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GMB switches attack to Alliance Boots(2)Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ £10.1 billion bid for Alliance Boots, potentially the largest European buyout to date, has become the latest deal to attract the ire of the UK-based GMB trade union, private equity’s most vociferous opponent.
- KKR, Goldman in $8bn audio deal(2)
Audio equipment maker Harman International Industries has agreed to be acquired by KKR and GSCP for $8 billion.
- Goldman closes biggest ever buyout fund(2)
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has raised $20 billion for its sixth buyout fund, the first firm ever to reach this mark - although rival private equity groups are reportedly closing in on even larger totals.
- CVC admits defeat on Sainsbury bid(2)
The Sainsbury family seems to have triumphed in its bid to keep the UK retailer out of private equity hands, after the last remaining members of the buyout consortium admitted defeat in their battle to take the company private.
- KKR’s takeover talent(2)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts showed its mastery of the public-to-private transaction after it agreed the £11 billion Alliance Boots bid. Yet why is it that its deal succeeded in an arena where European private equity firms have experienced difficulties lately?
- BCE in talks with KKR, Canadian pensions(2)
Canada’s largest communications company, BCE, has announced it is in buyout discussions about a potential $28 billion privatisation.
- Venture backers sell DocMorris to Celesio(2)
The private equity and venture capital backers of DocMorris, one of the biggest pharmacy brands in Europe, have secured a lucrative sale of the business to Celesio, Europe’s biggest pharmaceutical distributor.
- Buyout battle looms for Thomson division(2)
Some of the world’s biggest buyout firms are set to fight it out for the $3.5 billion-valued higher education division of publishing company Thomson, in the latest demonstration of private equity’s appetite for the sector.
- US union continues buyout campaign(2)
America’s largest labour union has sent out email blasts and established blogs pertaining to private equity deals it finds troubling – the action follows last week’s issuance of a buyout report and launch of an associated website.
- CCMP doubles up for new fund(2)
CCMP Capital Asia is reportedly set to start fundraising for its CCMP Asia Opportunity Fund III, just two years after closing its predecessor.