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CHAMP buys $293m stake in wine conglomerateThe Sydney-based firm is the latest to uncork a wine deal, buying a majority stake in NYSE-listed Constellation, whose labels include Clos du Bois.
- Apax hires in-house counsel
The buyout giant reportedly hired Simon Cresswell from Goldman Sachs, where he held a similar position.
- ING REIM sale process begins
The sale of ING Real Estate Investment Management is to commence in the next two to three weeks after Morgan Stanley was appointed to market the €64.4bn business. Private equity firms KKR and TPG are reportedly considering bids.
- Private equity rounds off year of recovery
The industry nearly doubled the value of last year’s deals in the first 10 months of 2010 alone, with the upwards trend set to continue to the end of the year.
- TPG in final bidding for ING real estate platform
TPG has made a final offer for the real estate investment management platform, while KKR and others have dropped out of the bidding.
- Actis, GIC in $154m Indian energy deal
The emerging markets-focused firm has teamed up with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund to invest $77m each in India's GVK Energy.
- Mega-firms to reap up to $3.7bn in TDC listing
Apax, Permira, Providence, Blackstone and KKR will partially exit the Danish telecoms company they took private for $12bn in 2005.
- AAC in €650m specialty chemical exit
Bain Capital has agreed to buy specialty chemical distributor IMCD from AAC, which purchased the company from AlpInvest in 2005 for an undisclosed sum.
- KKR may need to up $1.7bn bid for Perpetual
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ bid to buy Australian fund and wealth manager Perpetual may need to be revised upward as the company’s ASX-traded stock has surged in recent weeks.
- Carlyle CFO Nachtwey resigns
Peter Nachtwey is stepping down as chief financial officer of The Carlyle Group to become CFO at asset management firm Legg Mason.