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Onex to pay C$960m for plastics molding companyOnex 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.
- JP Morgan chief lays into equity bridges(3)
Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan has hit out at the proliferation of equity bridge facilities used on large buyout deals, suggesting that they are not good for the lending banks or the private equity sponsors.
- Credit crunch forces Apax to postpone Emap bid
Apax Partners has reportedly been forced to postpone its bid for UK media business Emap while it struggles to find a bank prepared to underwrite the bid.
- Alternative assets boost CalSTRS returns(3)
Alternative assets returned 27.6 percent to CalSTRS last fiscal year. Though less than last year’s 32 percent return, CalSTRS’ alternative assets outperformed the portfolio as a whole by around 7 percentage points.
- Spanish pioneer closes second fund of funds
Altamar Private Equity, a fund of funds manager with exclusively Spanish investors, has closed the country’s largest fund yet on $575m, underlining investor appetite.
- Tchenguiz blocks Sainsbury’s bid(3)
The real estate entrepreneur has reportedly rejected Delta Two’s offer of £6-a-share, leaving the Qatari firm scrambling to increase its offer.
- In Washington State, KKR admits to ‘a bit of chaos’
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
Columbia Business School is following in the footsteps of Dartmouth and Cornell in establishing a specialised private equity programme for MBA students.
- Demand still exceeds supply in Asia
The Asian private equity market continues to grow at a rapid rate, but a new report questions whether there are enough quality managers to invest the vast sums pouring into the asset class. James Taylor reports.
- Tchenguiz blocks Sainsbury’s bid(2)
The real estate entrepreneur has reportedly rejected Delta Two’s offer of £6-a-share, leaving the Qatari firm scrambling to increase its offer.