::Eureka Private Equity::

China's sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, has nearly doubled its overseas investment this year compared with last year,... (source)

Sovereign funds pressured to invest locally
Henny Sender - Financial Times- 07 December 2009

As the oil-rich Arab Gulf seeks to recover from the global economic crisis, some sovereign wealth funds are concerned they... (source)

Bidders circle utilities sell-off
Danny Fortson - Times Online- 07 December 2009

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The dark side
Shmulik Shelah - Globes [online]- 07 December 2009

In Markstone, the Israeli private equity industry faces its first real ordeal. Every industry needs its formative event.... (source)

Apple buys Lala for 'new iTunes'
News.com.au- 07 December 2009

Apple has acquired digital music service Lala as the company behind iTunes explores new models for selling... (source)

EQT may offer under 300 million euros for Springer: report
Kate Holton - Reuters- 07 December 2009

Private equity firm EQT may make an offer of under 300 million euros for German publisher Springer Science and Business... (source)

Investors offered good buying opportunities
Victoria Robson - Emirates Business 24/7- 07 December 2009

Bankers had tipped next year as the start of the region's first significant spell of mergers and acquisitions activity. This... (source)

South Korea lures foreign investors with merger deals
The Star Online- 07 December 2009

South Korea plans to step up efforts to invite foreign investors by promoting merger deals and easing regulations, the government... (source)

Aardvark mulls over a $30 million offer from Google
Michael Arrington - Washington Post- 07 December 2009

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Plantronics sells off Altec Lansing, restructures Australian distribution
Patrick Avenell - Current.com.au- 07 December 2009

Plantronics has this morning announced a series of major changes to its business, including the sale of its Altec Lansing... (source)

PE funds help Indian SMEs look West
Shraddha Nair & N Sundaresha Subramanian - Livemint- 07 December 2009

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Private equity firm closes $1 billion green fund
Poornima Gupta - Reuters- 04 December 2009

Private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners said on Thursday that it has closed its first fund, having raised more... (source)

Private equity firms vie for CICC stake
Claire Spencer - Financier Worldwide- 04 December 2009

Private equity firms including Carlyle Group, TPG Capital and Bain Capital are among about seven bidders looking to acquire Morgan... (source)

Private equity firms likely to find Indian deals 'challenging'
Pooja Thakur - Bloomberg- 04 December 2009

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Deutsche Bank chief suggests equity fund for Germany
James Wilson - Financial Times- 04 December 2009

Germany's leading banker has shifted the terms of the country’s concerns over a credit crunch by proposing a fund through... (source)

Irish buck venture capital trend
Niamh Hennessy - Irish Examiner- 04 December 2009

Irish firms bucked the international trend, raising almost €220 million in venture capital investment in the first nine months of... (source)

PAI fund dustup signals more clout for investors at LBO firms
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany - Bloomberg- 04 December 2009

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Anchorage Capital chases 40 percent of Mitre 10
Blair Speedy - The Australian - 04 December 2009

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Palamon buys ADP
M & A Deals- 04 December 2009

Private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Associated Dental Practices for £136... (source)

Rocket Software buys Microsoft's Folio, NXT
Galen Moore - Mass High Tech- 04 December 2009

Rocket Software Incorporated has acquired two software business units of Microsoft Corporation — Folio and NXT, the Newton-based software developer... (source)

Better Capital to get cash injection
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 04 December 2009

Jon Moulton plans to invest at least £10 million of his own money into Better Capital, the new £100 million... (source)

Creditors to seek own bankruptcy plan for Freedom
Tom Hals - Reuters- 04 December 2009

Unsecured creditors to bankrupt Freedom Communications received court approval on Wednesday to begin pursuing an alternative reorganization plan for the... (source)

The Carlyle Group sells Freshfields House in Hamburg to Deka Immobilien
Property Magazine International- 04 December 2009

Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has sold Freshfields House in Hamburg to Deka Immobilien... (source)

State urged to seek biotech venture capital
Bridget Carey - The Miami Herald- 04 December 2009

Biotechnolgy research is on the rise in Florida, but the state needs to lure venture capital away from other well-known... (source)

ExactTarget lands another $75 million in funding
Chris O'Malley - Indianapolis Business Journal- 04 December 2009

E-mail marketing provider ExactTarget has in a short span landed what may be a record amount of venture funding for... (source)

Venture capital drought hurting biopharma SME
EurActiv.com- 04 December 2009

Europe's biopharmaceutical sector is under severe pressure due to the reluctance of investors to gamble on high-risk drug development projects,... (source)

Fund managers see private equity opportunities
Denise Law - Financial Times- 03 December 2009

The private equity market is starting to throw up opportunities for fund managers looking for opportunities in this... (source)

Economy hurting views on private equity, survey says
Arleen Jacobius - Pensions & Investments- 03 December 2009

The economic downturn has damaged worldwide institutional investor perception of the private equity asset... (source)

CIC in €800 million offer to Apax
Martin Arnold & Jamil Anderlini - Financial Times- 03 December 2009

China Investment Corporation, China's sovereign wealth fund, is offering to invest as much as €800 million into Apax Partners' €11.2... (source)

Aviva sells RAC France in private equity-backed MBO
Forbes- 03 December 2009

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Carlyle plans 'mid-$100 million' deals in Brazil
Francisco Marcelino & Laura Price - Bloomberg- 03 December 2009

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Blackstone builds a London tower for students
BusinessWeek- 03 December 2009

Private equity giant Blackstone is carving a real estate niche in a London market full of foreign students who lack... (source)

VCTs offer growth capital solution for SMEs: AIC
Dippy Singh - FT Adviser- 03 December 2009

The Association of Investment Companies has warned of the dangers of neglecting venture capital trusts as a mechanism to help... (source)

Tata-Quippo seeks funds to buy Aircel towers
Global Telecoms Business- 03 December 2009

Tata-Quippo, a holding company which owns mobile phone towers in India, is negotiating private equity support for its bid to... (source)

Altor may make six new investments next year as market recovers
Adam Ewing & Niklas Magnusson - Bloomberg- 03 December 2009

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Unilever to offload Italian frozen food unit
Martin Arnold & Jenny Wiggins - Financial Times- 03 December 2009

Unilever is considering the sale of its Italian frozen food business in a deal worth up to €800 million that... (source)

American offers $1.1 billion to help Japan Airlines
Andrea Ahles - Star-Telegram- 03 December 2009

American Airlines and its Fort Worth equity partner, TPG, have offered to invest $1.1 billion in the struggling Japan... (source)

Snai chairman to examine private equity offer
Nigel Tutt - Reuters- 02 December 2009

The board of Italian gaming to ticketing company Snai Spa deepened its consideration of an offer from two private equity... (source)

Privateers run rings around Tax Office
Stuart Washington - Sydney Morning Herald- 02 December 2009

Private equity smarties are running rings around the Australian Taxation Office while shareholders in unrelated publicly listed companies effectively pick... (source)

Carlyle sued by Kuwaiti group over collapse of public debt fund
Henny Sender - Financial Times- 02 December 2009

A prominent Kuwaiti conglomerate is suing the Carlyle Group in a local court, alleging that the US private equity firm... (source)

Private equities find rocky path in local market
Johnstone Turana - Business Daily Africa- 02 December 2009

The full potential of private equity funds is being missed out as a number of challenges inhibit the fast growth... (source)

NSN says ready to offer $810 million for Nortel unit
Tarmo Virki & Anupreeta Das - Reuters- 02 December 2009

Nokia Siemens Networks will object in US bankruptcy court to Ciena Corporation's $769 million bid for Nortel's optical networking and... (source)

Kwik-Fit bailout costs PAI £20 million
Martin Arnold & Anousha Sakoui - Financial Times- 02 December 2009

PAI, the French private equity group, will inject £20 million into Kwik-Fit to avoid a breach of banking covenants at... (source)

AI Capital plans new fund of private equity funds next year
Tomoko Yamazaki & Komaki Ito - Bloomberg- 02 December 2009

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Warburg Pincus overtakes Permira in Survitec race
Webb, Espana & Meads - Reuters- 02 December 2009

Montagu Private Equity has ended exclusive talks about selling Survitec to rival Permira, leaving Warburg Pincus frontrunner to buy the... (source)

Crisis forces Eskom to look again at private sector role
Siseko Njobeni - BusinessDay- 02 December 2009

Eskom's cash crisis has forced it to consider selling a 30% stake in its R142 billion Kusile power station -... (source)

CLSA real estate fund raises US$815 million despite difficult environment
Bayani Cruz - The Asset- 02 December 2009

Fudo Capital II LP, the real estate private equity fund of CLSA Capital Partners, managed to raise US$815 million in... (source)

Intuit sells real estate business to Vista Equity
Kathryn Glass - FOX Business- 02 December 2009

Software-maker Intuit Incorporated said Tuesday afternoon that it will sell its Real Estate Solutions business to San Francisco-based private equity... (source)

3G, rural telecom market attract PE, VC players
EE Times - 02 December 2009

A survey by Venture Intelligence of fund managers from over 50 private equity and venture capital firms indicates that almost... (source)

Millennium Spire to invest US$1 billion in Indian real estate
Press Trust of India- 02 December 2009

UK-based private equity firm Millennium Spire today said it will invest USD1 billion in various real estate projects in India... (source)

Bowen woos investors while private equity ponders TPG tax case
The Australian - 01 December 2009

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Private equity firms play it safe
Pav Jordan - Financial Post- 01 December 2009

Private equity investors are planning for the possibility Canada's economy will struggle to emerge from recession, even if it turns... (source)

Private equity changing post-crisis
Bryan Frith - The Australian - 01 December 2009

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Dubai troubles cast doubt on future fundraising
Mark Kleinman - Times Online- 01 December 2009

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CyrusOne secures $150 million in new credit
Kirk Ladendorf - Austin American-Statesman- 01 December 2009

CyrusOne, a fast-growing Houston-based corporate data center operator, has secured $150 million in new credit from a syndicate of... (source)

Market rally takes Aberdeen's assets to £146 billion and climbing
Hamish Rutherford - Scotsman- 01 December 2009

Aberdeen Asset Management has reported a surge in funds under its control and full-year profits in line with City hopes,... (source)

Carlyle said to share more fee income to appease fund investors
Cristina Alesci - Bloomberg- 01 December 2009

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Cossette accepts sweetened Mill Road bid
Euan Rocha - Reuters- 01 December 2009

Canadian advertising agency Cossette Incorporated said on Monday it has accepted a sweetened bid from US private equity group Mill... (source)

Broadcom to acquire Dune Networks for $178 million
Gabriel Madway - Reuters- 01 December 2009

Chipmaker Broadcom Corporation said on Monday it agreed to buy privately held Dune Networks for around $178 million in cash... (source)

IBM to buy Guardium
Galen Moore - Mass High Tech- 01 December 2009

IBM Corporation has announced that it will acquire Guardium Incorporated, confirming the report by an Israeli business news site that... (source)

VC deals surge amid downturn
SiliconIndia- 01 December 2009

It seems India's aspiring entrepreneurs are made of sterner stuff than they are credited with. If the estimates of Indian... (source)

KKR tunes in to Seven tax break
Stuart Washington - Sydney Morning Herald- 01 December 2009

One of the world's biggest private equity firms, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, is poised to enjoy a tax break-assisted rebound in... (source)