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KKR hires ex-HSBC chiefThe US buyout firm has given Sir John Bond, the former group chairman of the UK’s largest bank, a role as special adviser to help develop its business, particularly in Asia.
- Buyout bigs back $11bn orthopedic deal
Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, KKR and TPG have agreed to take private Biomet, a maker of replacement joints, alongside the company’s founder. At the same time, Biomet is investigating stock option back-dating practices approved by senior management.
- Carlyle launches $5.4bn Taiwan tech offer
The US buyout firm is stepping up its exposure to the semiconductor industry with a bid for the Taiwanese microchip packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.
- Take-off or crash landing?
Much hinges on whether the proposed buyout of Australian airline Qantas proceeds smoothly. By Andy Thomson
- KKR infrastructure fund closes on $1bn
KKR Global Infrastructure Investors has closed with $1 billion in committed capital. The fund, launched in 2008, has helped the private equity firm establish a $4bn real asset platform.
- Forum: Marrying talents within a firm is ‘key challenge’
Combining the differing skillsets of operational and dealmaking executives is the key challenge facing private equity firms in today’s marketplace, argued panellists at the PEI Operating Partners’ Forum.
- Permira reallocates resources for Asian TMT push
Permira has sent one of its London-based partners, Robin Bell-Jones, to Hong Kong to lead a further push into the TMT sector in Japan, South Korea, China and South-East Asia.
- Searchlight in $585m cable merger
Searchlight Capital Partners will acquire a minority stake in international cable company Liberty Global following a merger with Puerto Rico-based cable business OneLink Communications.
- Washington State bets big on Advent, Nordic
The Washington State Investment Board re-upped almost $800m to two of its more established fund managers: Advent International and Nordic Capital.
- AXA PE set to buy OMERS’ portfolio
OMERS has been selling an about $780m portfolio of fund interests as it works to reduce its private equity fund commitment business and focus on direct investments.