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Dubai fund buys £800m London attractionDubai International Capital has completed its first private equity deal, acquiring the Tussauds Group from Charterhouse Capital Partners for £800m.
- Hicks Muse Europe loses Lobmeyr
Stephan Lobmeyr, currently a director at Hicks Muse (Europe), is leaving to take up a role with Change Capital Partners.
- Buyout groups in fundraising boom
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.
- PAI Europe IV closes on €2.7bn
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.
- Elevation Partners agrees first deal
The Silicon Valley-headquartered media and entertainment ‘venture buyout’ investor has agreed to acquire UK computer games developer Eidos for £71m.
- Kayne Anderson closes $550m energy fund
The Los Angeles- and Houston-based investment firm has closed its third energy private equity fund on $550m, more than double its previous fund of $240m.
- Report: Goldman Sachs to raise $7bn PE fund
Bucking the trend of investment banks scaling back their principal investment activities, Goldman Sachs is reportedly preparing to raise a new mega-fund.
- AlpInvest, Lexington clinch $1.2 DPL secondary
AlpInvest Partners and Lexington Partners have agreed to acquire the entire private equity portfolio of Ohio-based utility DPL.
- Bain ‘books’ $2.1bn quick flip
Four months after acquiring the Canadian directories business of Verizon for $1.5bn, the Boston private equity firm has agreed to sell the company to former KKR portfolio company the Yellow Pages Group for approximately $2.1bn.
- Blackstone head warns of mid-market crisis
Tony James of The Blackstone Group said in an interview with Bloomberg that there were ‘just too many’ middle market buyout firms in the US.