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Friday Letter New reality bites for Duke StreetThe UK-based buyout firm’s decision to give up on raising a fund and instead work on a deal-by-deal basis highlights the difficulties facing firms that can’t offer scale or specialisation.
- Friday Letter Operational experts shine in PEI awards
Browsing through the winners of PEI’s 2011 awards, one thing becomes apparent: the winners are by and large firms with a demonstrable ability to operationally improve portfolio companies.
- Friday Letter Not easy to clean up
This week’s attempt to delever ISS ahead of (another) possible IPO demonstrate the challenges of realising big investments, and the perils of sizeable debt components.
- Friday Letter When is a large firm not a large firm?
We know we can't please everyone with our annual awards shortlists. But we're leaving all the most important decisions to you.
- Charterhouse becomes Bartec’s third PE owner
Charterhouse reportedly fought off competition from rivals CD&R and EQT, as well as trade player Honeywell International, to acquire the German safety equipment maker in a tertiary buyout.
- Nordic reduces fundraising target
As the firm nears a €1.5bn first close, it has decided to reduce the resources it has devoted to fundraising in order to focus on investments.
- Advent pushes cap on Fund VII to €8.5bn
The firm has enjoyed strong demand from the LP community for its seventh investment vehicle, which is said to be set to close around year's end.
- EQT to invest in Danish retail
The investment, which will be the seventh transaction from the €4.82 bn EQT VI, follows a string of retail investments by private equity firms from the Nordic region.
- Advent stays active with deals
Advent has agreed to buy a Danish IT company from EQT and has also made a tender offer for a diversified German perfume business as it keeps busy in the last months of 2012.
- Exits recover as European buyouts fall 22%
European deal volume and value continue to slow amid ongoing volatility in the region, according to Q3 CMBOR data.