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Hewer takes over acquisition finance at SEB as Wakefield retires
Wakefield has been with SEB since 1997, and has been working in private equity since 1984
FSN Capital sells Danish bakery Lagkagehuset to Nordic Capital
Under FSN's ownership, Lagkagehuset increased the number of its outlets from three to 69
Vaaka Partners in Jungle Juice Bar investment
Deals kicks off investment for the firm's third buyout fund, which is expected to make 10-15 in total
Maj Invest purchases 50% stake in Victor Gruppen
Deal for the Danish restaurant group is the third undertaken by Maj Invest's €300m fifth fund
FSN takes majority stake in Holmbergs Safety System
Firm plans to expand domestically and internationally, primarily in Asia
Norvestor snaps up NetNordic
Norvestor will own approximately 75% of the company’s shares post-deal
Altor acquires customer services firm Xzakt Kundrelation
Deal will be the 12th conducted by Altor's €2bn Fund IV and its fourth deal this year
Mid-market fuels surge in French buyouts
Aggregate value in the country's buyout space reached the second highest level for six years in the three months to May 2017
Oaktree invests in Irish homebuilder Cannon Kirk
Capital will be used to repay loans to Ireland's bad bank as well as for expansion purposes
Mid Europa to float Waberer's
Trucking company's IPO price range has been set at €16.50-20.37
Beechbrook funds Wilton & Bain MBO
Deal is a combination of debt and equity, as well as additional growth capital
Mobeus leads £3m funding round for tutoring website MyTutor
Transaction is Mobeus's seventh growth capital investment in the last 12 months
Calpers considers cutting PE allocation over transparency issues
As Calpers looks to cut, San Diego County starts to consider private equity co-investments
BGF injects £2m into visual effects studio Milk
Deal is Milk's first fundraising round, which it plans to use to expand its studios
Turkven to float DP Eurasia after seven-year holding
Price range for the offer has been set at 200-230 pence per share
HgCapital exits The Parts Alliance in £205m trade sale
Sale delivers a 2x investment multiple and 19% gross IRR after five years of ownership
HgCapital's A-Plan in £170m refinancing
Refinancing consists mainly of two term loan B facilities worth £98.8m and £66.2m
Endless in £25m Capita recruitment arm carve-out
Affinity Workforce will be the 11th buyout for Endless's fourth fund, closed on £525m
FPE to merge newly acquired SGL and Masstech
New company will be run by Masstech's management and will be headquartered in the UK
Maven invests £1.5m in data and graphics startup Ebb3
Funding for the deal will come from Maven Capital Partners's venture capital trusts
Brexit to boost European corporate carve-out activity, says Aurelius
Special situation investors are likely to be the biggest buyers, survey respondents said
Norvestor sells Abax to Investcorp after five-year holding
Deal is the third exit for Norvestor's sixth fund, which has made 11 mid-market investments
EQT exits Roeser after seven-year holding period
PE house sells the German distributor of medical supplies to private hospital firm Sana Kliniken
Axcel begins investing from fifth fund with Nissens buyout
Axcel V is still fundraising and has so far raised €440m against a hard-cap of €600m