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Former Bain execs launch distressed-focussed firmProphet Equity, founded by former Bain & Company executives Ross Gatlin and George Stelling, will take its first fund to market in early 2008 with a $250 million hard cap.
- Mega-fundraisings face cloudy future(3)
Several of the world’s biggest private equity firms are already consulting with LPs about their next funds, but uncertainties about the pace of dealmaking and size of allocations are hampering these efforts.
- Mark Vickers: Countdown to 2008
Mark Vickers, law firm Ashurst's debt specialist, talks frankly about the challenges ahead in the final week of PEO's Countdown to 2008.
- Cognetas off the mark in Milan
The buyout of vending machine business Gruppo Argenta by Cognetas and Investitori Associati marks the former’s first Italian deal since launching a Milan office in September 2006.
- GP dollars flood K Street(3)
KKR recently augmented its tax lobbying capability - and it’s not alone. Buyout shops are spending millions on Washington’s K Street - synonymous with the Capitol’s powerful lobbyists - as US lawmakers mull legislation that would increase taxes.
- Mega-fundraisings face cloudy future(2)
Several of the world’s biggest private equity firms are already consulting with LPs about their next funds, but uncertainties about the pace of dealmaking and size of allocations are hampering these efforts.
- Mega-fundraisings face cloudy future
Several of the world’s biggest private equity firms are already consulting with LPs about their next funds, but uncertainties about the pace of dealmaking and size of allocations are hampering these efforts.
- Club deal lawsuit dismissed(3)
An antitrust lawsuit alleging that KKR, Blackstone, Carlyle, Bain and nine other buyout groups fixed bids relating to club deals has been dismissed, though the plaintiffs are permitted to file a new suit with the same claim.
- CD&R to cash in on Brakes
Clayton Dubilier & Rice, a US buyout firm, is set to take advantage of growing private equity interest in wholesale and distribution businesses by selling Brakes, a UK catering business valued at about £1.2 billion.
- SAC Private Capital acquires Taiwanese bank at a steep discount(3)
SAC Private Capital, the private equity arm of a US hedge fund group, has acquired a control stake in Cosmos Bank at a discount, saving it from government receivership.