UK

Hg-backed Access Group pays up for Paycircle

Paycircle is a cloud-based collaborative payroll platform for payroll bureaus.

Rubicon Partners goes back for more, buying CMD from IDEAL Industries

CMD was previously owned by Rubicon, which created the business in 2001 by integrating three separate companies.

Unither exit boosts Ardian’s confidence in healthcare; Time runs out on ITA Airways deal

In late August, a group led by Certares, backed by Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines, entered exclusive talks to buy a majority stake in ITA Airways.

Veritas Capital brings in Wood Mackenzie from Verisk

Veritas has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash consideration payable at closing as well as future additional contingent consideration of up to $200 million.

Nordic Capital and Five Arrows to exit The Binding Site

Thermo Fisher Scientific has agreed to buy the company in a deal valued at £2.25 billion.

EQT’s Sinding talks BPEA merger; ECI-backed CSL picks up Caburn Telecom

Caburn Telecom is a global provider of secure IoT connectivity, SIM management and software.

ECI-backed CSL cops Caburn Telecom

The acquisition adds further IoT expertise and scale to CSL’s propositions and services.

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.