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Report: KKR listed vehicle raises $5bnKKR Private Equity Investor, the New York-based buyout firm’s listed vehicle due to IPO on Amsterdam’s Euronext this week, has raised more than three times its target, according to a report.
- BC Partners to exit GHG for £2.2bn
A consortium including Apax Partners and a South African private hospitals operator has agreed to acquire UK private healthcare business General Healthcare Group.
- West Coast Capital leads bid for Wyevale
The UK garden centre business has received a 555p per share bid from a consortium led by Sir Tom Hunter’s West Coast Capital and Icelandic investment company Baugur.
- Liberty Global sells third European arm to private equity
Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners have agreed to acquire UPC Sweden, following the recent sales of UPC Norway and UPC France to Candover and Cinven respectively.
- August trust commits £15m to Parallel
London-based private equity firm August Equity’s investment trust has made a £15m commitment to a fund managed by Parallel Private Equity - rising to a possible £30m.
- Cinven’s Altice to acquire cable rival
The French cable operator acquired by London-based investor Cinven last year is set to purchase UPC France from Liberty Global for approximately €1.2bn.
- CVC linked with deals worth €18bn
The European private equity firm is targeting the possible buyouts of Royal Dutch/Shell’s LPG unit and Ruhrgas Industries – taking the total value of deals the firm is currently linked with to about €18bn.
- TDC board recommends Apax and KKR-led bid
If accepted by the Danish telecoms company’s shareholders, the €10 billion deal would be the largest private equity buyout yet seen in the Nordic region.
- UK MBOs near £25bn
Mega buyouts have helped push the value of MBOs that took place in the UK during 2005 to almost £25 billion.
- Fast-tracking alternatives
The recent announcement that UK pension fund Railpen has set aside four percent of total assets for allocation to hedge funds should come as no surprise: it has always been an adventurous investor. Andy Thomson reports.