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LDC looks for buyers for its failing music retailerLloyds Development Capital’s failing music retailer Music Zone is looking for buyers after entering administration as competition with online sales stiffens.
- Private equity backs its own in US election
The US private equity community has contributed substantial sums to the ever-expanding war chests of the US presidential hopefuls. Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the co-founder of Bain Capital, has predictably been the most generously supported.
- Apax France sells Parkeon for €260 million
Apax France, the French affiliate of Apax Partners, has sold Parkeon to Barclays Private Equity after making the business profitable and expanding into the US.
- BA approaches buyout firms for Iberia bid
British Airways, Europe’s third largest airline, has confirmed that it has approached a number of private equity firms about a possible joint bid for Iberia, the Spanish airline in which it holds a 10 percent stake.
- Apax and Duke Street to duck out of Focus
Buyout firms Apax Partners and Duke Street Capital are reported to be making a troubled exit from Focus DIY as Apollo Management is called in for a distressed debt transaction.
- Apax backs Lord Browne
Buyout firm Apax Partner shows a more tolerant approach than BP to Lord Browne, who lied about how he met his lover to prevent details of his private life emerging in the UK press.
- Buyout battle looms for Thomson division
Some of the world’s biggest buyout firms are set to fight it out for the $3.5 billion-valued higher education division of publishing company Thomson, in the latest demonstration of private equity’s appetite for the sector.
- Consortium mulls Intelsat sale
A consortium of four private equity firms is contemplating the $17 billion sale of satellite operator Intelsat, potentially yielding a tenfold return on its initial investment.
- Dutch buyout industry plays down political storm
Dutch private equity insiders have played down concerns about proposed legislative changes, after leading alternative asset managers were called to the Dutch parliament to defend themselves against accusations they were “plundering” the country.
- Carlyle tops ground-breaking league table
The PEI 50, a new ranking from Private Equity International magazine, reveals The Carlyle Group has the largest private equity direct-investment programme in the world, having raised $32.5 billion in the last five years.