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Private equity firms sell $367 mln Lenovo stake
Reuters- 07 November 2007
A group pf private equity firms sold about US$367 mn worth of shares in top Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo... (source)
Money flocks to India's 'Bird of Gold'
Asia Times- 07 November 2007
Like flies to the proverbial pot of honey, global private equity fund investors and venture capital firms are targeting India,... (source)
Showing the other side of private equity
Peter Body - Financial Times- 07 November 2007
The £260m takeover of CI Traders by a private equity group led by Duke Street Capital and Europa Capital, raised... (source)
Buy-out firms' French guide
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 07 November 2007
City financiers are loath to admit they could learn anything from France, bar a few tips on fine wines and... (source)
Benedetti dispenses with clingfilm to reduce debt
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 07 November 2007
Gio Benedetti, a Scots-Italian entrepreneur, has pocketed £21m by selling Wrap Film Systems, a company he bought 12 years ago... (source)
Strong fundraising, mega-fund hiring drive private equity compensation to new highs
Private Equity Wire- 07 November 2007
The record amounts of capital that have poured into private equity over the past year continue to drive increasing compensation... (source)
ACP Capital regrets rebuff from Davenham
Private Equity Wire- 07 November 2007
ACP Capital has confirmed it has approached the UK asset-based finance firm Davenham Group with a possible offer and expressed... (source)
HSBC seen eyeing Indian realty
Reuters- 07 November 2007
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking, which recently raised $1.5 billion, aims to invest 40 percent of that in Indian realty, the... (source)
DIC pays £600m for Alliance Medical group
Dominic Walsh - The Times- 06 November 2007
Private equity firm buys Batteries Plus
Bizjournals- 06 November 2007
Telstra in the sights - don't you believe it
Sydney Morning Herald- 06 November 2007
Scuttlebutt about the possibility of a private equity-led bid for Telstra is swirling around... (source)
Bankers feel the pinch as Qataris ditch Sainsbury’s
Siobhan Kennedy - The Times- 06 November 2007
Three bidders shortlisted for Ford’s luxury marques
Christine Buckley - The Times- 06 November 2007
Value of J Sainsbury falls by £2bn as deal dies at 11th hour
Siobhan Kennedy & Steve Hawkes - The Times- 06 November 2007
Dubai in swoop for Alliance Medical
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 06 November 2007
Alliance Medical has been acquired by Dubai International Capital in a £600m deal to harness growth in the outsourcing by... (source)
French offer way for British buy-out firms to beat censure
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 06 November 2007
City of London financiers are loath to admit they could learn anything from France, bar a few tips on fine... (source)
Chinese lead $3b bid for Nufarm
Sydney Morning Herald- 06 November 2007
The agricultural chemical business Nufarm has given conditional support to a $3bn takeover proposal from a private equity-backed consortium led... (source)
Virgin set to take over mortgage firms
The Australian- 06 November 2007
Blackstone in talks to buy stake in Sony India unit, Times says
Bloomberg- 06 November 2007
PT Multimedia, more expensive than rivals, may drop on spinoff
Bloomberg- 06 November 2007
Manila says PNOC-EDC bidders narrowed to five
Reuters- 06 November 2007
Only five bidders remain for a majority stake in geothermal firm PNOC-Energy Development Corp after four others backed out from... (source)
Blackstone may invest $1.3 billion in Hotel Leela -paper
Reuters- 05 November 2007
India's Hotel Leelaventure Ltd has finalized a private equity investment of 50 billion rupees ($1.3 bn) to fund expansion and... (source)
Qatari group poised to walk away from bid for Sainsbury’s
Siobhan Kennedy - The Times- 05 November 2007
PEP lodges bid for Borders Australia-sources
Reuters- 05 November 2007
Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners has lodged a final offer for the Australian and New Zealand businesses of bookseller... (source)
Nufarm poised to agree to A$3bn bid
Peter Smith - Financial Times- 05 November 2007
Nufarm plans to recommend a cash takeover bid worth up to A$3bn from China National Chemical Corporation and private equity... (source)
Fund of funds in $400m IPO plan
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 05 November 2007
HarbourVest, one of the biggest private equity fund of funds, will brave difficult market conditions by unveiling plans for an... (source)
HIG Capital to acquire private jet operator Flight Options
Private Equity Wire- 05 November 2007
HIG Capital, a global private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of Flight Options, operator of a fleet of 130... (source)
New Zealand venture capital and private equity stay on positive trend, says Ernst & Young
Private Equity Wire- 05 November 2007
Results for New Zealand's venture capital and private equity sectors for the first half of this year have set new... (source)
GMT Communications Partners acquires Primesight
Private Equity Wire- 05 November 2007
GMT Communications Partners, a European private equity group, has announced the acquisition of Primesight from SMG, the UK media firm... (source)
India : Vaibhav Gems Chairman pleased to have Nalanda Capital
Fibre2fashion.com- 05 November 2007
Vaibhav Gems Ltd announced an investment by Nalanda Capital’s India Fund equaling 14.9% share of the company in the form... (source)
China blocks Goldman's purchase of stake in Fuyao
Bloomberg- 05 November 2007
Sameer al-Ansari: Liverpool he lost, but could there be a Dubai connection in the bidding for Northern Rock?
The Independent- 04 November 2007
Prufrock: Tata dips a toe in UK stock market
Louise Armitstead - The Times- 04 November 2007
Savers pull £14bn from ailing Rock
Grant Ringshaw - The Times- 04 November 2007
Malaysia opens up to Vodafone
James Ashton - The Times- 04 November 2007
Deals picking up as demand returns
The Times (South Africa)- 04 November 2007
Bruce MacRobert said the fundamentals of many of the companies being bought by private equity investors, particularly the South African... (source)
Apax reported mulling bid for ITV
Reuters- 04 November 2007
Private equity firm Apax is looking at making an offer for ITV after the broadcaster's share price dropped below 100... (source)
Biotech startups find venture capital hard to come by
Seattlepi.com- 04 November 2007
Biotech startups, which are heavily capital dependent, need venture capital firms -- with their connections and big pocketbooks -- to... (source)
Local market gathers momentum
The Times (South Africa)- 04 November 2007
South Africa is not known for its venture-capital prowess, not even in its developed industries such as financial... (source)
Private equity dollars flowing
The Hollywood Reporter- 03 November 2007
The flood of private equity money that has rushed into the film industry in recent years may slow but will... (source)
Onex buys private-equity debt
Canada.com- 03 November 2007
Onex Corp., Canada's biggest buyout firm, said Friday it will purchase debt that private-equity funds use to acquire... (source)
Cinven exits bidding for Emap magazines arm
Reuters- 03 November 2007
Private equity group Cinven has pulled out of the bidding for the consumer magazine titles in media group Emap, which... (source)
China's first private equity fund invests 1.5 bln yuan in Tianjin Pipe
People's Daily Online- 03 November 2007
Bohai Industry Investment Fund, China's first locally-invested private equity fund, announced it has invested 1.5bn yuan in a state-owned steel... (source)
Blackstone set to move in on Japan
Tomoko Yamazaki - Sydney Morning Herald- 03 November 2007
The private equity player Blackstone Group LP, which manages the world's biggest buyout fund, has set up an office in... (source)
Buyout veteran sees struggles as new era begins
Reuters- 02 November 2007
Private equity returns could suffer and some funds may struggle to raise money as a result of the ongoing credit... (source)
Nufarm trading halt as Chinese bid confirmed
The Australian- 02 November 2007
NAB investment arm casts its first seeds
Sydney Morning Herald- 02 November 2007
The growing move by fund managers to set up their own boutique businesses has prompted National Australia Bank to set... (source)
Online ad network raises $100 million
Sydney Morning Herald- 02 November 2007
Internet ad network Specific Media Inc. has raised $100 million to help finance its expansion plans amid a flurry of... (source)
Pallinghurst can extend ConsMin bid
The Age- 02 November 2007
Pallinghurst will be able to extend its offer after the Takeovers Panel rejected the innovative "top-up payment" component of its... (source)
PE fund to make debut
China Daily- 02 November 2007
Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, the nation's first private equity firm, will make its debut investment today, a milestone for the... (source)
Ignoring Buffett, Fabien Pictet eyes North Korea fund
Bloomberg- 02 November 2007
Taipei can be regional financial hub: Taishin's Gibb
Taipei Times- 02 November 2007
Should the nation's deregulation accelerate, Taipei has the potential to outperform Shanghai and Tokyo by 2012 to become a regional... (source)
House to vote on $49.5 billion hedge-fund, buyout-firm tax rise
Bloomberg- 02 November 2007
IRS to probe hedge fund, private equity taxes
Reuters- 02 November 2007
U.S. tax authorities at the Internal Revenue Service are focusing on the private equity and hedge fund industry in an... (source)
Goodman Global acquired by Hellman & Friedman in USD2.65bn deal
Private Equity Wire- 02 November 2007
Goodman Global has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in an all-cash transaction valued at... (source)
AIG Highstar Capital III closes with USD3.5bn in capital commitments
Private Equity Wire- 02 November 2007
AIG Highstar Capital III has closed with capital commitments of USD3.5bn, more than 90 per cent of which have been... (source)
Shasta Ventures closes second early-stage technology fund at USD250m
Private Equity Wire- 02 November 2007
Shasta Ventures has announced the closing of Shasta Ventures II, a USD250m venture capital fund focusing investments in early-stage technology... (source)
Behind Madame Tussauds there lies the next private equity giant
Siobhan Kennedy - The Times- 01 November 2007
Dubai starts to get message
James Harding - The Times- 01 November 2007
Rock rescue could take up to six months, says Dubai
Siobhan Kennedy & Christine Seib - The Times- 01 November 2007
Venture-capital, real estate lobbies look for carve-out
Jessica Holzer - TheHill.com- 01 November 2007
The venture capital and real estate lobbies are pushing for changes to a proposed tax hike on fund managers’ carried... (source)
Blackstone to help evaluate Northern Rock offers
David Black - The Herald- 01 November 2007
Venture capitalists The Blackstone Group effectively ruled themselves out of the potential buyers' list for Northern Rock... (source)
Nufarm in trading halt, considering offer
New Zealand Herald- 01 November 2007
Nufarm said it received a letter about an offer after the market closed yesterday related to previous talks it has... (source)
Private-equity deals up to $1.1b for half-year
Stuff.co.nz- 01 November 2007
Telecom's Yellow Pages sale pushed the cash value of private equity and venture capital deals in the first-half year to... (source)
IRS probes hedge funds, buyout firms for possible tax abuses
Bloomberg- 01 November 2007
Nalanda picks 14.9% in Vaibhav for $35 m
Sify.com- 01 November 2007
Nalanda Capital Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based private equity firm floated by Pulak Prasad, has picked up a 14.9 per cent... (source)
Buy-out firms wary of new code
Financial Times- 01 November 2007
Top private equity executives on Wednesday drew a line between what they were prepared to disclose under a new code... (source)
Carlyle Group biggest holder in Ta Chong Bank
Taipei Times- 01 November 2007
The Carlyle Group yesterday became the biggest shareholder of Ta Chong Bank, securing seven out of 13 seats on the... (source)
Greenstreet Equity Partners to acquire Teco Transport
Private Equity Wire- 01 November 2007
An investment group led by an affiliate of Greenstreet Equity Partners founded by Steven Green and Jeffrey Safchik, has agreed... (source)
Was the private equity boom worth it for Wall St?
Reuters- 01 November 2007
Blunders at Merrill Lynch weren't restricted to subprime mortgages and related securities -- the bank's leveraged loan portfolio took... (source)
Private equity snaps up Black's Photo
John Partridge - The Globe and Mail- 01 November 2007
Two funds managed by ReichmannHauer Capital Partners Inc., a Toronto private equity firm by Philip Reichmann and Frank Hauer, are... (source)

 
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