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The pension system acquired direct stakes in Birmingham and Bristol airports in 2007 and 2008, respectively.

Korosis succeeds Johannes Huth, senior advisory partner, KKR and managing director at GBL.

Shackleton is an independent financial advisor and wealth management business.

The office expands Partners Group’s presence in the Middle East.

Spectris remains in discussions with Advent International, following an offer valuing the shares at £37.63 each.

MPM is a global pet food business.

Hastee is a financial wellbeing platform based in London.

Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Safe Life, an automated external defibrillators distributor.

'At the small end of the market, a large proportion of dealflow has always been driven by the changing personal circumstances of private individual business owners, as opposed to institutional fund dynamics,' David Jolly says.