British 3I GROUP, the European venture capital leader, and the Swedish bank RATOS have made a purchase bid on ATLE, the largest Swedish investment fund (EUR 550 million assets under management). The operation gives the fund a value of EUR 966.5 million. It comes within a strategy for the acquisition of market shares: 3i, present in 38 countries, had already made three acquisitions of this kind in 2000 (in Germany, Austria and Finland). To conclude the acquisition of ATLE, 3i to acquire 60%...