Financial services

Trading Technologies is backed by 7Ridge, which acquired TT in December 2021.

Diamant Software is a provider of accounting and financial controlling services for mid-sized companies and public-sector organizations in Germany.

London-listed JTC has accepted a revised offer from Permira, valuing the business at around £2.7 billion ($3.5 billion; €3.1 billion).

Thanks to the evolution of a robust private market ecosystem that includes private credit, secondaries and unprecedented amounts of capital, companies are growing bigger and staying private for longer than ever before. Nevertheless, the dream to go public is still very much alive.

Italy’s fragmented landscape makes it well-suited to buy-and-build strategies, which can generate both operational and financial synergies, says Apheon's Riccardo Collini.

The investment will be used by Kingswood to expand its capital base and reinvest into the firm.

As part of our Private Markets 2030 series, we asked up-and-coming talent from PEI Group’s under-40 lists what sustainability and impact trends they think will gain traction over the next five years; highlighting investments from a six-deal listicle on the home healthcare sector.

A look at BayPine, which is looking towards M&A and organic growth strategies to equip site network CenExel Clinical Research with digital resources and expertise; TPG Capital agrees to acquire PTC’s industrial connectivity and IoT businesses; activity in the restaurant sector.

Inflexion portfolio company Axiom GRC has acquired IS Partners, a US cyber assurance and compliance services company.