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Out-of-tune EMI posts £1.03 billion losses
Nick Clark and Alistair Dawber - The Independent- 05 February 2010
Venture capital experts see some thawing
Anita Shaffer - NJ.com- 05 February 2010
The climate for start-up companies to attract investors is likely to heat up this year after two frosty years of... (source)
Tough times, even for angels
Martin Cash - Winnipeg Free Press- 05 February 2010
The route by which companies access capital along the way to grow their business is never a straightforward path that... (source)
Buyout firms face tough fundraising choice
Simon Meads - Reuters- 05 February 2010
Crisis-hit private equity firms face the unenviable choice of asking investors for new funds now and get "no" for an... (source)
RLPC-Carl Zeiss Vision set for second equity injection
Alexander Huebner & Tessa Walsh - Reuters- 05 February 2010
Optics specialist Carl Zeiss AG is poised to prop up its eyeglass lens maker Carl Zeiss Vision with a second... (source)
Poland to see spike in M&A deals soon
Money Control- 05 February 2010
Poland should see a spike in mergers and acquisitions in the coming months as foreign players target the European Union's... (source)
Private equity firm looks to take advantage of SFO blunder
Nicole Blackmore - Money Marketing- 05 February 2010
A private equity firm has used a Serious Fraud Office database of email contacts to drum up prospective business after... (source)
Geithner says he'll 'fight' to impose buyout firm tax
Robert Schmidt - Bloomberg- 05 February 2010
Kraft joins Buffett Wager in bonds for buyouts: credit markets
Bryan Keogh - Bloomberg- 05 February 2010
Resolution eyes move on RBS branches
Paul Davies & Sharlene Goff - Financial Times- 05 February 2010
Resolution Group, the vehicle set up by Clive Cowdery, and Blackstone, the US private equity group, are in the running... (source)
Quadrangle Capital-led group to invest in India's Tower Vision
Cathy Chan - Bloomberg- 04 February 2010
AA faces first strike action in 105 years
Robert Lindsay - Times Online- 04 February 2010
Ambrian sets up mining private equity business
Julie Crust - Reuters- 04 February 2010
Ambrian Capital said it has set up a private equity business with a team of three former executives from Glencore,... (source)
Private equity sentiment rises, Deloitte survey shows
Christiane Lenzner - Bloomberg- 04 February 2010
Tasplan boosts private equity allocation
Alice Uribe - Investor Daily- 04 February 2010
Tasplan has lifted its allocation to private equity as part of a change to its strategic asset... (source)
Equity firm buys Genmar, gets Ranger Boats plant
BusinessWeek- 04 February 2010
A private equity firm closed Tuesday on the purchase of Wood Manufacturing Incorporated, the maker of Ranger Boats, whose factory... (source)
AmPrivate Equity enters into investment agreement with YC Foxin
Bernama- 04 February 2010
AmPrivate Equity Sdn Bhd, the private equity arm of AmInvestment Group Bhd, has entered into an agreement to invest RM... (source)
RBS, MediaWorks in big foreign deals
Anne Gibson - The New Zealand Herald- 04 February 2010
Two deals worth $1.7 billion have been approved by a government agency. An $878 million bank sale and an $825... (source)
CIC takes position in Apax Partners
Li Xiang - China Daily- 04 February 2010
Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation has finalised a $956 million investment deal with British private equity fund group Apax... (source)
Canada Pension Plan to invest $400 million
The Gazette- 04 February 2010
An aggressive Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is plowing more money into the domestic private equity and venture capital... (source)
Unclear equity tax laws to chill investment
Susannah Moran - The Australian - 03 February 2010
Beijing municipality encourages FDI in private equity fund companies
China Briefing- 03 February 2010
Local authorities have released a circular encouraging foreign investors to establish wholly foreign-owned private equity management companies or joint-venture private... (source)
Glam Media raises $50 million new funding
Bizjournals- 03 February 2010
Buyout groups circle Dubai asset sale
Martin Arnold & Simeon Kerr - Financial Times- 03 February 2010
Istithmar, the investment arm of the troubled Dubai World conglomerate, has put Inchcape Shipping Services, the port and shipping agent,... (source)
WC Wood property sold to Toronto private equity fund
Scott Tracy - Guelph Mercury- 03 February 2010
A Toronto-based private equity fund has purchased the former home of WC Wood on Arthur... (source)
Indicative bids for Kabel Deutschland due Monday: sources
Huebner, Halstrick, Leske & Tessa Walsh - Reuters- 03 February 2010
The owners of cable provider Kabel Deutschland have asked for indicative bids for the German company by next Monday in... (source)
Tanzania: Citadel Capital to invest in country
Abdulwakil Saiboko - AllAfrica.com- 03 February 2010
A Cairo-based private equity firm, Citadel Capital, has announced plans to invest between 200 and 400 million US Dollars in... (source)
Motorola Ventures invests in mobile barcode firm
Chicago Tribune - 03 February 2010
OrbiMed fund to open local offices
Paz Vaysman & Guy Griml - Haaretz.com- 03 February 2010
OrbiMed, the biggest biomedical venture capital fund in the world, is opening a local office in Israel. The company, which... (source)
Apollo forms Asia property fund run by ex-Colony Capital CEO
Cathy Chan - Bloomberg- 03 February 2010
LBO firms to pay more banking fees as acquisitions, IPOs rise
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany - Bloomberg- 02 February 2010
Ten-year venture capital returns continue to slide
Leena Rao - Washington Post- 02 February 2010
Fortress seeks investments in successful sectors health, transport
FINalternatives- 02 February 2010
Fortress Investment Group did well in the fourth quarter, and is looking to build on that success by focusing on... (source)
Allied Capital refinances debt in $250 million deal
Bryant Switzky - Bizjournals- 02 February 2010
Parsvnath may go for Rs 300 crore PE funding
Rina Dhaka & Ranjit Bhushan - mydigitalfc.com- 02 February 2010
Realty firm Parsvnath Developers plans to raise up to Rs 300 crore through private equity by the end of March... (source)
Lightyear wraps up purchase of ING B-Ds, rebrands group Cetera
John Goff - InvestmentNews- 02 February 2010
Private equity firm Lightyear Capital LLC today announced that it has completed its acquisition of three ING Groep NV... (source)
American Capital amends agreement with lenders
Archana Shankar & Anurag Kotoky - Reuters- 02 February 2010
Debt-laden private equity lender American Capital Limited said it amended an agreement with lenders to extend the deadline for restructuring... (source)
South Korea's NPS in $160 million Gatwick airport stake deal
Miyoung Kim - Reuters- 02 February 2010
South Korea's National Pension Service said Tuesday it planned to buy a 12 percent stake in London's Gatwick Airport for... (source)
DLA, Travers lead as CPA Global sells stake to private equity house
Gavriel Hollander - The Lawyer- 02 February 2010
Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Ogier and Travers Smith led the way on a £440 million investment by private equity house... (source)
KKR, Bain, TPG vying for Morgan Stanley CICC stake: sources
George Chen - Reuters- 02 February 2010
Three US private equity firms have been shortlisted in the final round of bidding for Morgan Stanley's more than $1... (source)
Davos: Private equity firms bullish on 2010 outlook
Martin Howell - Reuters- 01 February 2010
The heads of three of the largest private equity firms in the world expressed optimism that 2010 will be a... (source)
Private Equity Partners increases bid for Energy Developments
Andrew Main - The Australian - 01 February 2010
Claret Capital gets $16 million US dividend
Ciaran Hancock - Irish Times- 01 February 2010
Troubled Irish private equity group Claret Capital is to receive a $16 million dividend payment from HCA, the largest private... (source)
M&As point to growth
Viet Nam Net- 01 February 2010
A slow start, but a strong finish to the year. Overall merger and acquisition values and volumes appear to have... (source)
World Bank secures $500 million for Africa, Latin America fund
Sandrine Rastello - Bloomberg- 01 February 2010
BASF shown styrene escape route by Dow as buyout firms close in
Richard Weiss - Bloomberg- 01 February 2010
Private equity firms' capital at Dh126 billion
Gulf News - 01 February 2010
The Ministry of Economy Sunday revealed that there were 131 private equity firms, with a capital of Dh126 billion, operating... (source)
Citigroup said to plan sale of $10 billion private equity unit
Bradley Keoun & Jonathan Keehner - Bloomberg- 01 February 2010
Harrah's seeks Crown's Macau casinos stake
Vanda Carson - Sydney Morning Herald- 01 February 2010
The James Packer-controlled Crown could get an offer for its $US600 million stake in its Macau joint... (source)
VC is another way to invest in small, high-growth companies
Jeff Benjamin - InvestmentNews- 01 February 2010
Taking a chance on venture capital investments could seem daunting to some, but it is worth considering as a viable... (source)

 
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