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Karnell buys Silva Sweden
Karnell has acquired Swedish retailer of outdoor equipment Silva Sweden AB from Fiskars.
FSN Capital's Baggium sells C&T division
FSN Capitalтs portfolio company Baggium AB has sold its Care & Treatment division to Humana AB.
Arle-backed Stork acquires RBG from 3i
Arle Capital Partners’ portfolio company Stork Technical Services Holding B.V. has acquired RBG Limited from 3i.
Life Sciences Partners launches €250m fund
Life Sciences Partners has launched LSP Life Sciences Fund N.V. with a target of €250m.
Robust first quarter activity in the Nordic region
The inaugural Nordic Private Equity Index published in association with KPMG reveals the Nordic buyout market to have maintained its momentum in the first quarter of 2011.
Investinor and BW Ventures back OceanSaver
Investinor and BW Ventures Ltd have invested in OceanSaver AS, a ballast water management system provider.
Northern lights
Last yearтs high hopes for a revival in the Nordic exit market went unfulfilled. At long last, the exit market in the region is looking bright. Viktor Lundvall reports
KPMG hires head of debt advisory
KPMG has appointed Thomas Dorbert as head of debt advisory in Germany.
Ambienta invests €30m in Spig
Ambienta has invested €30m in Spig S.p.A., a producer of industrial cooling systems.
We're all above average
One Nordic adviser told me recently, "We have more than doubled our number of billing hours since Easter."
Linklaters appoints Andreas Steck as head of finance law
Linklaters has appointed Andreas Steck as head of finance law in Germany.
Throgmorton adds two to tax advisory unit
Throgmorton has boosted its tax advisory unit with the addition of Raminder Chowdhary as head of value added tax, and Stephen Smith, as tax manager.
Making concessions
Early indications of the results from a recent survey conducted by Nordic unquoteт and SVCA, looking at the private equity industry 10 and 25 years from now, suggest the community is already lowering expectations for the future.