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SouthWest Water to go private in $275 million deal
A Ananthalakshmi - Reuters- 05 March 2010
SouthWest Water Co. said it agreed to be acquired by institutional investors led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Water... (source)
SVG assets improve on Permira cuts
Harry Banks - City AM- 05 March 2010
SVG Capital, the biggest investor in buyout firm Permira, saw its shares rebound yesterday after it cut debt and saw... (source)
Goldman leads slumping M&A market as Buffett deal boosts hopes
Zachary R. Mider - Bloomberg- 05 March 2010
Tribune Creditors sue JPMorgan over leveraged buyout
Steven Church - Bloomberg- 05 March 2010
Investors control hedgies and private equity
Laurence Fletcher & Simon Meads - China Post- 05 March 2010
Investors with cash to deploy are calling the shots for private equity and hedge funds desperate to win back business,... (source)
Latin America M&A surges in best start since 2000 on recovery
Serena Saitto - Bloomberg- 05 March 2010
Bank rules stalemate spooks private funds
Rachelle Younglai - Reuters- 05 March 2010
Private equity and hedge funds say they welcome more oversight of their secretive industry and are pushing the US Congress... (source)
Canaccord buys Genuity for $286 million
CBC.ca- 05 March 2010
Investment dealer Canaccord Financial Inc. is taking over Genuity Capital Markets to give Canaccord more heft in the capital... (source)
Morgan Stanley strikes deal to sell China bank stake
Livemint- 05 March 2010
Guy Hands case against Citigroup delayed
Christine Seib - Times Online- 05 March 2010
Private equity group concerned over Europe
Reuters- 04 March 2010
Proposed rules in Europe to increase regulation on private equity are worrying US buyout firms, and the worst case scenario... (source)
Private equity bidders eye IDC
Martin Arnold & Salamander Davoudi - Financial Times- 04 March 2010
Pearson, the owner of the Financial Times, has whittled down the bidders for Interactive Data Corporation, the financial data group... (source)
Proposal in Budget may hit private equity, venture capital deals
N Sundaresha Subramanian & Shraddha Nair - Livemint- 04 March 2010
M&A activity in state of flux
Oliver Shah - City AM- 04 March 2010
The days of highly leveraged private equity deals are over, financial research group Mergermarket declared as it published its 2009... (source)
EFG expands into Syria, starts private equity fund
Mahmoud Kassem - Bloomberg- 04 March 2010
Barclays Private Equity sells Deb
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 04 March 2010
Barclays Private Equity will today announce the sale of Deb Group, the maker of cleaning products including Swarfega, to Charterhouse... (source)
Belgium eyes Brunei for Islamic VC
Goh De No - The Brunei Times- 04 March 2010
Belgium is looking into the possibility of getting Brunei Darussalam to be a partner in its quest to establish a... (source)
Care UK takes private route as it prepares to expand and diversify
Catherine Boyle - Times Online- 04 March 2010
Aureos puts the equity into investment
Nick Mathiason - guardian.co.uk- 04 March 2010
The private equity firm Aureos Advisers is proof of how the business world is not only shifting east but also... (source)
HarbourVest looks to lift Australia investments
Victoria Thieberger - Reuters- 04 March 2010
Private equity firm HarbourVest Partners is looking to add exposure in Australia this year as the environment has improved, and... (source)
Private equity investors trying to cut out intermediaries
Shraddha Nair - Livemint- 03 March 2010
Novell gets $2 billion takeover bid from Elliott
Dina Bass & Mary Childs - Bloomberg- 03 March 2010
FDIC's Bair dismisses private equity 'howling'
Karey Wutkowski - Reuters- 03 March 2010
US bank regulators have "struck a good balance" in their rules on private equity investments in failed banks, despite grousing... (source)
NY private equity firm takes controlling stake in Francesca's
Allison Wollam - Bizjournals- 03 March 2010
BC Partners to court sovereign fund investors
Victoria Howley & Simon Meads - Reuters- 03 March 2010
Private equity firm BC Partners will target wealthy sovereign funds when its next 6 billion-euro fund hits the road in... (source)
Carlyle Group invests in Bermuda bank
Bryant Switzky - Bizjournals- 03 March 2010
Mid Europa sees steady improvement in private equity in 2010
Nicholas Watson - Business New Europe- 03 March 2010
A deal announced in December to buy out Invitel Holdings enabled emerging Europe-focused private equity house Mid Europa Partners to... (source)
Regional private equity to rebound next year
Business Report- 03 March 2010
Private equity in the sub-Saharan Africa region is poised for a strong comeback next year, according to a KPMG survey... (source)
PE fund Valeo raising $150 million for US commercial properties
Daryl Loo - Reuters- 03 March 2010
US-based private equity fund Valeo Fund said on Tuesday plans to raise $150 million from UK and European investors, targeting... (source)
Citi to sell stake in Primerica
Guerrera, Thomas & Baer - Financial Times- 03 March 2010
Citigroup is to sell up to $330 million worth of shares in Primerica, its door-to-door insurance unit, to Warburg Pincus,... (source)
PE secondary deals seen picking up
Svea Herbst-Bayliss & Megan Davies - Reuters- 02 March 2010
After a year of little activity, investors are likely better positioned to sell stakes in private equity funds this year... (source)
MSCI buys RiskMetrics for $1.55 billion
Hugh Wheelan - Responsible Investor- 02 March 2010
MSCI, the index and risk group is buying RiskMetrics, the New York-listed risk management and corporate governance firm, in the... (source)
Shearer's Foods inks definitive agreement to buy Snack Alliance
Crain's Cleveland Business - 02 March 2010
Snack foods maker Shearer's Foods Incorporated in Brewster said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Snack Alliance Incorporated,... (source)
Prudential gambles on Asia with £24 billion deal
Mail Online- 02 March 2010
Prudential yesterday announced it is to buy the Asian arm of troubled American firm AIG for £23.7... (source)
Bain Capital considering RMB fund
Megan Davies - Reuters- 02 March 2010
Boston-based private equity giant Bain Capital is considering following a number of its rivals in raising a yuan-denominated fund in... (source)
US fund sees turnaround opportunities in Europe
Emily Chasan - Reuters- 02 March 2010
Private equity fund manager Michael Psaros says he is getting lots of calls about investment opportunities in Europe, despite his... (source)
'Golden era' may elude private equity investors as prices rise
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany & Cristina Alesci - Bloomberg- 02 March 2010
Hulu investor injects $50 million into Baidu's online video venture, Qiyi
Robin Wauters - Washington Post- 02 March 2010
UAE's Invest AD raising $400 million PE fund
Kevin Lim - Reuters- 02 March 2010
Abu Dhabi investment firm Invest AD is seeking to raise $325 million from third-party investors for a $400 million private... (source)
Dow's Styron unit could be sold to TPG
Joseph Woelfel - TheStreet.com- 02 March 2010
Dow Chemical's Styron plastics business could be sold to private-equity firm TPG, a report... (source)
Manganese buy gives Gilbertson a ticket on China's steel juggernaut
Matthew Stevens - The Australian - 02 March 2010
Market rally helps ease credit crunch for private equity
Martin Arnold - Gulf News - 01 March 2010
Blackstone's chief operating officer said it had restructured $23 billion of debt at its portfolio companies last year as it... (source)
Shell to sell LPG assets to buyout groups
Ed Crooks - Financial Times- 01 March 2010
Royal Dutch Shell, the oil and gas group, is selling assets including its European liquid petroleum gas business and fields... (source)
THL Partners strikes $619 million deal to buy CKE
Shradhha Sharma & Megan Davies - Reuters- 01 March 2010
CKE Restaurants Incorporated, owner of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. hamburger chains, agreed to be bought by Thomas H. Lee... (source)
UK venture capitalists to get state bailout
Tim Bradshaw - Financial Times- 01 March 2010
British venture capital and the entrepreneurs that it funds are the latest sector to get a state... (source)
2010 to see 'pick up in Mideast M&A activity'
Trade Arabia- 01 March 2010
Merger and acquisition activity in the Middle East is expected to recover in 2010, driven by sovereign wealth funds in... (source)
China's 'overcrowded' solar sector faces lower demand, more M&A
Regina Tan - Bloomberg- 01 March 2010
Sovereign Capital buys drain experts Euro Environmental in £20 million deal
City AM- 01 March 2010
Sovereign Capital has acquired drain and sewer company Euro Environmental Group after paying £20 million for the Scottish... (source)
Sweden tries venture capital approach to salvage auto industry
Ola Kinnander - Bloomberg- 01 March 2010
Baltimore-area venture capitalists look outside area for deals
Scott Dance - Bizjournals- 01 March 2010
Brazil buyout firms' $9 billion in 'dry powder' ready for deals
Alexander Ragir & Tal Harif - Bloomberg- 01 March 2010

 
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