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Carlyle beats rivals to snap up Total’s Atotech

The global buyout house used capital from both its Europe and its US fund to acquire the chemicals business for $3.2bn.

4 min read · 10 October 2016

GPs seek buy-and-build amid high valuations

GPs are holding on to assets longer as they seek to balance out lower IRRs with higher cash multiple returns, said UBS’ Nestor Paz Galindo.

2 min read · 27 September 2016

Apollo seeks agribusiness for $2.8bn natural resources fund

Apollo is still building on its platform Pinnacle, which acquires and scales up agri inputs businesses, but will look opportunistically at other agribusiness assets with its latest fund.

1 min read · 19 August 2016

Brexit dampens UK dealflow

Predictions for UK M&A in the second half of the year range from ‘lacklustre’ to ‘a write-off’.

4 min read · 30 June 2016

Pavilion acquires Altius

London-headquartered Altius will be combined with LP Capital Advisers and rebranded Pavilion Alternatives Group.

3 min read · 28 June 2016

Guy Hands: auction info set out in ‘handwritten notes’

The Terra Firma founder and chairman denied that ‘material’ information was withheld from the directors of the Terra Firma fund general partners.

2 min read · 09 June 2016

Huron pursues non-control investments

<p>The Detroit-based private equity firm has announced a new strategy to complement its traditional buyouts.<br /></p>

2 min read · 02 May 2016

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