Business services

Paine Schwartz Partners invests in Kynetec

Paine Schwartz Partners has made an investment in Kynetec, a provider of agricultural and animal health market research.

CPPIB to invest C$270m in Brazil's Iguá Saneamento

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to invest an expected C$270 million Iguá Saneamento, the third-largest private water and sewage treatment service provider in Brazil.

Pilot Wave Holdings acquires Cormorant Utility's CAUSC

Pilot Wave Holdings has acquired Cormorant Atlantic Utility Services Corp, a provider of transmission and distribution services to the utilities industry.

EQT to sell Desotec to Blackstone

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Desotec, a European environmental services company, from EQT.

Innovatus buys Public Label, Match Retail from Southfield

Innovatus Capital Partners has acquired Match Marketing Group’s Boulder, Colorado-based Public Label and Toronto-based Match Retail from Southfield Capital.

Chorus Aviation inks private placement with AIMCo, NordStar

Chorus Aviation, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based provider of regional aviation solutions, has agreed to receive C$30 million through a private placement to support growth and other priorities.

Oaktree to invest $350m in Azorra

Oaktree Capital Management has agreed to invest $350 million in Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Azorra, a commercial aircraft lessor.

Instaclustr buys PE-backed consulting and services firm Credativ

Instaclustr has acquired Columbia, Maryland-based Credativ, a consulting and services company.

Quad-C to divest stake in AIT to The Jordan Company

Quad-C Management has agreed to sell its stake in AIT Worldwide Logistics Inc to The Jordan Company for over $1.2 billion.

New State Capital, Mako Steel invest in Rabco Enterprises

Mako Steel CEO Caesar Wright will become CEO of the combined company, while Emmett Buster Owens III, president of Rabco, will stay with the business.