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KSL picks up resort portfolioFormer KKR affiliate KSL and the Dedman family of Texas will buy resort, sports club and private club assets from Dallas-based ClubCorp in separate transactions valued at $1.8b.
- SVG enjoys strong first half
SVG Capital, Permira’s largest investor, has delivered a healthy first half performance and is confident for the future despite the buyout firm’s lack of deals in the same period.
- KSL closes $1.1bn private equity fund
KSL Capital Partners, a private equity fund specializing in the travel and leisure sector, has closed its new fund on about $1.1bn, outraising its original target of $750m.
- Apax, KKR abandon Signet Group bid
Apax Partners and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, two buyout firms, have quashed the possibility of an offer for Signet Group, a jewellery retailer with stores in the UK and US.
- Carlyle LP meeting nears 1000 people
As many as 900 people are expected to attend Carlyle’s annual investor meeting in Washington DC next week, during which the firm is expected to unveil further details about its new Middle East and hedge fund platforms.
- Kelting to head European leveraged finance at Barclays
David Kelting, the joint head of Barclays Capital’s sponsor origination team, has been promoted head of European leveraged finance, replacing Chris Coles, who is going on sabbatical.
- Pacific Equity Partners boost team
Pacific Equity Partners, an Australian private equity firm, has taken onboard a former Bain consultant as a director, after hiring an ex-Coles executive.
- Crosby joins advisory committee at Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint, a European mid-market private equity firm, has bolstered its European advisory committee with the appointment of Sir James Crosby, former chief executive officer of HBOS.
- MBK in billion-dollar race for Taiwan’s China Network Systems
MBK Partners, a North Asia-focused private equity manager, is competing with Goldman Sachs, Carlyle and KKR for Taiwan’s top cable TV operator in a transaction estimated to fetch about $1.4 billion.
- Bain and Apax squeeze into €8.3bn Philips deal
The two global buyout firms have found a route back into the Philips’ semiconductor deal which KKR and its consortium tied up at the beginning of August.