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Banking high flyers sign up to PE
People's Daily Online- 12 March 2010
China's need for private investment - partly due to economic growth and restricted access to the public market - has... (source)
Private equity acquisitions may 'thrive' this year, Gogel says
Nikolaj Gammeltoft & Michael Moore - Bloomberg- 12 March 2010
Apax, private equity firms say retail LBOs return with recovery
Jason Kelly & Lauren Coleman-Lochner - Bloomberg- 12 March 2010
Panera names private equity investor to board
Bizjournals- 12 March 2010
Advent ready to put Poundland up for sale
Martin Arnold & Andrea Felsted - Financial Times- 12 March 2010
The private equity owner of Poundland, the discount retailer that sells all products for £1 or less, has hired advisers... (source)
South Florida companies benefit from new $450 million mezzanine fund
Bill Frogameni - Bizjournals- 12 March 2010
Private equity firm 3i runs the rule over Connaught
Tom Bill - Building.co.uk- 12 March 2010
Private equity group 3i has run the rule over social housing group Connaught but a takeover deal is not imminent,... (source)
Indian chain buys 24% holding in Parkway from TPG
Sundeep Tucker & Amy Kazmin - Financial Times- 12 March 2010
TPG has sold its minority stake in one of Asia's biggest listed healthcare groups for $685 million to an Indian... (source)
KKR leads $235 million debt refinancing for Harden Healthcare
Jason Kelly - Bloomberg- 12 March 2010
Lone Star to sell its stake in KEB
Song Jung-a & Sundeep Tucker - Financial Times- 12 March 2010
Lone Star, the US private equity fund, is poised to resume the sale process of its controlling stake in Korea... (source)
European private equity fund raising slashed, Association says
Warren Giles - Bloomberg- 11 March 2010
PPF to make new move into private equity
Thao Hua - Pensions & Investments- 11 March 2010
Pension Protection Fund, London, will cut its equity allocation in half to increase its alternatives investments, including the £4 billion... (source)
Top Goldman partner Hu to launch China fund: sources
George Chen & Samuel Shen - Reuters- 11 March 2010
Fred Hu, a high-profile Chinese dealmaker is stepping down as a partner of Goldman Sachs, according to an internal memo,... (source)
Logistics attracting private equity firms
Shalini Kakkad - Top News- 11 March 2010
Terra says CF's buyout bid is superior to Yara's
Ernest Scheyder & Michael Erman - Reuters- 11 March 2010
Fertilizer producer Terra Industries Inc said on Wednesday it plans to accept a "superior" $4.68-billion takeover bid from rival CF... (source)
Psychiatric Solutions may sell to Bain Capital
April Wortham - Bizjournals- 11 March 2010
Viterra to buy pasta maker in US$240 million deal
CBC.ca- 11 March 2010
Viterra Inc. has struck a US$240 million agreement to buy the third-largest dry pasta producer and one of the largest... (source)
Barclays on hunt to buy US banks
Victoria Bates & Katie Hope - City AM- 11 March 2010
Barclays is seeking to buy a large US retail bank in a bid to bolster its high street presence in... (source)
Panel: Private equity making steady comeback
Casey Wooten - Bizjournals- 11 March 2010
Indian billionaire Anil Ambani's fund to double investments
Pooja Thakur - Bloomberg- 11 March 2010
Battery Ventures closes $750 million ninth fund
Galen Moore - Mass High Tech- 11 March 2010
After less than half a year on the fundraising trail, Battery Ventures closed its ninth fund, Battery IX, at $750... (source)
Colombia's Proteccion to invest in private equity
Alexander Ragir & Andrea Jaramillo - Bloomberg- 10 March 2010
Buyout firms bid for UK greetings card chain: sources
Simon Meads - Reuters- 10 March 2010
A clutch of private equity firms have bid up to 400 million pounds for British greetings card retailer Card Factory,... (source)
Carlyle is said to seek buyers for Arinc; may fetch $1 billion
Zachary Mider & Jason Kelly - Bloomberg- 10 March 2010
Infinity I-China establishes 6 funds with Chinese cities
Globes [online]- 10 March 2010
Infinity I-China is launching six new joint venture private equity funds throughout China. Infinity said that the goal of the... (source)
Spurned by banks, China property firms court PE funds
George Chen - Reuters- 10 March 2010
Capital-hungry Chinese developers are turning to real estate private equity funds this year as big domestic banks tighten lending to... (source)
Investors warn EU on private equity rules
Martin Arnold & Nikki Tait - Financial Times- 10 March 2010
Europe risks building a protectionist wall between itself and the global private equity industry if plans for a sweeping overhaul... (source)
Apollo to buy Citi real estate unit
Henny Sender & Justin Baer - Financial Times- 10 March 2010
Apollo Management has signed a preliminary agreement to buy Citigroup's property investment unit in a deal that would give Leon... (source)
Canadian corporates go on a shopping spree
Tim Shufelt - Vancouver Sun- 10 March 2010
For the first time in five years, the announced acquisitions of international companies by Canadian entities outstripped foreign takeovers in... (source)
MGM expected to draw six bids by March 19: source
Sue Zeidler - Reuters- 10 March 2010
Six companies are expected to make binding offers for storied Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a newly set March 19 deadline,... (source)
Buyout firms can't spend $503 billion as fund deadlines loom
Thornton, Alesci & Kelly - BusinessWeek- 10 March 2010
German private equity firms sees more deals in 2010
Kathrin Schich & Philipp Halstrick - Reuters- 09 March 2010
Private equity companies in Germany expect to spend more this year than the 2.36 billion euros they invested in Europe's... (source)
Healthscope mum but private equity players show interest in Japara Holdings
Clive Mathieson - The Australian - 09 March 2010
Carlyle said to hire ex-Morgan Stanley trading chief Petrick
Michael Moore & Jason Kelly - Bloomberg- 09 March 2010
DFS set to be sold for £500 million within days
James Thompson - The Independent- 09 March 2010
Marsh & McLennan ready to sell Kroll arm for $1.3 billion
Arnold, Masters & Davies - Financial Times- 09 March 2010
Marsh & McLennan Companies, the global insurance broker and consultancy company, has put Kroll, its corporate investigations division, up for... (source)
Overseas realty funds struggle, shut shop or put plans on hold
Shraddha Nair - Livemint- 09 March 2010
Colony to take over Leibovitz debt, help market photographs
Jonathan Keehner & Christian Baumgaertel - Bloomberg- 09 March 2010
Buyout bulls get ready to charge into banking deals
Arnold, Guerrera, Jenkins & Sender - Financial Times- 09 March 2010
With so many banks still in distress and so much of the private equity industry awash with funds, perhaps the... (source)
One small step for venture capital
Karen Mazurkewich - Financial Post- 09 March 2010
A seven-year battle has finally ended. After years of singing the blues, Canada's beleaguered venture capital and private-equity groups got... (source)
MGPA winds up $480 million fund with strong returns
Allan Saunderson - GlobeSt.com- 09 March 2010
Private equity real estate advisor MGPA, an associate of the Macquarie Group, is winding up its Global Fund I, an... (source)
Rising competition from governments hits PE firms
Karen Remo-Listana - Emirates Business 24/7- 09 March 2010
Private equity firms see increasing competition with Middle Eastern governments on the few areas that are appealing to... (source)
State seeing venture capital dry up
David Wichner - Arizona Daily Star- 08 March 2010
Venture capital - the lifeblood of high-tech start-up companies - fell by nearly half in Arizona last year as investors... (source)
Essar confirms Trinity Coal acquisition, seeking other deals
Natalie Pearson - Bloomberg- 08 March 2010
HBOS Integrated Finance portfolio to go for £500 million
Kate Walsh - Times Online- 08 March 2010
Linpac faces sale as lenders flip assets
Martin Arnold & Lina Saigo - Financial Times- 08 March 2010
Lenders to Linpac are planning to break up and sell Europe's biggest food packaging group in a sign that banks... (source)
Designer Cath Kidston in deal to sell off her retail empire
Kathryn Hopkins - guardian.co.uk- 08 March 2010
Cath Kidston, the queen of floral prints, is understood to be in talks to sell her retail empire to the... (source)
Corporates may look to PE for capital: experts
Shuchita Kapur - Zawya- 08 March 2010
Subdued equity markets and a conservative lending approach on the part of the banks bodes well for the region's private... (source)
iBankers, PE funds back at IIMs; Calcutta sees a rush
Ritwik Mukherjee - mydigitalfc.com- 08 March 2010
If proceedings on Day Zero at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta's final placement is any indication, investment bank and private... (source)
Private equity firm CCMP Capital to buy Infogroup: WSJ
Sakthi Prasad - Reuters- 08 March 2010
Private equity firm CCMP Capital has agreed to buy data and marketing services company Infogroup Incorporated for about $460 million,... (source)
Veda acquires Card Alert, EKKO Guardian
Sydney Morning Herald- 08 March 2010
The business and membership base of secure registration service provider Card Alert and sister company EKKO Guardian have been acquired... (source)
Janalakshmi Financial raises $10 million
Deepti Choudhary - Livemint- 08 March 2010

 
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