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Silver Lake clinches Serena Software dealSilver Lake Partners agreed to take Serena Software private for roughly $1.2 billion, in what has been a busy week for public-to-private transactions.
- Major shareholder rejects €10bn TDC offer
ATP, the Danish pension fund that owns a 5.5% stake in TDC, has thrown the buyout of the Danish telecom firm into doubt by rejecting a private equity consortium’s bid.
- Report: Legrand planning €7bn IPO
The Wendel Investissement and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts-owned electrical retailer is expected to carry out one of France’s largest flotations of recent times.
- CVC launches €1.4bn retail takeover
The European private equity firm has launched a €1.4bn agreed takeover bid for Spanish clothing retailer Cortefiel on top of its bid for cable and wireless group Auna.
- KKR hires healthcare veteran
Kenneth Freeman has joined the New York buyout giant as managing director, having formerly served as the head of Quest Diagnostics.
- Turnaround Investor
Under Jean-Bernard Lafonta, Wendel Investissement has become an important player on the European buyout scene.
- Driving Profitable Top Line Growth Through Optimal Pricing
There are a number of advantages to using pricing process optimisation rather than cost-cutting to ensure delivering a great, rather than merely a good investment write Stephan Butscher and Balraj Kalsi.
- Asia PE market scores record year in 2005
2005 has been hailed as the best ever in Asian private equity, according to a new survey.
- KKR recruits Bain for Accellent purchase
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital have completed a $1.27 billion acquisition of medical device maker Accellent. When the deal was first announced, Bain was not mentioned as part of the buying group.
- PE firms branded ‘locusts’ in Germany
A debate over private equity’s business ethics is raging in Germany after one of the country’s most senior politicians described financial investors as greedy, job-destroying insects.