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Sun Capital buys clothing business

The US buyout firm has paid €100 million and assumed pensions liabilities worth €70 million to acquire the branded clothing arm of US conglomerate Sara Lee.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Code Hennessy sees double in UK

Chicago’s Code Hennessy & Simmons has agreed to a deal with UK soda-can giant Rexam to sell Precise Technology in a $257 million transaction, more than doubling its equity investment.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Citigroup VC buys Alcoa unit

Citigroup Venture Capital agreed to buy Alcoa’s Southern Graphic Systems unit in a $410m deal.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Inflexion hopes to make buses run on time

The AIM-listed private equity firm has acquired a 70 percent stake in UK public transport technology company ACIS in a £25m MBO.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Terra Firma clinches €7bn Viterra deal

Terra Firma Capital Partners is set to sign terms to acquire German property group Viterra for €7 billion in Europe’s largest private equity deal to date.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Vision buys 7 deals from LGV

Legal & General Ventures has agreed to sell a portfolio of seven companies to secondary investor Vision Capital for an undisclosed sum.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Stone Point backs $1.5bn reinsurance platform

After successive hurricanes have battered the Southern parts of the US, Stone Point, the team of former Marsh private equity pros, is getting back into the reinsurance business with the acquisition of a Chubb subsidiary.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Apax withdraws Woolworths bid

Shares in the UK high street retailer fell 29 percent at start of trading today following the announcement from the private equity firm.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

European Capital invests in sushi

The buyout and mezzanine manager has invested €29 million of equity and debt in French sushi company Marco Polo.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

IK acquires Wehkamp, Transfair from GUS

The Nordic-based private equity firm has completed its sixth deal in the Benelux region, acquiring two subsidiaries from the retail multinational.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

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