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- Friday Letter P2P Rush - Take Three
Are the stars finally aligned for a fresh round of public-to-privates?
- Friday Letter Bad timings, big returns
Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.
- Carlyle invests in Turkish hosiery
Carlyle’s $500m MENA-focused growth capital and buyout vehicle will acquire a 30% stake in family owned Penti.
- Warburg Pincus and Cinven offload more Ziggo shares
The two firms, which have already made respective returns of 4x and 2.7x, are selling an additional 37 million shares worth a total of €916m.
- Cinven makes second pharma play with new fund
The London-headquartered firm has funded the acquisition of Amdipharm with capital from its fifth fund, which has now reached €4bn as it pursues a €5bn target.
- Cinven in €3.3bn partial exit
The sale of Avio’s aviation business to GE comes as the firm approaches its fundraising target.
- Permira hires former Lehman banker to challenge CVC
The two European buyout groups are both expanding into multi-asset managers with the launch of Permira’s debt team under Peter Combe, a former Lehman Brothers banker, according to a report.
- How hard is a hard cap?
In the last two months four private equity funds have blown through their hard caps, which, Helix Associates’ Ian Simpson says, demonstrates general partners’ growing weakness to the smell of money.
- Fremont, TPG to acquire insurance company
The buyout of Nasdaq-listed Direct General is valued at approximately $628m.