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Sondex, the manufacturer of logging tools for the oil and gas sector, has sold a majority stake in the company to NatWest Equity Partners in a £10m deal. 07-Jan-1999 Williams has acquired KS Conquest, the security services provider, from NatWest Equity Partners for £17m. 25-Aug-1998 NatWest Stockbrokers is looking into the possibility of becoming a marketmaker in privatisation and demutualisation shares, which would enable to retain profits that would otherwise have been passed on to other companies. 20-Jul-1998 NatWest Equity Partners has sold Zincocelere, the Italian manufacturer of printed circuit boards, to Viasystems of Italy for over £60m. 30-Mar-1998 NatWest Markets is closing its Frankfurt office with the loss of 38 jobs, and German clients will now be dealt with from the London office. 13-Feb-1998 NatWest has sold County NatWest Australia, the equities and corporate finance operation, to Salomon Smith Barney of the US for £52m. 10-Feb-1998 Tesco has appointed NatWest Securities as its stockbroker to replace Union Bank of Switzerland, as UBS's merger partner is a broker for the rival Sainsbury's chain. 04-Feb-1998 NatWest Markets is selling its Asian equities and corporate finance business to a joint venture of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Hong Kong's Bank of East Asia for about £10m, as part of a strategy to withdraw from equities. 27-Jan-1998 Coutts is to close three of its four US banking offices and consolidate them into Miami, while its parent, NatWest, is to close its offices in Beverly Hills and San Diego. 09-Jan-1998 Betterware, the door-to-door shopping company, has accepted a £117m takeover offer from NatWest Equity Partners which will take the company private. 23-Dec-1997 NatWest has sold most of the equities operations of NatWest Markets for £179m in a deal with Bankers Trust and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, and the remaining operations will be closed. 03-Dec-1997 NatWest Equity Partners has acquired Artform, the point-of-sale display company, for £38m. 01-Dec-1997 National Westminster Bank is discussing the sale of its NatWest Markets investment banking division with both Bankers Trust and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. 13-Nov-1997 NatWest is to close its Hong Kong-based debt market division in order to focus its Asian operations in Tokyo and Singapore, with the loss of about 55 jobs. 05-Nov-1997 NatWest Markets has called off negotiations over the sale of its equity operations to Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, as they could not agree on price. 01-Nov-1997 NatWest Group has sold NatWest Sellier Patrimoine and NatWest Sellier Gestion, the French investment management businesses, to Banque Bruxelles Lambert France for undisclosed terms. 21-Oct-1997 NatWest Equity Partners has acquired Starpoint, the supplier of amusement machine parts, from Bowthorpe for £18.5m. 02-Oct-1997 BTR has sold Serck Heat Transfer, the Birmingham-based heat transfer equipment business, to NatWest Ventures for £31.5m. 05-Sep-1997 NatWest Markets is to use New York as the base for its US stockbroking business in order to improve competitiveness. 12-Jul-1997 National Westminster Bank is considering plans to scale back the ambitions of its NatWest Markets investment banking operation in order to improve returns to institutional shareholders. 16-Jun-1997 Birmingham airport is to undergo a £260m expansion following agreement by seven local councils to sell a 40% stake to NatWest Ventures and Aer Rianta for £42m. 22-Feb-1997 NatWest Ventures is leading a syndicate of venture capitalists that is buying the Pubmaster chain of 1,680 pubs from Brent Walker for £171m. 08-Nov-1996 NatWest Securities Japan is to acquire Citicorp International Securities' Japanese trading operations, for undisclosed terms. 26-Oct-1996 NatWest Markets has acquired Hambro Magan, the merchant banking operation, for undisclosed terms. 11-Oct-1996 Jessop Group, the chain of 70 photographic shops, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NatWest Ventures. 26-Jul-1996 Motorhouse, the car retailer, is undergoing a £32m management buy-out, in which NatWest Ventures will get a 25% stake. 27-Mar-1996 NatWest Ventures is setting up a Milan office to provide equity to private business. 30-Jan-1996 National Westminster Bank is selling its US retail banking unit, NatWest Bancorp, to Fleet Financial in a $3.6bn deal which will see NatWest buy back some assets. 20-Dec-1995 NatWest Markets is buying Gleacher & Co, the New York mergers and acquisitions boutique, for £85.4m. 18-Oct-1995 NatWest Ventures is buying Capital Prive, its French partner, to form NatWest Ventures France. 17-Oct-1995 Laporte has sold 3 plastics companies to NatWest Ventures for £27m. 02-Sep-1995
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