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Cambridge: Glut of uncalled capital boosts pricesThe industry has about $376bn of uncalled capital that was raised in the peak credit years, an overhang that is driving up prices and could expand as many firms are raising funds this year, according to Cambridge Associates.
- Permira sets modest target for fifth fund
Permira is soon to launch its fifth buyout fund with a target that speaks to a radically changed environment to that of 2006, when it last hit the fundraising trail.
- BC Partners agrees supermarket exit
The UK buyout firm will sell a subsidiary of Migros Ticaret for $380m after purchasing the Turkish supermarket chain for $3.2bn in 2008.
- French firms agree realisations
PAI has sold its fourth business this year, retailer Gruppo Coin, while Sagard Private Equity is nearing an exit from Souriau. The combined value of the exits approaches €1.4bn.
- 3i banks 5.5x on Norma IPO
The private equity firm has partially exited its holding in Norma Group, which raised more than €386m in its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
- Apax buys Trader Corporation for $745m
The European private equity heavyweight is expected to come to market this year with its next fund, reportedly targeting as much as €9bn.
- Providence offloads Phones 4u
BC Partners is understood to have paid up to £700m for the mobile phone retailer, in what will probably be the penultimate investment from its 2005 fund.
- News analysis: Europe’s debt markets
A reenergised high-yield bond market is shaping private equity fund managers’ approach towards securing credit.
- Bracing for the fundraising rush
BC Partners’ €4bn first close was a ray of light for GPs at last week’s EVCA Investors’ Forum in Geneva, especially those among the large crowd getting ready to raise a new fund.
- News analysis: BC Partners in elite fundraising class
The firm, which has collected more than €4bn for the first closing of its ninth fund, is among a select group of GPs finding success in an uncertain fundraising environment.