THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-07-01 Staff Writer <strong>RETAIL<br /> The kids aren't alright</strong><br /> In June, Six Flags announced it was mulling the sale of six amusement parks in Buffalo; Denver; Seattle; Houston; and Concord, California; as well as Magic Mountain, north of Los An
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The Washington, DC-based firm has closed its first mezzanine fund after making eight initial investments.
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The San Francisco-based firm has acquired Delta Educational Systems, adding to their growing post-secondary education platform.
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Carlyle’s Asian growth capital group is investing $27.5 million in a Chinese wooden flooring manufacturer and distributor, not long after making two separate investments in China and India.
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The US-based private equity firm has had a £182.2m offer for UK ice cream maker Richmond Foods accepted by the company’s board of directors.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia is pushing ahead with an investment in Korea at a time when a number of heavyweight US GPs are under scrutiny from the Korean authorities.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco-based real estate secondary firm has acquired a UK portfolio of assets for $775m, believed to be the largest secondary transaction to date in the private equity real estate sector.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The ratings agency says that there are clear signs that the current scramble for assets is undermining credit discipline in the European leveraged finance market.
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With its high rates of growth and large, increasingly affluent populations, Central and Eastern Europe is becoming an ever-more important element of private equity portfolios. But while there is much cause for optimism, some reservations still remain. Andy Thomson spoke to representatives of three limited partner groups – Leon Hadass, vice president at Pantheon Ventures; Ray Maxwell, managing director in the private equity division at Invesco Asset Management; and Peter Wilson, managing director at HarbourVest Partners – to glean their views on the region's prospects.
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What's an “emerging” market? Be clear that some are definitely more emerged than others, David Rubenstein argued at last month's IFC/EMPEA conference in Washington.
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