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Credit Suisse adds to Asia sponsor coverage group(2)Credit Suisse has hired Ben Ngai from Citi to focus on sponsor coverage in China.
- PE pros fill Forbes 400(4)
More than two dozen of this year's 400 richest US citizens owe their fortunes to private equity.
- KKR, Goldman drop $8bn audio deal(2)
KKR and Goldman Sachs plan to walk away from their previously agreed $8 billion buyout of Harman International Industries, claiming the audio equipment maker has had a material adverse change in its business and breached the agreement. Harman disputes the claims.
- Bridge over troubled water(2)
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
- Consortium to drop $25bn Sallie Mae deal(2)
A JC Flowers-led consortium has said it will likely drop its $25 billion bid for Sallie Mae, but is willing to renogotiate the deal, taking into consideration a changed economic and legislative environment.
- KKR’s Chinese cement deal is third for $4bn Asia fund(2)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has invested $115 million in its first private equity transaction in China. It is the third for a $4 billion fund KKR has raised, its first Asia-dedicated investment vehicle.
- The public faith in the private(4)
The sight of public shareholders scrambling for the stub equity in Thomas H Lee and Bain Capital Partners’ take-private bid for Clear Channel Communications shows the asset class still holds its allure despite the credit market upheaval, writes Toby Lewis.
- Shareholders approve $49bn BCE buyout(4)
BCE shareholders have approved the Canadian telecom company’s sale to Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn. But the $49 billion transaction, the largest proposed buyout to date, still faces regulatory hurdles.
- PE pros fill Forbes 400(3)
More than two dozen of this year's 400 richest US citizens owe their fortunes to private equity.
- The public faith in the private(3)
The sight of public shareholders scrambling for the stub equity in Thomas H Lee and Bain Capital Partners’ take-private bid for Clear Channel Communications shows the asset class still holds its allure despite the credit market upheaval, writes Toby Lewis.