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PE firms branded ‘locusts’ in GermanyA debate over private equity’s business ethics is raging in Germany after one of the country’s most senior politicians described financial investors as greedy, job-destroying insects.
- One foot in the States
Permira may not target North American companies - but as the hiring of Tom Lister shows, that doesn’t mean it has no business in the US market.
- Spectrum in $175m Classic Media recap
The Boston-based private equity firm will recap the media entertainment company in a transaction valued at $175 million, as rumors swirl about a possible counter-bid on UK entertainment firm HIT.
- Apax, Permira to launch £400m satellite IPO
Satellite operator Inmarsat Group has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange on June 17th in an IPO valuing the company at over £1bn.
- PE consortium floats PanAmSat for $900m
The IPO of $18 per share was less than the amount expected by the KKR-led group of investors.
- PAI ranked Europe’s most active fee payer
Homegrown firms operating in the European LBO market account for the bulk of fees paid to investment banks so far this year, according to figures from Thomson Financial and Freeman & Co.
- BC signs pros from Apax, Englefield
Armed with its new €5.8bn buyout fund, pan-European LBO house BC Partners has hired Nikos Stathopoulos from Apax and Giampiero Mazza from Englefield.
- Blackstone floats satellite operator
Six months after its acquisition of New Skies Satellites, The Blackstone Group has taken the satellite operator public in a $200m IPO, valuing the firm’s equity at almost three times its initial investment.
- Apax, Saban make $1bn call on Israel
The acquisition of a 30 percent stake in Israeli telecoms company Bezeq by a private equity consortium is the largest privatisation seen in the country so far this decade.
- Providence buys into Spanish media group
Specialist private equity group Providence Equity Partners has secured a 25.5% stake in Retos Cartera, beating competition from Apax, Blackstone, Permira and PAI.