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KKR sign up Lord Hollick as managing directorThe peer and former CEO of United Business Media will join KKR’s London office as a managing director in April to focus on the media sector.
- Carlyle to launch hedge fund programme
The Carlyle Group will set up its own hedge fund and fund of hedge funds later this year in order to battle growing competition from and meet investor demand for these omnivorous pools of capital.
- Code Hennessy closes $1.3bn fund
The Chicago private equity firm has closed its fifth buyout fund on $1.3bn, completing its fundraising in approximately six months.
- KKR tops 2004 investment banking fee table
In 2004, private equity sponsors racked up a whopping $9bn in M&A and capital markets fees, according to Dealogic – 17 percent of total investment banking revenue.
- Blackstone offers €8bn for stake in Wind
The global buyout group has tabled an offer for a 63 percent interest in Italian telecommunications group Wind, valuing the business at €12.6 billion in what would be the largest ever European private equity deal.
- Fox Paine harvests gold from seeds
The San Francisco investment firm has agreed to sell Seminis, a producer of fruit and vegetable seeds, for $1.4bn, more than double what it paid for the business eighteen months ago.
- Carlyle rakes in $5bn for US fund
The global buyout firm has reached a $5bn first close for its fourth US buyout fund less than three months after the launch of fundraising.
- Harvest to exit rollup for $124m
The New York private equity firm will sell a vintage 1996 platform company after seven add-on acquisitions.
- Quadrangle invests $50m in movie chain
The media and communications fund invested $50m in Madison Dearborn portfolio company, Cinemark, the third largest operator of movie screens in the US.
- M&S men reunited at Change
Roger Holmes, the former chief executive of Marks & Spencer, has joined Change Capital, the private equity firm headed up by Luc Vandevelde, the retailer’s erstwhile chairman.