Charterhouse, HgCapital and Pamplona are the remaining companies battling to acquire German insulation company Armacell after Goldman Sachs Private Equity and Equiston withdrew from the auction.

Generali's BSI is being purchased by Bankinter and Apollo Global Management. US investment fund Apollo Global Management has partnered with Bankinter of Spain to make a formal bid for Swiss private bank BSI.

Spanish bank Bankinter formed partnership with U.S. investment fund Apollo Global Management to bid for Swiss bank BSI.

Security firm G4S has decided to sell its government business unit in the U.S. as the country struggles from budget cuts.

Owners of HD Supply are expected to sell the industrial distribution company in a proposed IPO as it reports significant improvement since financial crises.

Government competition bureau approves sale of Astral to BCE. Approval has been issued by the Competition Bureau of Canada for the purchase of BCE Inc of Astral Media Inc.

New York-based Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association disclosed that buyout and venture capital firms spent $7.9 billion on acquisition activities in Latin America last year as they benefited from fundraising to gain capital.

Trafigura has shown interest in purchasing zinc from global leading zinc provider Nyrstar Commodities trader Trafigura revealed it has interest in bidding to purchase zinc from world's leading producer Nyrstar that could worth about $700 million per year.

Hellermann Tyton would be listed in the London Stock Exchange. Hellermann Tyton's business is the making of cabling products and has announced it would list at least 40% of its shares in the London Stock Exchange this March.

Corvex and Related lose court fight to restrain stock offer by Commonwealth REIT. Despite the objections by investors in CommonWealth REIT, the sale of thirty million shares valued at US$19 per share would proceed as planned.