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Bain wins battle for GOME stakeThe buyout firm will pay up to HK$3.2bn for a stake of between 9.8% and 23.5% in the electrical appliance and consumer electronics retailer, beating rival firms including KKR and Carlyle.
- Not quite letting go
China wants its companies to play on the global stage. But larger firms still can’t wrest themselves from the government’s grip, writes Andy Thomson.
- Huntsman Gay nears $1.2bn close
The new private equity firm will be among the lucky few to have a fresh pile of 'dry powder', managing director and former NFL football star Steve Young told a conference crowd in Las Vegas. Huntsman Gay was formed by Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman and former Bain managing director Robert Gay.
- Report: CVCI looks to exit Chinese medical equipment company
Landwind will reportedly ask private equity firms including Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs’ private equity arm to submit first-round bids for a minority stake.
- KKR closes in on Oriental Brewery
The global buyout firm reportedly increased its bid for the Korean beer producer to more than $1.9bn and accepted terms such as paying a further $100m if the company’s EBITDA tops estimates two years after the sale.
- KKR bolsters India team
The global buyout firm has moved Nathaniel Taylor from its Menlo Park office to Mumbai, where it established an office in January.
- TPG tops list of 300 largest firms
According to the PEI 300, Private Equity International magazine’s proprietary ranking of the world’s largest private equity firms, the firm led by David Bonderman has raised more capital for private equity direct investment than any other firm over the past five years.
- PEI Media to launch the PEI 300
To be released on 23 April, the PEI 300 will expand on a popular top 50 list ranking the largest 300 private equity firms in the world. Bain Capital, Bridgepoint and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are among 10 firms to have advanced in the rankings for two consecutive years.
- Affinity, MBK, KKR make Oriental Brewery shortlist
The three private equity firms are likely to to make it to the second round of bidding for the South Korean brewery.
- Onex exits Cineplex Galaxy for C$185m
The Toronto Stock Exchange-listed asset manager bought Loews Cineplex in 2002 and sold most of the business to Bain, Carlyle and Spectrum Equity Investors in 2004. It has now sold the remaining Galaxy portion of the business.