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Huntsman Gay hires Bain exec to head IRBen Thorndike was hired from Bain Capital as managing director and head of investor relations. Thorndike was director of IR at Bain.
- BC Partners raises €748m in listing
The private equity firm sold nearly 15m shares in chemical company Brenntag in a heated German IPO market.
- PSERS hikes PE to meet unfunded exposure
The $47bn pension has $6bn of unfunded commitments to private equity, and has increased its allocation to 21% from 18%.
- Huawei cancels plans for $2bn mobile products sale
What was expected to be a battle between Bain and Silver Lake for one of the largest-ever private equity deals in China has been put on hold.
- Silver Lake makes Chinese debut for $40m
The technology specialist has bought a 13% stake in Nasdaq-listed technology company Spreadtrum Communications.
- Financing finance
Despite the increased risks posed by investment in the financial services sector, recent deals show the crisis has failed to dampen private equity appetite for deals in this space. Yvette Choo reports.
- ABRY presses play on $1.2bn cable deal
The Boston-based firm will use $536m of equity in the take-private, the latest in a string of transactions around the $1bn mark agreed in recent weeks.
- Bain buys Dow Chemical unit for $1.6bn
The private equity firm has done four deals in 2010, with its second mega-deal of the year resulting from an auction that reportedly included TPG and Apollo.
- Pension vs. pension
The divergent directions of two US public pensions show that the fundraising environment in the US may not be as dead as some GPs think.
- THL unwraps $928m fast food deal
The take-private of CKE Restaurants will see the private equity firm control more than 3,000 Carl's Jr and Hardee's locales.