In the week it emerged that UK retailer Sainsbury’s is the latest high-profile public company being targeted by private equity, new research shows that a record number of take-private deals were the biggest single source of the industry’s growth in the last 12 months.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle invests in Indian outsourcing company * SIDBI, Clearstone finance Indian start-up * Merrill Lynch, PEP approach Australian credit company * Catalyst buys stake in catalogue firm * Bain Capital enters China real estate * Orchid Asia lists portfolio company * Private equity circles JVC * Vogo advances toward third deal * PMP ends talks with private equity * PEP's $1.3bn take-private grounded * Coles up for grabs
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Carlyle hires for MENA push * Merrill Lynch to expand Asia financial sponsor coverage * Former ANZ Capital director sets up own firm * SAC hires private equity team * Gulf Finance House reorganises private equity * Oaktree Capital installs Asia chairman * Blackstone opens in Hong Kong
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus was found guilty of the insider trading of LG Card shares.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Pacific Equity Partners in Sydney is preparing to organise a A$4 billion Australasian buyout fund – by far the largest such entity ever raised. Philip Borel reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Johannes Huth, managing partner of KKR and head of European operations
5 min read · 12 January 2013
Can portfolio companies be both environmentally responsible and commercially attractive? Jo Nash investigates.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Eleven different groups have expressed an interest in bidding for struggling airline Alitalia, according to the Italian government, including Texas Pacific Group and Terra Firma.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed its first deal, paying an undisclosed sum for two Latin American consumer finance businesses.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Whole business securitisations of water utilities can attract better ratings, which means cheaper debt, according to Standard & Poor’s. Nicholas Lockley explains how.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
