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Private equity firms in $300bn fundraising boomGlobal private equity fundraising has reached $300bn in the first nine months of 2006, already ahead of the $283bn raised in all of 2005.
- Coles Myer shares slip after board rejects private equity takeover bid
Shares of Coles Myer has traded lower after the second largest Australian retailer rejected an indicative A$17.4 billion bid put forward by a private equity syndicate.
- Pacific Equity Partners boost team
Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian private equity firm, has taken onboard a former Bain consultant as a director, after hiring an ex-Coles executive.
- Bain and Apax squeeze into €8.3bn Philips deal
The two global buyout firms have found a route back into the Philips’ semiconductor deal which KKR and its consortium tied up at the beginning of August.
- Latham & Watkins lures German partner
Law firm Latham & Watkins has strengthened its Frankfurt office with the appointment of Christina Ungeheuer, a partner in the leverage finance group at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy.
- Tom Lee hires top talent for firm
The renamed private equity firm of industry pioneer Thomas H. Lee today announced a slew of hirings from Capital Z, Carlyle, JC Penney, Bain & Co., Bain Capital, and Mercer Consulting as Lee Equity Partners gears up to be a major growth-equity player.
- Sponsors circle giant Australia LBO
Shares in retailer Coles Myer have soared after a $12bn approach from KKR, Carlyle, CVC Asia Pacific, TPG Newbridge and Goldman Sachs.
- Apollo Management delivers on $1.48bn TNT unit
TNT Logistics, the freight division of the Dutch postal and express business, has been sold to Apollo Management, a US private equity house, for $1.48bn.
- Bain to buy insurance software company
The Boston-based firm will acquire Applied Systems from Vista Equity Partners for around $675 million.
- Listed KKR fund has $1.6bn in deals
KKR Private Equity Investors, which raised $4.8bn in May, has committed $1.6bn to recent KKR deals and $1.9bn to the firm’s 2006 Fund.