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  • Bain targets funds totaling $15bn(3)
    David Snow- 4 January 2013

    Eighteen months after closing its last round of fundraising, Bain Capital is back with a modestly larger $10 billion core fund target, but a $5 billion co-investment fund, reflecting high LP co-investment demand as well as the possibility of a slowdown in the deal market.

  • GTCR spends $1bn on craft companies
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Chicago-based GTCR Golder Rauner has added Wilton Industries and Dimensions Holdings to its growing craft empire.

  • Bain in $1.8bn kitchen and bath deal(2)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    Bain’s portfolio of household-name retail brands is poised for growth with a $1.8 billion agreement to acquire American Standard’s kitchen and bath division.

  • Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(2)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.

  • VSS buys career info site
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Veronis Suhler Stevenson has paid between $60 million and $85 million to acquire online career information company Vault.com.

  • Bain in $1.8bn kitchen and bath deal
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    Bain’s portfolio of household-name retail brands is poised for growth with a $1.8 billion agreement to acquire American Standard’s kitchen and bath division.

  • Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.

  • Cerberus taps Nardelli to head Chrysler
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Former Home Depot head Bob Nardelli will lead Cerberus’ turnaround of US automaker Chrysler.

  • CVC to buy Australia’s DCA for A$2.7 bn
    Robert Venes- 4 January 2013

    An all cash offer of A$3.50 per share values the Australian healthcare business at A$2.7 billion, almost 12 times the company’s 2006 EBITDA.

  • Sorenson, Peterson acquire furniture supplier for $71.5m
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    The two Salt Lake City firms completed the acquisition of MITY Enterprises, an industrial furniture supplier.