Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus and Silver Lake Partners will buy a production software division of EDS in what is described as the largest-ever technology private equity deal.

Barclays Private Equity, the UK-based European mid-market investor, has backed the £135m management buyout of Deb Group, a provider of skincare products and dispensing systems.

Close Brothers Private Equity, the UK mid-market private equity firm, has closed its Fund VII at a capped level of £360m – beating an original target of £350m.

Continental Europe is seeing a consistently strong flow of large buyouts, according to new figures from the UK’s Centre for Management Buyout Research (CMBOR).

The Chicago venture capital shop’s newest vehicle is geared toward seed and early stage investments in life sciences, physical sciences and information technology companies.

After an eight-year hold, Vestar exits its safety-wear portfolio company to the private equity arm of Bear Stearns.

The Chicago firm completes a majority equity investment in the containment rental equipment company through its Fund IV.

The Boston firm joins Borealis Capital and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System in the purchase of MAAX, North America’s third largest maker of bathroom fixtures.

The private equity arm of US-based investment bank Veronis Suhler Stevenson has sold its stake in Centaur Communications, which has joined the London Stock Exchange in a £145m IPO.

The launch of the first edition of the Private Equity Performance Monitor reveals the performance of the global private equity industry. Mark O’Hare of Private Equity Intelligence outlines one of the key findings from analysis of the data contained within: that past performance can indeed be a good guide to future performance in private equity.