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Tower Records again for saleThe music retailer has changed top management for the third time in four years, and the new CEO says his main goal will be to sell the company.
- Greenhill hires former KKR executive
The New York-based investment bank has invited Kevin Bousquette to join its merchant banking business.
- HCA buyout talks fall apart
The discussions for a group reportedly including Bain Capital, KKR and Merrill Lynch to acquire the hospital operator have fallen apart, according to news reports.
- Blackstone closes fund on $15.6bn
The new vehicle will be the world’s largest buyout fund, setting a new record as rival firms prepare close in on similar megafunds. Already, the new fund is 25 percent committed to deals.
- Bridgepoint sells French nursing homes
BC Partners, a London-based private equity firm, and AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the French insurance group, have teamed up to acquire Médica, a French nursing home business.
- Black bemused with Goldman over TPG
Leon Black of Apollo Management has expressed his displeasure to Goldman Sachs over the investment bank’s role as an advisor in an expected Texas Pacific Euronext listing.
- Blackstone and KKR abandon Univision bid
The private equity consortium competing with Televisa to acquire the company has abandoned its effort, purportedly because of a dispute over how much to bid.
- Apax tops $5.5bn global bank tables
Private equity firms accounted for 16 percent of all global investment banking revenues in the first six months of the year.
- Permira closes world’s largest buyout fund on €11bn
The London-based buyout firm is closing the biggest fund of all time, although its time in the sun is likely to brief with KKR, Texas Pacific and Blackstone all scheduled to hold final closes soon that will re-write the record book.
- Carlyle to close largest Japan fund
Market professionals are expecting The Carlyle Group to announce the formation of a $2bn private equity fund aimed at investment opportunities in Japan.