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- KKR pays out $9bn to LPs
The global buyout house has returned $9bn to investors in the last 18 months, ahead of its second European fundraising campaign.
- Kohlberg Investors V closes on $800m
US mid-market investor Kohlberg & Company has closed its fifth private equity fund $150m above target.
- DLJ, JPMP agree £1.6bn Warner Chilcott deal
Northern Ireland-headquartered pharmaceuticals firm Warner Chilcott has agreed to be acquired by DLJ Merchant Banking and JP Morgan Partners, the US-based private equity firms, for more than £1.6bn.
- Cinven hires junior execs
The London-headquartered private equity firm has hired a principal and four associates across its London and Frankfurt offices.
- Forstmann to ‘call it quits’
In an extraordinary interview with the New York Times, investment legend Ted Forstmann criticised the private equity industry and vowed to shutter the private equity firm he founded.
- Fox Paine lines up Belgian auto deal
Fox Paine & Company, the San Francisco-based private equity firm, has announced an exclusive agreement to acquire VCST Industrial Products, a Belgian auto components business.
- Apollo buys German resins add-on
Borden Chemical, a specialist resins supplier owned by US private equity firm Apollo Management, has acquired Germany’s Bakelite from Rütgers for an undisclosed sum.
- Morgan Stanley pro joins Providence in London
Following the Metalmark spinout, Gustavo Schwed has joined Providence Equity Partners media investment effort in London.
- Permira, Cinven go Dutch on KKR Vendex stake
KKR has sold half of the 89 percent shareholding in Dutch retailer Royal Vendex that it acquired in July in a €1.5 billion PTP.