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Stone Point to buy Ford division(2)The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm has made an agreement to buy the automobile maker’s service contract provider, Automobile Protection Corporation.
- Environmentalists: backing TXU not a ‘PR stunt’(2)
The $45bn buyout proposed by KKR, TPG, and Goldman Sachs has been lauded by environmental and watchdog groups, which maintain the environmental policy improvements promised are not just a façade.
- Financial services investments keep pace in 2006(2)
The year 2006 saw private equity firms continue to target the financial services sector, according to a new report.
- Media unlimited(2)
Growth in internet advertising is fuelling media consolidation and private equity is playing its role the tune of €19bn with deals like Clear Channel boosting the total, writes Jennifer Bollen.
- H&F earns back Gartmore investment
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
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
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
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.
- Hellman & Friedman buys $1.8bn Kronos
US and UK buyout firm Hellman & Friedman has bought Kronos, a provider of human capital management solutions, in a deal valued at about $1.8 billion.
- Kravis, Bonderman appeal to Texas lawmakers
Henry Kravis and David Bonderman addressed Texas legislators’ concerns over their firms’ proposed $45 billion buyout of US utility TXU, as rival private equity firms are reportedly close to submitting a competing bid.