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KKR targets $30bn for buyouts globallyThe firm is among several seeking to stock up with fresh capital amid a turbulent market.
- Lee Equity hires GE veteran
Robert Wright, GE’s vice chairman and former head of NBC Universal, is the second titan of industry Thomas H. Lee has hired to advise his private equity firm.
- The house that Mitt built
Mitt Romney, the talented and charismatic former head of Bain Capital, is running for president of the United States. Those who worked with him during his private-sector years in the 1980s and 1990s describe a consulting superstar who succeeded in private equity while presiding, paterfamilias-like, over a team of notably aggressive and ambitious investment professionals. David Snow examines Romney's legacy at Bain Capital and the leadership characteristics of a man who may be the next American president.
- 23 firms sign up to Walker, BVCA monitoring group appointed
Compliance with the Walker report has pushed some publicity-shy buyout firms into the spotlight.
- FUNDRAISING SPECIAL
The implications of the liquidity crisis remain unclear, but confidence is high that investors will not lose their appetite for private equity – and even the larger funds finding it difficult to finance new deals don't seem to be losing support. Andy Thomson reports.
- Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(4)
A US conglomerate will buy Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon in a €2.2 billion transaction. The US buyout firm is believed to have paid roughly €1 billion for the Dutch paint company in 2003.
- BVCA gives voice to mega funds and mid-market firms
The UK trade association has established two new sector committees that will operate under the BVCA umbrella organisation in a bid better to represent member firms.
- Clear Channel buyout gets green light(4)
Shareholders have approved the $27.5 billion buyout of Clear Channel by Bain and TH Lee, nine months after the consortium’s first bid was accepted.
- Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(3)
A US conglomerate will buy Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon in a €2.2 billion transaction. The US buyout firm is believed to have paid roughly €1 billion for the Dutch paint company in 2003.
- Clear Channel buyout gets green light(3)
Shareholders have approved the $27.5 billion buyout of Clear Channel by Bain and TH Lee, nine months after the consortium’s first bid was accepted.