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KKR sells Omnetica, bids for recyclerFollowing the sale of IT services provider Omnetica to UK trade buyer Kingston comes news of KKR’s recommended €260m takeover bid for German recycling company Duales System.
- Intelsat buyout under threat
The Zeus consortium which had agreed to purchase global satellite company Intelsat in a deal expected to be completed next month are considering its position after the failure of one of the company’s satellites.
- KKR exits child care centers for $1.04bn
Global buyout house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is selling its majority stake in KinderCare to daycare center operator Knowledge Learning Corp.
- GS Capital acquires £363m satellite stake
GS Capital Partners, the principal investment arm of Goldman Sachs, has bought a 16 percent stake in France based satellite operator Eutelsat.
- KKR buys Canadian doormaker for C$3bn
The global buyout firm has agreed to acquire Masonite International in a C$3.1bn Canadian take-private.
- Bain spends mega dollars on Dollarama
The Boston buyout firm has reportedly acquired the Montreal discount retailer for a C$1.05 billion price tag.
- Huth put in charge of KKR Europe
Following news that Ned Gilhuly is to return to KKR’s Menlo Park office, Johannes Huth has been named head of the firm’s London office.
- Making private equity work
When the private equity bubble burst, some investors in the asset class took to their heels and never came back. Those who stayed are taking steps to understand where they went wrong. Philip Borel finds out what these LPs are doing as the market recovers - and learns that not all classes of LPs are the same when it comes to manager selection success. Who would you predict is the more successful investor type: funds of funds or endowments?
- Truffle hogs
Germany's weakened economy remains difficult territory for financial sponsors to negotiate. Incumbents dig deep to come up with the goods. Is the hard work paying off, asks Philip Borel
- Direct effect
Three Canadian pensions are among the biggest direct private equity investors in the country. Teachers', OMERS and the Caisse are at turns partners, rivals and emulators of each other, and their respective programmes are the results of wildly divergent histories. David Snow reports from Toronto and Montreal