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Permira mulls $3.5bn Octus sale to London Stock Exchange Group; Palliser raises further concerns over CVC, GBL bid for Italy’s Recordati

Palliser Capital, a shareholder of Recordati, has confirmed it does not support the recent offer of €53 per share from CVC and GBL.

3 min read · 14 October 2026

Searchlight Capital hires Investcorp’s Sebastian Inger as partner in London

Sebastian Inger has more than 15 years of investment experience across private equity and corporate finance.

1 min read · 14 October 2026

Sopris Capital completes carve-out of Edinburgh AI firm Blackford from Bayer

Blackford’s AI orchestration platform gives radiology departments access to more than 130 imaging AI applications from over 45 vendors.

2 min read · 09 October 2026

Omni Partners hires Copper Street Capital’s Elliot Tahmasebi as partner

Tahmasebi will lead new platform investments in founder-led financial, professional and business services companies in the lower mid-market.

2 min read · 09 October 2026

Verdane leads new funding for Swedish obesity care provider Yazen

Yazen is a digital healthcare provider that treats obesity by combining weight-loss medication with continuous care from a multidisciplinary team.

2 min read · 09 October 2026

KKR, Lovell Minnick, Searchlight active in financial services; Monomoy Capital featured in They Said It

Lovell Minnick Partners and Carlyle AlpInvest-backed SRS Acquiom agreed this week to acquire Pantarai, a provider of loan technology and services for the broadly syndicated loan and private credit markets.

3 min read · 09 October 2026

Lovell Minnick, Carlyle AlpInvest-backed SRS Acquiom agrees to Pantarai acquisition

Pantarai provides loan technology, loan closing services and middle office services across broadly syndicated loans and private credit markets globally.

1 min read · 08 October 2026

Permira-backed Acuity Analytics completes deal for US data consultancy Continuus

Continuus works mainly with asset managers and other financial institutions on enterprise data strategy, governance frameworks and large-scale cloud data transformation programs.

2 min read · 08 October 2026

Boka Capital: Increased defense spending has compressed timeline from investment to scale; Sycamore agrees to sale of UK pharmacy chain Boots

Competition for these assets is certainly increasing, despite the challenges posed by the sector.

4 min read · 08 October 2026

Sycamore Partners agrees $8.9bn Boots exit to Wittington Investments

The 177-year-old pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer has more than 50,000 employees and also includes Boots Opticians and the No7 Beauty Company.

2 min read · 08 October 2026

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