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GIC increases exposure to private equityThe Singapore sovereign wealth fund looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure to mitigate against further losses after a tumultuous year saw its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth.
- Bain partner will run for Kennedy Senate seat
Fifteen years after Bain founder Mitt Romney unsuccessfully tried to unseat Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, Stephen Pagliuca will run for the same seat.
- Pagliuca pulls no punches
The Senate hopeful from Bain is expert at skewering foes with his sharp wit, recalls David Snow
- Advent hires ICICI Venture pro for India
Shweta Jalan has joined Advent's fledgling Indian operations. The hire follows six additions to its operating partner programme in the past three weeks.
- GIC names heads of Europe, Americas
The Singaporean sovereign fund continues its management overhaul, appointing Lim Chow Kiat and Anthony Lim Weng Kin as respective regional heads.
- KKR writes to ‘nil’ some $4bn in equity
While the equity in Capmark Financial and ProSiebenSat is valued at or near zero, the mega-firm wrote up several investments, including IPO-bound Dollar General.
- Palamon’s ReD makes £50m sale
The card services business, which was acquired by Palamon in a 2006 take-private, has sold its UK and Irish fuel payment divisions to another private equity-backed company.
- 3i eyes HeidelbergCement assets
The UK-based firm may bid for the company's Malaysian assets, estimated to be worth more than $200m. Others reportedly interested include Bain and CVC.
- Report: Bain, Carlyle, MBK and Primus shortlisted for AIG unit
Carlyle and Bain are reportedly in talks with separate local financial services companies to submit joint bids for Nan Shan Life.
- Advent builds Indian presence
P. Jayendra Nayak has joined the firm’s operating partner programme as it works towards the opening of an Indian office in 2010.