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Bain seals $1.8bn exit to Hellman, JMI EquityThe firm will sell insurance software company Applied Systems, which it acquired in 2006 for about $675m.
- Bain seals $1.8bn exit to Hellman, JMI Equity
The firm will sell insurance software company Applied Systems, which it acquired in 2006 for about $675m.
- Leveraged finance review: North America's demanding problem
Capital abounds for private equity deals of all sizes in North America, but new M&A has yet to take off
- Warburg sells Bausch & Lomb for $8.7bn
The deal will generate a return multiple of roughly 3x for Warburg, which acquired the company in 2007 for about $3.67bn.
- Insight closes Fund VIII on $2.57bn
The New York-based firm surpassed its $2.4bn target and will invest up to 40% of the fund outside of the US.
- Bain leads $6.9bn software take-private
The acquisition of BMC Software by a group of investors including Golden Gate Capital, Insight Venture Partners and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is the third private equity ‘mega-deal’ to transact in 2013.
- KKR expands mid-market lending talent
Sean Stevens, who joined KKR to work on its mid-market lending partnership with Stone Point and CPPIB, formerly worked at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
- SF mid-market firms try on Payless in $2bn deal
San Francisco private equity firms Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital will take private troubled shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource as part of a deal for Collective Brands.
- Golden Gate tests IPO window
Golden Gate portfolio company US Silica is expecting to raise around $243.5m for its public float, pricing the company between $16 and $18 per share.
- Former Golden Gate pair nears debut fund close
Sycamore Partners, formed by two former Golden Gate Capital executives earlier this year, has made a bid for clothing retailer Talbots as it nears a final close for its maiden fund.