RISK-RESISTANT 2007-09-01 Staff Writer <quotation><italic></italic></quotation>France's world-famous Le Mans 24-hour car race is, as the name would suggest, a test of endurance. It is also, in at least equal measure, an examination of nerves. Two examples illustrate this well. In 1955
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Operational heavyweight Bruno Deschamps swaps Clayton, Dubilier for 3i.
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Finland’s state pension fund wants to increase its alternatives allocation still further after another strong set of results.
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Advantage Partners, one of Japan’s most prominent local private equity groups, is making its first foray into what one investor referred to as ‘hedge fund management’, with a $2 billion fund that will buy minority stakes in listed Japanese companies.
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Accent Equity has sold Swedish flower delivery service EuroFlorist to Litorina Kapital. It is the third investment in three months from the Swedish firm’s third fund.
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Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan has hit out at the proliferation of equity bridge facilities used on large buyout deals, suggesting that they are not good for the lending banks or the private equity sponsors.
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US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that financing activity in bond and business loan markets remains brisk, despite widening credit spreads and tightening of terms for leveraged business loans.
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Several of the world’s biggest private equity firms are already consulting with LPs about their next funds, but uncertainties about the pace of dealmaking and size of allocations are hampering these efforts.
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Credit Suisse has promoted John Knox to co-head its Australian investment banking business with Rob Stewart. Knox will continue to head the bank’s financial sponsor coverage in Australia.
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The US presidential candidate still has major stakes in Bain Capital funds, although these have been placed in a blind trust, according to recent campaign disclosures.
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