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Close Brothers acquires Atlas Capital

Merchant bank Close Brothers, has acquired the remaining 55 per cent of Atlas Capital, its Spanish corporate finance associate, with an eye on expanding its debt advisory and restructuring business. The deal amount was undisclosed.

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Wagon sets wheels in motion for AIM move

Automotive components group Wagon, which is listed on the LSE's main market, says it expects its move to AIM to be completed by 6 October.

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Catapult backs Sight and Sound BIMBO

Sight and Sound Technology, a supplier of IT services for people who are blind or have learning difficulties, has completed a buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO).

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Crane acquires manufacturing firm Delta Fluid Products

Crane, a diversified manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products, unveiled its plans to purchase all of the capital stock of Delta Fluid Products, a designer and manufacturer of regulators and fire safe valves for the gas industry, for US$28 million (£15.6 million).

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Asian banks wary of Western investments

High growth Asian banks have largely avoided the huge credit loses that have pushed Lehman Brothers to the brink and will remain wary of buying into Western banks.

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Irish firm in online sale

Dublin-based online shopping and e-business software specialist Buy4Now, has sold its US business interests and restructured its capital in a deal worth £8.4 million.

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Randall & Quilter acquires KMS

Randall & Quilter, an AIM traded run-off management service provider and acquirer of solvent insurance companies in run-off, has acquired KMS, a London-based provider of insurance run-off services, through the acquisition of the holding company Continuum Holdings for £1.78 million.

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Relative strangers in the Benelux

Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands form the Benelux Economic Union, but when it comes to deal-making, that’s all they have in common. Mark Dunne reports

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Randall & Quilter acquires KMS

Randall & Quilter, an AIM traded run-off management service provider and acquirer of solvent insurance companies in run-off, has acquired KMS, a London-based provider of insurance run-off services, through the acquisition of the holding company Continuum Holdings for £1.78 million.

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Relative strangers in the Benelux

Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands form the Benelux Economic Union, but when it comes to deal-making, that’s all they have in common. Mark Dunne reports

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SPARK Ventures invests in Gemini

A company providing medical screening services to life insurance companies has secured £1.4 million in a Series B funding round. Gemini Biomedical received £700,000 each from VCT manager SPARK Ventures and existing backer Alliance Fund Managers.

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Merger creates major grain business

Two farmer-owned operations have combined to create a major new grain marketing and input supply business. Grainfarmers and Centaur Grain have merged to form Openfield, which will handle around a fifth of the UK grain market and become one the largest supplier of seed and fertiliser in the UK.

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First Derivatives expands into the US

Irish financial technology company First Derivatives, has bought US-based technology marketing company Marketing Resources Partners, in a deal which could be worth up to £11.1 million.

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Game is up for Take Two acquisition

EA, a computer games business, has officially ended takeover talks with Rockstar owners Take-Two Interactive. The two American games publishers had been in discussions over a possible takeover of Take-Two by EA, after the latter had agreed to drop a $2 billion (£1 million) hostile takeover bid.

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