group’s PPL and UK General

Rcapital has acquired a majority stake and Montague has taken a minority stake.

BGF exits bakery group St Pierre Groupe for 9.6x return

Grupo Bimbo has bought the group, with BGF generating an IRR of 85%.

Charme IV makes its fifth investment with Tema Sinergie

Tema Sinergie produces isolators for nuclear medicine and the production of biotech pharmaceuticals.

Nuveen acquisition of Arcmont creates new private debt manager

New entity Nuveen Private Capital will be one of the world's largest private debt managers, according to Nuveen, with more than $60 billion in combined committed capital.

Keensight-backed Bedford Consulting buys software consultancy Bluesprint

This is Bedford's first acquisition since Keensight's investment in the company in May 2022.

IK sees the positives in Plus que PRO

Plus que PRO will use the investment to accelerate its franchise roll-out, support its partners' growth and invest in R&D.

ADIA-backed Acrisure makes double swoop on UK firms

Sutton Winson and Sutton Specialist Risks are now under the Acrisure umbrella.

EIP puts more than C$150m to work in growth plans of RS Technologies

RS, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, is majority owned by Werklund Growth Fund, an affiliate of Werklund Family Office.

CDPQ backs Japan’s Shizen Energy with $135m investment

CDPQ and Shizen have also agreed to a co-investment framework which could see CDPQ invest up to $339 million.

CAI-backed CMT buys consulting engineering business CTC-Geotek

CTC is CMT’s fifth acquisition since inception and its third since partnering with CAI Capital in September 2020.