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- Onex to pay C$960m for plastics molding company(3)
Onex will pay C$960m for TSE-listed Husky Injection Molding Systems, offering shareholders a 38.6 percent premium over the company’s closing price on 27 September.
- Blackstone fees boost bank profits
For the second year running Blackstone was the biggest single generator of financial sponsor-driven revenue for investment banks, paying $646 million in fees last year.
- KKR hires trio of in-house experts
In a further sign of institutionalisation at the global private equity giant, and ahead of an expected IPO, KKR has lured David Sorkin, a lawyer from Simpson Thacher, to become general counsel, as well as named new heads of human resources and information technology.
- BVCA names communications veteran as chief executive(4)
The search for a new chief executive has ended with the appointment of Simon Walker, a communications specialist and one time secretary to HM The Queen. He is also an adviser to the government on red-tape reduction.
- In Washington State, KKR admits to ‘a bit of chaos’(4)
Making a presentation before the Washington State Investment Board yesterday, KKR’s George Roberts and Johannes Huth, right,asked for a commitment to a massive new European fund and predicted a reinvigorated deal market will follow the current mega-malaise.
- Columbia Business School launches PE programme(4)
Columbia Business School is following in the footsteps of Dartmouth and Cornell in establishing a specialised private equity programme for MBA students.
- Columbia Business School launches PE programme(3)
Columbia Business School is following in the footsteps of Dartmouth and Cornell in establishing a specialised private equity programme for MBA students.
- Shareholders approve TXU(4)
After months of disputes surrounding TPG and KKR’s $45 billion buyout of TXU, shareholders have voted in favour of the deal.
- Shareholders approve $49bn BCE buyout(3)
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.