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PSERS commits $250m to Bain credit fundThe Pennsylvania pension made its first private equity-related commitment this year, betting on a credit strategy.
- Image problems
The Simmons Bedding saga underscores that firms must be more proactive in touting positive deal outcomes, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
- China Strategic teams up with Primus Financial for Nan Shan
The Hong Kong-listed company has bolstered its HK7.6bn bid for AIG’s Taiwanese unit by joining forces with the financial services specialist.
- Gala Coral owners face debt-for-equity swap
The bingo and bookmaking group owned by UK-based private equity firms Candover, Cinven and Permira is in talks to reduce its £2.6bn debt burden.
- Report: Primus wins Nan Shan bid
The Hong Kong-based private equity firm reportedly beat a higher bid and will acquire AIG’s Taiwanese unit for $2.2bn.
- Oaktree, Anchorage to steer Bavaria Yachtbau
The lenders will anchor the German yacht maker with a €55m investment and write down most of its debt. Bain bought Bavaria for €1.3bn in July 2007.
- News analysis: Mega-deals range from brilliant to scary
The largest LBOs done during the bygone buyout boom range from superb performers to ‘scary’, and ‘could-be-worse’ to ‘could-be-in-trouble’, according to Private Equity International magazine.
- GIC increases exposure to private equity
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure to mitigate against further losses after a tumultuous year saw its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth.
- Bain partner will run for Kennedy Senate seat
Fifteen years after Bain founder Mitt Romney unsuccessfully tried to unseat Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, Stephen Pagliuca will run for the same seat.
- Pagliuca pulls no punches
The Senate hopeful from Bain is expert at skewering foes with his sharp wit, recalls David Snow