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Exit nets 40% IRR for BC PartnersApollo- and BC-backed Unitymedia, the cable platform that owns the rights to the German football league, has been sold to a US player for €3.5bn.
- Private equity digs for victory
More than 100 participants from the private equity industry spent Friday digging, building and painting as part of a Private Equity Foundation volunteer day in London’s East End.
- ‘Pass-the-parcel’ comes back into fashion
A number of recent and current deals suggest that the secondary buyout – a mainstay of the credit boom era – may be making a comeback.
- How fashions have changed
From the golden age to the age of pragmatism: private equity is an industry with evolving strategic priorities. PEI looks at how tastes have altered in five key respects.
- Citi fundraisers surface at Credit Suisse, Helix, BC Partners
Senior members of Citi’s disbanded fund placement team - including Andrew Wilbur and Laurent de Rosiere, former European co-heads - have moved on to other firms.
- TPG adds Russian retailer to shopping cart
The US firm has partnered with a local group to buy an estimated $115m stake in Russian hypermarket chain Lenta, having two months ago bought into China's Wumart.
- Bridgepoint poised to plant flag in Turkey
As private equity interest in Turkey gathers momentum, Bridgepoint is close to completing the acquisition of a vehicle inspection business.
- 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.
- Hutton Collins invests €45m in Italian fibre maker
The firm’s first deal from its €600m fund closed last year will allow niche manufacturer Aquafil to expand into China.
- CBPE hires BC Partners exec amid fundraise
Rob McCombie has joined the Close Brothers spin-out, which has so far raised £300m for its first fund independent of its former parent.