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DIC buys 9.9% stake in Och-Ziff(4)Dubai International Capital, the alternative asset manager, has acquired a stake in US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management in advance of its impending flotation. The hedge fund manager is the latest of numerous firms to receive backing from a state investor.
- A public affair
The IPO of Conversus Capital was yet another successful overlap of the private equity secondary market and the public market. David Snow reports.
- ADS files suit to force Blackstone buyout
Alliance Data Systems has sued the private equity firm, which previously indicated it would drop the $7.8 billion deal due to regulatory requirements that are ‘unprecedented and unacceptable’.
- The Blackstone Group opens office in Tokyo(2)
The Blackstone Group has recently opened an office in Tokyo, headed by Alan Miyasaki, who has moved from New York to spearhead the group’s real estate investment activity.
- DIC buys 9.9% stake in Och-Ziff(3)
Dubai International Capital, the alternative asset manager, has acquired a stake in US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management in advance of its impending flotation. The hedge fund manager is the latest of numerous firms to receive backing from a state investor.
- FUNDRAISING SPECIAL
The implications of the liquidity crisis remain unclear, but confidence is high that investors will not lose their appetite for private equity – and even the larger funds finding it difficult to finance new deals don't seem to be losing support. Andy Thomson reports.
- Elevation makes 2x on first exit(2)
Two years after merging video game developers BioWare and Pandemic, Elevation Partners has doubled its money by selling the combined company to Electronic Arts, led by former Elevation partner John Riccitiello.
- Report: China to invest $4bn in Flowers fund
Negotiations between the Chinese Investment Corporation and JC Flowers come as the sovereign fund’s $3 billion investment in Blackstone took a further hit yesterday, with Blackstone's share price reaching a new low.
- Blackstone nabs Host Hotels head for Hilton(4)
A week after completing its $20 billion buyout of Hilton, Blackstone has hired Chritopher Nassetta as the company’s new president and CEO.
- Flowers off hook, Blackstone may abandon Alliance
US student lender Sallie Mae will accept a $30 billion refinancing in lieu of a JC Flowers-led buyout. Meanwhile, Blackstone has told Alliance Data it does not think the company can meet closing conditions for a $6.43 billion acquisition.