Regulation

Industri Kapital has made 2.5 times its investment on the sale of Gardena, a gardening tools manufacturer, for €730 million.

Kennet Partners, a private equity firm, has sold a risk management business to IBM in its third exit in 2006.

The Dallas, Texas-based firm is dealing with an investigation into meat processing plants owned by Swift that may have employed illegal immigrants using stolen identities.

Much hinges on whether the proposed buyout of Australian airline Qantas proceeds smoothly. By Andy Thomson

The New York-based firm will add to its government outsourcing platform with this $600m transaction.

The private equity arm of AIG will buy the North American port assets from the UK’s P&O Holdings, which is selling ports to a Dubai firm. The initial deal caused a national-security row among US policymakers.

Eurazeo has cancelled plans for an initial public offering of truck rental business Fraikin and is selling the company to CVC Capital while reinvesting $60 million in the new entity.

Dallas-based consultancy and investment management firm Hawkeye Partners is beefing up its staff with three new hires.

In a $200m deal, the Credit Suisse spin-out has agreed to acquire 50 percent of Thompson Publishing Group, the other half of which it obtained from Credit Suisse in July.

Europcar, a Eurazeo portfolio company, is building Vanguard’s European franchise for €670 million.