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Advent and Bain purchase £2bn of RBS assetsPrivate equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital have acquired RBS’s card payment processing business for more than £2bn.
- Fundraising rebounds in emerging markets
Latin American and African funds have already exceeded 2009 fundraising totals.
- KKR’s Boots bolsters Turkish, Egyptian presence
The European company has taken control of Turkey’s Hedef for a reported £100m, in ‘the first of a number of acquisitions’, according to chairman Stefano Pessina.
- Advent opens in Istanbul
The global mid-market firm has opened an office in Turkey, where it first became active in 2001.
- Pennsylvania returns -5.7% in private equity in 2009
The $24bn pension has been pulling back from private equity since last year as it battles severe over-weighting to the asset class.
- Report: JPMorgan in talks to buy Brazil firm
The bank is reportedly in ‘advanced discussions’ to acquire Brazilian investment firm Gávea, which closed its third fund in 2008 on $1.2bn.
- Close Brothers advisory team sheds name
Having been acquired by Daiwa Capital Markets in 2009, Close Brothers Corporate Finance has rebranded as DC Advisory Partners.
- Warburg, Silver Lake in $3.4bn data deal
Warburg Pincus has partnered Silver Lake to buy Interactive Data in the same week it has agreed to buy Advent International’s UK retailer Poundland.
- Advent settles on £500m UK sofa shop deal
The global private equity firm will underwrite the acquisition of DFS with equity from its €6.6bn sixth fund while it seeks to put a debt package in place.
- The 2008 Global Private Equity Awards
PEI Asia is proud to announce the Asian and ‘rest of world’ winners of the ninth annual PrivateEquityOnline.com and Private Equity International awards.