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Avista fully deploys Fund IIWith the Tom Dean-led firm’s acquisition of glass door maker Anthony International, Avista’s second fund, which closed on $1.8bn last year, is fully invested.
- Avista in $125m shale gas deal
The firm has made its second shale investment in the past month, committing up to $125m in Houston-based drilling company Sidewinder.
- Nordic Capital in €9.6bn pharma exit
Nordic Capital has led a consortium of investors in the sale of pharmaceutical company Nycomed to Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. The deal marks the second time Nordic has sold the Zurich-headquartered business.
- Avista commits $176m to shale gas infrastructure
The Marcellus Shale and its supporting infrastructure continues to attract private equity firms keen to benefit from the US natural gas play.
- Avista-backed Thompson Publishing files for bankruptcy
The publishing company is Avista’s second media-focused portfolio company to go bankrupt since the collapse of Star Tribune in January 2009.
- Avista picks up INC Research for $600m
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will team up with Avista Capital for the secondary buyout of INC Research.
- San Diego city pension ramps up co-investments
The $4.3bn pension will allocate more of its capital for private equity to co-investment opportunities. In the last nine months, SDCERS has committed to Avista, Alchemy, Macquarie and Veritas.
- Avista sells mining interest for $326m
The New York-based firm will retain more than half the net acreage of its Marcellus Shale region mineral rights.
- Star Tribune exits bankruptcy
The newspaper formerly owned by Avista is now controlled by lenders including Angelo Gordon. New additions to its board include local private equity chiefs and former WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz.
- Report: Blackstone- and Providence-backed media company teeters on verge of bankruptcy
Newspaper owner Freedom Communications, which the mega-firms helped recapitalise in 2004, is reportedly on the verge of a bankruptcy filing.