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News analysis: Candover exit could provide respiteSelling Wood Mackenzie for £550m would allow the listed firm to pay down around £30m of debt, but Candover would still not be ‘out of the woods’.
- PA SERS loses 26% on private equity in 2008
The $22bn state workers' pension fund lost 16.5% on its private equity portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2008, along with fourth quarter drops of 13.1% in venture capital and 14.8% in real estate.
- CVC injects $175m to keep control of Samsonite
The European buyout house is the latest financial sponsor to enter negotiations with lenders. Elsewhere, lenders to roofing company Monier are trying to seize control of the business from private equity firm PAI.
- Bain wins battle for GOME stake
The buyout firm will pay up to HK$3.2bn for a stake of between 9.8% and 23.5% in the electrical appliance and consumer electronics retailer, beating rival firms including KKR and Carlyle.
- Not quite letting go
China wants its companies to play on the global stage. But larger firms still can’t wrest themselves from the government’s grip, writes Andy Thomson.
- Huntsman Gay nears $1.2bn close
The new private equity firm will be among the lucky few to have a fresh pile of 'dry powder', managing director and former NFL football star Steve Young told a conference crowd in Las Vegas. Huntsman Gay was formed by Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman and former Bain managing director Robert Gay.
- Report: CVCI looks to exit Chinese medical equipment company
Landwind will reportedly ask private equity firms including Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs’ private equity arm to submit first-round bids for a minority stake.
- KKR closes in on Oriental Brewery
The global buyout firm reportedly increased its bid for the Korean beer producer to more than $1.9bn and accepted terms such as paying a further $100m if the company’s EBITDA tops estimates two years after the sale.
- KKR bolsters India team
The global buyout firm has moved Nathaniel Taylor from its Menlo Park office to Mumbai, where it established an office in January.
- TPG tops list of 300 largest firms
According to the PEI 300, Private Equity International magazine’s proprietary ranking of the world’s largest private equity firms, the firm led by David Bonderman has raised more capital for private equity direct investment than any other firm over the past five years.