The underwriting banks syndicating the Alliance Boots debt package have pulled the second lien tranche of the debt package, just a week after they were forced to postpone syndication of the senior debt for the deal.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Richard Lambert, the head of the Confederation of British Industry, a trade body that has been attracting support from some of Europe’s large buyout firms, has criticised private equity’s public relations efforts.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In Denmark, a law has been passed to remove the favourable tax status enjoyed by leveraged loans.
5 min read · 12 January 2013
The alternative assets manager is capitalising on the booming wealth of the Gulf region with a spate of new buyout, mezzanine and growth capital funds and an almost 50 percent increase in client assets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has expanded its private equity programme with the advent of GS Direct, a middle-market-focused investment division.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Blackstone units began to trade today above their $31 IPO price, climbing back from the $28.75 low it hit last Friday, the stock’s first trading day. The market could change directions again next week as US congressmen begin hearings on private equity.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
London-based Duke Street Capital has amassed a 34 percent stake in Oasis Healthcare and increased its bid to £88.2 million, as the battle for the UK’s biggest dental business heats up.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
As investors race to unload their subprime mortgage based assets, distressed investor Sun Capital Partners plans to buy an 80 percent stake in First NLC Financial Services, a subprime mortgage originator.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The failed syndication of the Alliance Boots and the Chrysler debt has intensified the gloom in the debt markets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has finally completed the troubled flotation of a credit vehicle on Amsterdam’s Euronext exchange, raising $300 million.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
