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KKR-led group set to acquire LaureateKKR teams up with a consortium of banks, hedge funds and investors to buy the world’s largest higher education provider, in a $3.8 billion deal.
- Media specialists move into UK satellite broadcast sector
Veronis Suhler Stevenson buys into UK satellite broadcaster as a platform for further consolidation
- Vornado enters Equity Office fray
US real estate trust Vornado has reportedly joined the consortium mulling a counter-bid for Equity Office.
- 2007 set to smash fundraising records again
Fundraising could reach a record $500 billion in 2007, setting yet another new record after last year’s all time high.
- Roberts: ‘We don’t believe there is a bubble’
Henry Kravis and George Roberts of KKR shared their thoughts on the current state of the private equity industry in a rare interview published today in The Wall Street Journal.
- Apollo could be next to list
US buyout firm Apollo Management may follow Blackstone’s lead by listing on the New York Stock Exchange, according to reports.
- KKR dominates Q1 deal market
Private equity buyout volume reached $197bn in the first quarter of 2007, while KKR accounted for a staggering 48 percent of that deal activity.
- Private equity backs its own in US election
The US private equity community has contributed substantial sums to the ever-expanding war chests of the US presidential hopefuls. Republican candidate Mitt Romney, the co-founder of Bain Capital, has predictably been the most generously supported.
- Sun Capital buys Japanese snack maker
Sun Capital’s recently established Japanese affiliate has completed its first deal with the acquisition of “Fruit Jelly” snack maker Tarami.
- US union sets sights on private equity
The US’ largest labour union has issued a scathing report on buyouts, and challenged the private equity industry to reduce income inequality and ‘restore promise in the American Dream’ – prompting a response from the Private Equity Council.