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NIB Capital enters DB Capital frayThe private equity division of the Dutch pension fund manager is considering making an offer for part of Deutsche Bank’s E6bn private equity business.
- Mourant expands on-shore presence
The Jersey-based fund administrator has expanded its on-shore presence with the appointment of Robert Shore as director of its funds administration division.
- Europa Capital invests in self-storage
The property investor has completed the first of what it hopes will be a series of private equity-linked transactions with the acquisition of a Dutch storage company.
- Terra Firma set for first deals
Guy Hands' first fund post-Nomura has raised E1bn at first closing, with 10 per cent coming from the firm and its employees.
- Cinven, Candover onto next target
Following their E600m joint acquisition of Dutch publisher KAP, the two private equity houses look set to bid for Bertelsmann’s E1bn science publishing unit.
- NIB to back Virtue, Clempson in Deutsche MBO
The Dutch private equity house is helping DB Capital Partners’ management prepare a MBO from Deutsche Bank.
- The necessity of good administration
You've managed to close the new fund, albeit with more investors than planned and with the most complex set of fund documents yet. You're ready to get out there and start doing deals, and the last thing on your mind is how you're going to administer the fund and who in the office is going to look after this. But you've got a group of increasingly inquisitive investors waiting to hear from you: regularly, substantively and in a way that evidences your commitment to good LP relations. It's time to get serious about fund administration.
- Something to shout about
Private Equity International's deal mechanic takes a look under the bonnet of the buyout of Yell, a deal that may yet emerge as European LBO of the year.
- SG moves into German leveraged
In keeping with a current trend among European banks, SG is setting up a leveraged finance operation in Frankfurt in the hope of more LBO business coming out of Germany.