Jenny Bollen

Inflexion Private Equity has completed its second transaction in a month with a £12 million buyout of a software company, a week after it sold its £19.1 million venture capital trust.

Global take privates in 2006 reached record values boosted by US companies worth almost $97 billion delisting.

Bank of Scotland Corporate has made its second deal of the week, funding a £55 million management buyout of a furniture company.

Litorina Kapital, a Swedish buyout fund, has added a second domestic goods manufacturer to its portfolio with the acquisition of a Swedish storage supplier.

STAR Capital Partners has sold its 22 asset-strong Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund to a property outsourcing group for £927 million in its first exit since November.

Cognetas, a European private equity firm, has completed its second deal this week with the sale of an aluminium manufacturer to a consortium for €430 million.

Bank of Scotland Corporate has made its second deal of the week, funding a £55 million management buyout of a furniture company.

Litorina Kapital, a Swedish buyout fund, has added a second domestic goods manufacturer to its portfolio with the acquisition of a Swedish storage supplier.

Bank of Scotland Corporate has made its second deal of the week, funding a £55 million management buyout of a furniture company.

Ratos will buy two family-owned chair manufacturers, for an undisclosed amount, in its seventh transaction this month.