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Anchorage Capital Partners Closes $250M FundSydney based private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners has announced a A$250 million first and final closing of Anchorage Capital Partners II. The firm focuses on special situations and turnaround investment in the Australian, New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets.
- Blackstone hires ex-Archer partner for Australia
James Carnegie has joined The Blackstone Group to help source deals in Australia. The hire comes less than a year after the firm brought in Paul Costello as chairman in the country.
- Blackstone bites into first NZ deal
The global firm has agreed to buy Burger King’s New Zealand operator from Anchorage Capital Partners.
- Anchorage Capital bids for Australian hardware chain
The Sydney-based private equity firm has reportedly bid for a minority stake in Mitre 10, echoing a strategy used in an earlier deal.
- Anchorage closes debut fund on $187m
Australia’s Anchorage Capital, the Interbank Capital Partners spin-out focusing on special situations, started fundraising in 2008.
- Ex-Macquarie CEO emerges at Anchorage Capital
Allan Moss will advise the Sydney-based special situations private equity firm.
- Anchorage Capital bites into Burger King
The buyout of Burger King's New Zealand operations is the private equity industry's latest interaction with the fast food chain.
- Anchorage makes maiden investment
Australia’s Anchorage Capital Partners has acquired Hans Continental Smallgoods – the first investment from its maiden A$200m fund, which has held a first close on A$100m, and its second in the food sector.
- Australia’s Woolworths Exits Consumer Electronics Biz
Australia's top supermarket chain Woolworths Ltd. agreed to sell its Dick Smith Electronics chain in Australia and its Indian wholesale venture for a combined A$55 million ($56.88 million) under a plan to exit the consumer electronics segment. Woolworths said private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners will buy the Dick Smith chain for initial cash proceeds of A$20 million, compared with A$200 million expected by analysts last year when the plan was announced as a weak retail environment takes its toll, Reuters wrote.
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