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3i mulls secondary play with £500m HBoS dealThe listed firm is expected to again team with Coller Capital to spin out a portfolio, but the potential transaction would see 3i become the manager of the assets in play rather than the seller.
- Barclays cleans up with 5.7x soap sale
The sale of soap maker Deb Group to Charterhouse for £325m is the latest in a string of European mid-market secondary buyouts.
- LGV makes 4x in sale to Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint's third deal from its 2008 fund - now 14 percent deployed - has proved positive for the captive private equity unit of Legal & General.
- Hands: Distributions to be scarce in 2010
In a wide-ranging 'state of the industry' speech, Terra Firma’s boss urged GPs and LPs to push back on ‘populist moves to regulate private equity’.
- Going once, going twice
Auctions are back, with large firms lining up eagerly to deploy their capital.
- Bridgepoint fetches 8x with Pets at Home sale
KKR’s £955m bid beat out TPG, Apax and Bain in the chase for Pets at Home, the UK retailer whose jobs and revenue growth have soared under Bridgepoint’s ownership.
- Secondaries, mid-market firms battle for PEI awards
Several heated contests have emerged in The Private Equity International Awards 2009, including a close fight for top European mid-market firm between Advent, Bridgepoint, Silverfleet and Electra.
- Lane joins OPERS as investment chief
John Lane replaces Jennifer Hom as the investment director of the $68.3bn Ohio pension.
- European GPs finish '09 with deal flurry
Matrix, AAC, Apax and LDC are among firms ending 2009 with fresh deals. Meanwhile, lawyers are lining up PE-backed IPOs and big ticket auctions continue for companies like Bridgepoint's Pets at Home.
- Carlyle closes second Turkish deal
The private equity firm has purchased a 40% stake in the country’s second largest healthcare services company, Medical Park.