Bridgepoint, a British private investment company, agreed to acquire Alpha FMC, a consulting and related services provider, for £626m. "This offer, which we are pleased has been unanimously recommended by the Alpha FMC Independent Directors, represents a significant premium and allows shareholders to realise attractive value. Bridgepoint has strong experience of backing specialist consultants and we are excited to partner with the company and combine our breadth of knowledge of these financial services end markets and the technology ecosystems underpinning them with the bench of specialist capabilities that Alpha FMC has built over many years. We look forward to investing further both organically and inorganically with Luc and the rest of the team," Charles Welham, Bridgepoint Partner and Head of Business and Financial Services.