The private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS said on Monday it will buy Lifeways. The private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS said on Monday it will buy Lifeways, a British provider of services for adults with learning disabilities, from private equity firm August Equity, saying it sees great scope for expanding supported living services in Britain.

U.S. private equity investments outperformed the stock market in 2011 and distributions to investors reached a record as fund managers seized on an opportunity to sell long-held assets.

The Norum II Fund (2003) has, in co-operation with other owners, completed a transaction to sell 100% of Tascom CJSC.

Private equity group EQT agreed to buy German bandage and plaster cast maker BSN medical for about 1.8 billion euros.

SVB Financial Group's banking unit Silicon Valley Bank said it would open its first international branch in London.

China's National Social Security Fund will increase investment in private equity funds by more than 50 percent in 2012.

A planned cash injection into French set-top box maker Technicolor SA (TCH.PA) hit a snag on Monday as the group said it had rejected a higher offer from an investment fund.

Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.

News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 8. News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 8.

One of Facebook's earliest investors has turned his attention to a distant market with a small but lively start-up scene: Brazil.