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KKR and Pessina take Boots into ChinaAlliance Boots is expanding into China less than a year after US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts took the company private alongside Stefano Pessina - beginning the emerging markets expansion plans cherished by the Boots executive chairman.
- Bridge over troubled water(4)
Banks and investment groups may have found a cure for debt indigestion in the form of the hung bridge fund. By Andy Thomson, editor Private Equity International
- Boots syndication could take up to a year(2)
The syndication of the remaining tranche of Alliance Boots debt could take up to a year after a double blow to the company.
- Blackstone hires Mark Woodward as senior advisor(3)
Blackstone has boosted its capability to join in the technology buyout trend with the appointment of an 30-year industry veteran to source and evaluate deals.
- Carlyle beefs up Japan team(4)
The Carlyle Group has beefed up its Japanese buyout team with the appointment of a co-head and a chairman commencing October and November respectively.
- Silver Lake, ValueAct drop $3bn buyout(2)
Silver Lake’s and ValueAct Partners’ $3 billion buyout of data company Acxiom is the latest in a series of deals to fall apart in the wake of the credit crunch.
- Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(2)
A US conglomerate will buy Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon in a €2.2 billion transaction. The US buyout firm is believed to have paid roughly €1 billion for the Dutch paint company in 2003.
- Carlyle beefs up Japan team(3)
The Carlyle Group has beefed up its Japanese buyout team with the appointment of a co-head and a chairman commencing October and November respectively.
- Oaktree buys stake in healthcare investor
The Howard Marks-led firm continues to steamroller through the credit crunch with another franchise expansion, the purchase of a passive stake in MTS Health Partners. Also made public today was the firm’s $438 million take-private bid for Ocwen Financial Services.
- TPG hires GE veteran as senior advisor for Japan
TPG’s move to appoint an executive retired from a known corporate brand mirrors similar efforts undertaken by other international private equity firms such as KKR and Bain Capital.