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Report: Four firms on shortlist for BellSystem24Permira, Bain Capital Asia, and a partnership of CVC Asia Pacific and the Blackstone Group have all reportedly submitted final round bids for the Japanese telemarketing company, which has been valued at between $1.1 billion and $1.7 billion.
- KKR, GA seal $1.65bn Northrop Grumman carve-out
CPPIB's credit arm, as well as KKR Capital Markets and four others, will provide financing for the purchase of government engineering consultancy TASC.
- Capmark failure spells $2bn loss for KKR, Goldman
The real estate lender has filed for bankruptcy protection. Sponsors KKR, Five Mile and Goldman Sachs are set to record one of the biggest private equity losses in history.
- Credit Suisse pushes back into asset management in Japan
Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) is setting up a Tokyo-based investment management company. The new entity will offer alternative assets, including private equity, to Japan's pension funds.
- Citi chairman joins Providence
Richard Parsons will advise the media- and communications-focused buyout firm, which is reportedly mulling a bid for the Travel Channel along with KKR and THL.
- TPG, Newbridge, GA reap $133m in Lenovo share sale
The sale marks the second time the firms have sold shares in the Hong Kong-listed computer maker, having long ago made back their original $350m investment.
- China Life to develop alternative investments programme
The Beijing-based insurance giant next month will introduce plans to expand into private equity, real estate and infrastructure investments.
- Thailand and Malaysia seek pan Asian infrastructure fund
The joint-ASEAN fund would use Asian countries’ excess foreign reserves to invest in infrastructure networks.
- Report: Yale to continue alternatives investment strategy
Richard Levin, president of Yale University, said the investment model designed by David Swensen had performed ‘spectacularly well’ for the endowment despite a 30% decline in value in the last fiscal year, according to a Bloomberg report.
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