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June 2009

GM to give over $2.5 billion for Delphi buyout: report
Reuters- 05 June 2009

General Motors Corp will give more than $2.5 billion of the $3.6 billion needed for Platinum Equity to gain control... (source)

FDIC closes Atlanta bank instead of selling to private equity
Henny Sender - Financial Times- 05 June 2009

Silverton Bank, the small Atlanta bank that had been a buyout target of two groups of private equity firms, was... (source)

CVC sells Debenhams share stake
Elizabeth Rigby - Financial Times- 05 June 2009

Debenhams' two main shareholders have gone their separate ways, with CVC Capital Partners using a £323m placing and open offer... (source)

More venture capital firms halt their fund raising
Galen Moore - Mass High Tech- 05 June 2009

Two more venture capital firms — Wellesley-based Venture Capital Fund of New England and Lynnfield-based Velocity Equity Partners — have... (source)

Tumble in 3i Group's stock fuels gossip over £700m rights issue
Irish Times- 05 June 2009

Private equity firm 3i Group was under pressure yesterday as the FTSE 100 searched for... (source)

Gulf Capital to raise Dh2.25b for new fund
Himendra Mohan Kumar - Gulf News - 05 June 2009

Gulf Capital has set a target to raise as much as Dh2.25 billion by end... (source)

Asciano urged to dump asset sales, raise capital
Business Spectator- 05 June 2009

Asciano Group has been urged to consider a capital raising instead of its planned asset... (source)

StanChart IL&FS Infrastructure Fund buys 5% in Ramky Enviro Engineers
VCCircle.com- 05 June 2009

Ramky Enviro Engineers is part of the Rs 2,500 crore Ramky Group. It recorded revenues of Rs 300 crore in... (source)

Innogest leads beeTV's USD8m Series B funding
Private Equity Wire- 05 June 2009

Innogest, the largest venture capital firm operating in Italy, is the lead investor in a Series B fund acquisition of... (source)

KB Financial eyes $1bln-$3bln in new capital - source
Kim Yeon-hee - Reuters- 05 June 2009

KB Financial Group, which runs South Korea's largest bank Kookmin, is seeking to raise $1 billion to $3 billion in... (source)

Private equity-backed IPOs will need a new look
Andrew Hill - Financial Times- 04 June 2009

Since Telecity, the data centre operator, was (re)floated in October 2007, the exit to the public markets has looked virtually... (source)

Challenging times for private equity
Antoine Drean - Emirates Business 24/7- 04 June 2009

Private equity – at least the large buyout space – is today faced with four main challenges: performance, financing, raising... (source)

The liquidity trade-off
Financial Standard- 04 June 2009

Commodities, currencies, infrastructure and private equity will feature prominently in the next generation of super fund investment options and with... (source)

AIG weighs options as it pushes on ILFC sale - source
Paritosh Bansal - Reuters- 04 June 2009

American International Group Inc is in talks to line up financing to facilitate the sale of its aircraft leasing unit,... (source)

Riverside thrives on smaller pickings
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 04 June 2009

Small is beautiful again in private equity. At least that is the message from the Riverside Company, a US-based specialist... (source)

KKR in search of partners for Asian brewery
Sundeep Tucker - Financial Times- 04 June 2009

KKR, the US private equity firm, is poised to sell minority stakes in South Korea’s Oriental Brewery just weeks after... (source)

Global Opportunistic Fund II returns USD15.3 million back to the investors
Zawya- 04 June 2009

The Private Equity Funds group of Global Investment HouseGlobal Investment House announced today that Global Opportunistic Fund II "GOFII" is... (source)

Suzlon close to raising $127 mln from PE firms - paper
Reuters- 04 June 2009

Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy is close to raising 6 billion rupees ($127 million) from private equity investors, the... (source)

Debenhams confirms £323m fundraising
Nick Hasell - Times Online- 04 June 2009

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StarVest extends SaaS portfolio
Private Equity Wire- 04 June 2009

StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm investing in technology-enabled business services companies throughout the US, has made four investments in... (source)

US regulator says bank toxic asset plan "critical"
Karey Wutkowski & John Poirier - Reuters- 03 June 2009

The US government's plan to use private capital and government money to cleanse banks' balance sheets of toxic assets is... (source)

JPMorgan said to break up hedge fund, buyout unit led by Case
Saijel Kishan & Elizabeth Hester - Bloomberg- 03 June 2009

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Affinity said to plan to buy stake in KKR’s brewery
Cathy Chan - Bloomberg- 03 June 2009

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China eyes nimble private equity for overseas M&A
Joseph Chaney & George Chen - Reuters- 03 June 2009

Frustrated by political interference in Australia as it tries to buy natural resources there, China is changing tack and will... (source)

Bain in exclusive talks on China's GOME - sources
Reuters- 03 June 2009

US private equity giant Bain Capital entered exclusive talks this week to buy into China's top home appliance retailer GOME... (source)

China's Chery sells 20 pct stake for $293 mln - WSJ
Reuters- 03 June 2009

China's Chery Automobile Co has raised about 2 billion yuan ($293 million) by selling a 20% stake to domestic private... (source)

Baggage left to be sorted over buy-outs
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 03 June 2009

A tale of two leveraged buy-outs has been produced this week, illustrating how private equity groups are struggling to keep... (source)

Temasek, Pacific Century Group to join Franklin's bid for AIG unit
Madhav A Chanchani - VCCircle.com- 03 June 2009

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd and Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li's Pacific Century Group have joined the race... (source)

M&A activity
Tom Henderson - Crain's Detroit Business- 03 June 2009

Don’t expect merger and acquisition activity to return to normal levels any time soon, was the message Tuesday morning at... (source)

Private equity firm Brookstone expands alts. portfolio
FINalternatives- 03 June 2009

Brookstone Partners, a private equity firm specializing in the middle-market, has launched Brookstone Partners Asset Management, an investment advisory... (source)

Delphi reaches deal to emerge from bankruptcy
David Phillips - The Detroit News- 02 June 2009

While its former parent formally entered bankruptcy proceedings Monday, auto parts manufacturer Delphi Corp. reached a deal to sell the... (source)

Generali, PPF launch CEE private equity fund
Reuters- 02 June 2009

Italy's biggest insurer Assicurazioni Generali said it has put over 300 million euros in a joint private equity fund to... (source)

Private equity attracted to health sector
Robin Wigglesworth - Financial Times- 02 June 2009

Gulf-based private equity firms searching for a relatively safe shelter for investments are increasingly considering the regional health... (source)

Private equity firm bids for MathStar
Dylan McGrath - EE Times - 02 June 2009

Private equity firm Tiberius Capital II LLC has commenced a tender offer to acquire controlling interest in MathStar Inc., the... (source)

Micron sells imaging ops to TPG, Riverwood
Reuters- 02 June 2009

Micron Technology has agreed to sell a majority slice of its imaging solutions business to TPG Capital and Riverwood Capital,... (source)

JPMorgan to raise $5bn in share sell-off
Stephen Foley - The Independent- 02 June 2009

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VCs increase stake, trim risk by financing portfolio firms
Deepti Chaudhary - Livemint- 02 June 2009

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Carlyle eyes more south-east banks
Henny Sender - Financial Times- 02 June 2009

Carlyle, the private equity firm which was part of the consortium that won an auction of Florida’s BankUnited last month,... (source)

U.K. startup with local roots raises $17M
Jesse Noyes - Bizjournals- 02 June 2009

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Canada's OMERS buys rail equipment and services firm
Reuters- 02 June 2009

OMERS Private Equity, a unit of one of Canada's biggest pension funds OMERS Administration Corp, said it acquired Nordco Inc... (source)

CVC lifeline for Samsonite
Martin Arnold - Financial Times- 01 June 2009

Samsonite, the world's biggest maker of suitcases, backpacks and carry-bags, is the latest to join the fast-growing list of private... (source)

Equity firm Carlyle in talks to buy Silverton - WSJ
Reuters- 01 June 2009

Private equity firm The Carlyle Group and some investors are in talks to buy the failed Silverton Bank of Atlanta,... (source)

Private equity firm KKR swings to $1.2 billion loss in 2008
Reuters- 01 June 2009

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co posted a substantial loss in 2008 as the global economic downturn... (source)

Private equity firms to invest in First Southern
Reuters- 01 June 2009

Three private equity firms have agreed to invest up to $450 million in First Southern Bancorp Inc, giving them control... (source)

Private equity has crucial role to shape new world
Fred Sicre - The National- 01 June 2009

As the world responds to the global financial crisis and economic downturn, a growing number of people are urging that... (source)

Weighing up money and talent
Rod Monger - Gulf News - 01 June 2009

Much of the global crisis has come about because the credit crunch has robbed private-equity funds of their ability to... (source)

Anacap raises $805 mln to buy finance groups - report
Reuters- 01 June 2009

Private equity firm Anacap Financial Partners is expected to announce on Monday that it has raised 575 million euros ($804.6... (source)

SouthGobi Energy eyes $200mln-$250mln HK IPO-source
Joseph Chaney - Reuters- 01 June 2009

Canada-listed mining group SouthGobi Energy Resources has hired Citigroup and Macquarie for a planned $200 million-$250 million initial public offering... (source)

KKR said to agree loan pricing for Oriental Brewery acquisition
Shelley Smith & Jungmin Hong - Bloomberg- 01 June 2009

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Robert B. Womsley joins Water Street Healthcare
Private Equity Wire- 01 June 2009

Water Street Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, has appointed Robert B. Womsley as... (source)