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Maxeda refinancing shelved despite sweeteners(3)The troubled refinancing of Dutch retailer Maxeda has fallen prey to the current jitters in the credit markets, despite the KKR-led buyout consortium sweetening the offering earlier this month.
- Branson may join Virgin Media take-private bid(3)
The hotly contested auction for cable company Virgin Media may be facilitated by shareholder Sir Richard Branson, while the number of reportedly interested bidders continues to increase.
- Bank of Scotland buys LDC’s stake in property business(3)
Lloyds TSB Development Capital has sold its minority stake in UK property business Apollo Group to the Bank of Scotland.
- BVCA names communications veteran as chief executive
The search for a new chief executive has ended with the appointment of Simon Walker, a communications specialist and one time secretary to HM The Queen. He is also an adviser to the government on red-tape reduction.
- Keniston-Cooper returns to buyouts at Morgan Stanley
US bank Morgan Stanley has appointed Graham Keniston-Cooper European private equity head, as the buyout firm veteran returns a year after Lazard pulled the plug on his private equity unit.
- Virgin Media bids to come in September
The Virgin Media auction will come later than expected as problems in the debt markets have constrained leverage available to buyout firms.
- Bank of Scotland buys LDC’s stake in property business(2)
Lloyds TSB Development Capital has sold its minority stake in UK property business Apollo Group to the Bank of Scotland.
- Branson may join Virgin Media take-private bid(2)
The hotly contested auction for cable company Virgin Media may be facilitated by shareholder Sir Richard Branson, while the number of reportedly interested bidders continues to increase.
- Morgan Stanley closes $500m distressed debt fund of funds(3)
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners has closed its first distressed debt fund of funds, as the bank continues to expand its private equity activities after pulling out of the market in 2004.
- TDR, Capricorn agree to Cinven’s £559m potential bid for Gondola
Cinven has said it is considering making an offer for the quoted owner of two UK pizza chains, whose main shareholders have agreed to sell.