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  • Buyout firms highlight pension fund beneficiaries in defence(3)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    The five firms giving evidence to the UK Parliament’s investigation hope a mixture of hard fact about successful deals and plain talking about tax among other issues will make a stronger case than the BVCA managed with its lamentable performance last week.

  • Sterling Capital closes $1bn third fund(2)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    US mid-market firm Sterling Capital has nearly doubled the size of its previous fund with a ‘quick, easy’ capital raise.

  • Sterling Capital closes $1bn third fund
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    US mid-market firm Sterling Capital has nearly doubled the size of its previous fund with a ‘quick, easy’ capital raise.

  • TXU buyers offer $30m for pollution reduction(3)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    KKR and TPG have reportedly offered to pay $30 million toward air quality improvement programmes in central Texas, in the group’s latest move to quell criticism of the $45 billion proposed buyout of Dallas, Texas-based utility company TXU.

  • Buyout firms highlight pension fund beneficiaries in defence(2)
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    The five firms giving evidence to the UK Parliament’s investigation hope a mixture of hard fact about successful deals and plain talking about tax among other issues will make a stronger case than the BVCA managed with its lamentable performance last week.

  • Buyout firms highlight pension fund beneficiaries in defence
    PEI Staff- 4 January 2013

    The five firms giving evidence to the UK Parliament’s investigation hope a mixture of hard fact about successful deals and plain talking about tax among other issues will make a stronger case than the BVCA managed with its lamentable performance last week.

  • Biomet price tag grows to $11.4bn
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    Days before a scheduled shareholder vote, Blackstone, KKR, Goldman and TPG have amended their agreement to buy Biomet, increasing the deal for the orthopedic products manufacturer by nearly 5 percent.

  • TXU buyers offer $30m for pollution reduction(2)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    KKR and TPG have reportedly offered to pay $30 million toward air quality improvement programmes in central Texas, in the group’s latest move to quell criticism of the $45 billion proposed buyout of Dallas, Texas-based utility company TXU.

  • KKR invests into Taiwanese passive component maker
    Sharon Lim- 4 January 2013

    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has regulatory approval to invest $230 million in a convertible bond in Taiwan-listed Yageo Corporation, giving the US buyout firm the equivalent of a 16 percent stake in the electronic component maker.

  • MPs’ double standard on transparency(3)
    James Taylor- 4 January 2013

    Many of the Labour MPs on the UK Treasury Select Committee believe the private equity industry needs to be more open and transparent. However, they take a very different attitude to their own Parliament.