A subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers said Tuesday it has acquired a 40% stake in FiberPass, a wholesale network operator, from Vodafone Spain and Telefónica España, as the global investor continues to expand its digital infrastructure portfolio.
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AXA Unit Buys 40% Of Fiber Biz From Vodafone, Telefónica

By Tom Fish

A subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers said Tuesday it has acquired a 40% stake in FiberPass, a wholesale network operator, from Vodafone Spain and Telefónica España, as the global investor continues to expand its digital infrastructure portfolio.

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Addleshaw Goddard-Led IMI To Sell Unit To US Biz For £225M

By Dawood Fakhir

British engineering company IMI said Monday that it has agreed to sell its valves- and actuators-making business Truflo Marine to private equity-backed U.S. firm Fairbanks Morse Defense for £225 million ($295 million) in a deal guided by Addleshaw Goddard LLP.

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Pinsent Masons-Led Biotech Raises £7M With Shares Placing

By Tom Fish

Cancer diagnostics company Cellbxhealth said Tuesday that it has raised approximately £6.8 million ($8.9 million) in an oversubscribed sale of new shares in a move to stabilize its finances as it becomes a more commercial business.

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DEALS

Bridgepoint Buys Majority Stake In Crypto Audit Firm

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Middle-market private equity firm Bridgepoint Group, led by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Tuesday revealed plans to take a majority stake in British digital asset assurance and technology solutions provider ht.digital, led by Dentons.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

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Brabners Guides Begbies Traynor On Property Auctioneer Buy

By Irene Madongo

Business recovery firm Begbies Traynor Group PLC said Tuesday that its consultancy business Eddisons has acquired a property auctioneer in a deal worth up to £1 million ($1.3 million), boosting its footprint in southeast England.

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Identity Verification Biz To Extend Shares Buyback By £10M

By Irene Madongo

GB Group said Tuesday that it will return £10 million ($13 million) more to investors by repurchasing shares, a move the identity-checks software company expects will further lower its share capital.

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Charles Russell Speechlys Steers First Tin On Fundraising

By Irene Madongo

First Tin said Tuesday it has conditionally raised £6.3 million ($8.3 million) through a share sale that will help fund its projects in Australia and Germany.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Brabners LLP

Charles Russell Speechlys

Cleary Gottlieb

Dentons

Pinsent Masons

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA Investment Managers SA

AXA SA

Arcline Investment Management LP

Bridgepoint Advisers Ltd.

IMI PLC

Lazard Ltd.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Rothschild & Co. SCA

Vodafone Group PLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Military Sealift Command

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Navy