Done Deals

• Credit Suisse has bought an 80 per cent stake in Asset Management Finance from the National Bank Financial of Canada for $384 million (£208.8 million)

• Shopping centre owner Westfield Group has bought a 2.96 per cent stake in UK-based shopping centre owner Liberty International for £91 million

• Television Consultancy, a broadcast PR agency, has completed a management buy-out worth £10 million

• Student accommodation provider Unite has sold two properties in Huddersfield with a total of 627 beds, for £26.6 million

• EirGrid the state-owned operator of Ireland’s electricity grid has bought SONI, an electricity transmission system operator for £30 million

• Irish building materials group Kingspan has bought the US business of Metecno, a composite panel maker, for $111 million (£60.5 million)

• Glanbia, a cheese and nutritional ingredients group, has announced the $315 million (£171.6 million) acquisition of Optimum Nutrition, a manufacturer of nutritional supplements to the sports industry

In the pipeline

• Florida-based housing company Whitemark Homes has agreed to merge with Bluesky oil and gas. The deal is expected to go through in the next 45 days

• OAO Severstal, through its mining division Severstal Resources has agreed to acquire US-based PBS Coals for up to $1.3 billion (£707 million)

• UK-based Hill and Smith Holdings has agreed to acquire US-based glass reinforced plastic manufacturer Creative Pultrusions for up to $21 million (£11.4 million)