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Catalyst Investment acquires stake in catalogue company
Sydney-based Catalyst Investment Managers has acquired a 43.5 percent stake in EziBuy, an Australasian apparel and home décor catalogue company. The investment provided an exit for Direct Capital, a private equity firm in New Zealand.
Catalyst Investment Managers funds managed
Closed funds: 3
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Stories that mention Catalyst Investment Managers
Restructuring looms large
Portfolio problems are keeping Australian general partners occupied.
Australian fundraising drops 74%
Australian private equity fundraising has fallen due to fewer new managers setting up shop, as well as the effects of the financial crisis.
ANZ’s private equity division faces write-downs
The division, which is in the process of winding down, saw two portfolio companies in its A$115m ANZ Business Equity Fund enter into administration in June.
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Catalyst raises A$438m for Fund II
The Sydney-based mid-market firm, which had been targeting A$800m, will supplement the fund with a co-investment programme of up to A$160m. It has also made five new hires.
Changing fortunes
As an economy and as a private equity market, Australia could do little wrong. How will the country’s GPs cope with the rude intervention of global recession? asks Andy Thomson
CHAMP- and Catalyst-backed retailer enters receivership
Talks have failed between banks and Australian Discount Retail, the country's largest discount retail group, over company debts of A$96m.
Landmark deals in Asian private equity
PEI Asia presents 15 private groundbreaking transactions that, for many and varied reasons, are set to leave a lasting legacy in Asian private equity.