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BDT meets $5bn target on Fund IIChicago-based merchant bank BDT Capital Partners has raised $5.21 billion for its second buyout fund
- BDT raises $3.5bn for Fund II
Chicago-based merchant bank BDT Capital Partners has raised nearly $3.5 billion for its second buyout fund.
- Silver Lake seals biggest post-Lehman buyout(2)
Technology behemoth Microsoft has provided one of the biggest ever mezzanine loans to fund US buyout group Silver Lake’s record-breaking, $24bn buyout of Dell.
- Silver Lake, Michael Dell win rules change
The duo trying to acquire Dell has revised their offer; now the sale price will be a minimum of $13.88 per share. Although, the vote will be pushed back another month at least.
- Sageview to create unique bank investing vehicle
The KKR-spinout is looking to sign up state pensions to raise at least $1bn for a bank holding company that will buy failed financial institutions.
- IndyMac deal may be a thing of the past
US regulations on PE ownership of banks will prevent future deals like IndyMac, according to Sander Levy of Vestar Capital Partners.
- Private equity seals $900m bank rescue
Blackstone, Carlyle, Centerbridge and WL Ross have joined forces with several co-investors – including UK charity The Wellcome Trust – to buy failed Florida-based BankUnited. The FDIC is currently evaluating 'the appropriate terms' to let more private equity firms acquire failed depository banks.
- Goldman veteran to start merchant banking firm
Byron Trott is leaving Goldman Sachs after 27 years to launch a firm that will invest in and advise family-owned businesses. The merchant bank will look to raise an initial $2bn and has has backing from billionaire investor Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.
- Angelo Gordon hires Goldman veteran to co-head private equity
The hybrid investment firm, which employs private equity and hedge fund strategies, closed its fourth private equity and special situations fund on $650m late last year.
- Lion spends $80m for a piece of American Apparel
The London-based firm is set to take up to an 18% stake in the clothing retailer by buying a portion of the company’s second lien debt. The debt is held by a fund associated with computer billionaire Michael Dell.