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Blackstone reaches Pinnacle(2)The Blackstone Group’s hectic pace of deal-making shows no sign of slowing down, as the buyout group completes a $2.16 billion deal for US group Pinnacle Foods.
- Private equity real estate funds raise $60bn in 2006(2)
According to proprietary data from sister publication Private Equity Real Estate magazine, last year’s record fundraising looks set to continue in 2007.
- Blackstone enters Indian infrastructure(2)
The private investment giant will team with Citigroup and India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Company to raise $5 billion for infrastructure investment in India.
- Blackstone eyes £1bn Jupiter deal(2)
Jupiter Asset Management, the Commerzbank-owned fund manager that is currently mulling its strategic options, has become the latest buyout target of The Blackstone Group.
- GMG confirms £1.3bn Trader Media buyout talks(2)
Guardian Media Group has confirmed it is in talks with a number of private equity firms about a possible £1.3 billion buyout of its Trader Media Group division.
- Blackstone waxes profitable about Tussauds(2)
Fresh from its $39 billion take-private of Equity Office Properties, Blackstone becomes the world’s second largest operator of tourist attractions and theme parks with a £1 billion deal to buy The Tussauds Group.
- Schwarzman: “KKR destroyed the market for anyone else”(2)
Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman has argued that public markets are not a viable source of capital for buyout firms, suggesting that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s $5 billion listed vehicle soaked up all the available liquidity.
- SAC hires private equity team(2)
Hedge fund behemoth SAC Capital is preparing to launch an Asia-focused private equity investment platform under the direction of three professionals who worked together at Ripplewood, according to market sources.
- Blackstone starts selling after biggest ever buyout(2)
The Blackstone Group yesterday sealed a hard-fought victory in the $40 billion battle for Equity Office Properties. Now its thoughts will turn to making sure its investment bears fruit, writes James Taylor.
- KKR, TPG pick up TXU for $45bn(2)
The largest-ever private equity deal follows closely the previous record-holder, this month’s $39bn Blackstone-backed buyout of Equity Office Properties. The new owners of TXU will offer electricity customers price cuts.