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MDP in biggest asset manager buyout(2)Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners has bought Nuveen Investments, the biggest manager of closed-ended mutual funds in the US, for $5.75 billion. The deal would be the biggest leveraged buyout of an asset manager to date.
- MDP in biggest asset manager buyout
Chicago-based Madison Dearborn Partners has bought Nuveen Investments, the biggest manager of closed-ended mutual funds in the US, for $5.75 billion. The deal would be the biggest leveraged buyout of an asset manager to date.
- Great Hill invests $50m in online ad firm
US mid-market firm Great Hill Partners has purchased a $50 million minority stake in online ad sales rep firm Gorilla Nation. The investment follows several recent big exits in the online ad space.
- Asia Alternatives raises $515m for maiden fund of funds
Asia Alternatives, a new fund of fund manager that has its headquarters in Hong Kong, has raised $515 million, exceeding a $450 million hard cap. The fund may have just held its final close but is already invested in more than ten funds focused across 12 Asian countries.
- H&F earns back Gartmore investment(2)
Buyout house Hellman & Friedman is reportedly placed to make £200 million as part of a £520 million refinancing of asset management firm Gartmore less than a year after it backed a management buyout of the company.
- Wellington Partners invests in media start up(2)
Adconion Media, a German online advertising network, has received a commitment from Wellington Partners, a pan-European venture capital firm, of an undisclosed amount.
- Hellman Friedman closes $8.4bn fund(2)
San Francisco-headquartered Hellman & Friedman has closed its sixth fund on $8.4 billion, days after announcing massive profits from the sale of DoubleClick.
- Hellman Friedman exit nets $2bn(2)
San Francisco-based buyout shop Hellman & Friedman has sold digital marketing firm DoubleClick to internet behemoth Google for $3.1 billion – two years after having taken the firm private for $1.1 billion.
- TXU sale could be blocked(2)
The introduction of a new bill in Texas may heighten the state’s authority to block the KKR- and TPG-led $45bn bid for the Dallas utility company.
- Blackstone eyes £1bn Jupiter deal(2)
Jupiter Asset Management, the Commerzbank-owned fund manager that is currently mulling its strategic options, has become the latest buyout target of The Blackstone Group.