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  • Buyouts boost Caisse results
    Amanda Janis- 3 January 2013

    The Quebec pension fund had a 14.6 percent return on investments last year, and experienced comparable gains for its public and private equity portfolios.

  • Sterling, Citigroup in education take-private(3)
    Sushil Cheema- 3 January 2013

    Along with members of the company’s management team, the two firms have agreed to buy Nasdaq-traded Educate in a deal worth $545m. It is Citigroup’s and Sterling’s second education-related deal announced today.

  • Sterling, Citigroup in education take-private(2)
    Sushil Cheema- 3 January 2013

    Along with members of the company’s management team, the two firms have agreed to buy Nasdaq-traded Educate in a deal worth $545m. It is Citigroup’s and Sterling’s second education-related deal announced today.

  • Sterling, Citigroup in education take-private
    Sushil Cheema- 3 January 2013

    Along with members of the company’s management team, the two firms have agreed to buy Nasdaq-traded Educate in a deal worth $545m. It is Citigroup’s and Sterling’s second education-related deal announced today.

  • Hutchings resurfaces at hedge fund advisory firm
    PEI Staff- 3 January 2013

    Former gatekeeper David Hutchings is returning to his gatekeeper roots with a plan to build a private equity business at Albourne Partners, a hedge fund advisory firm.

  • EQT buys triple play cable company
    Sharon Lim- 31 December 2012

    The Nordic buyout firm has reportedly paid €1.3 billion to acquire German television, broadband and telephony provider Kabel BW from Blackstone and Caisse de Depot et Placement de Quebec.

  • CalPERS made $2.8bn from PE last year
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The pension's private equity programme made a significant contribution to an overall return of 13.5 percent on investment in 2004, helping to lift assets to an unprecedented $183bn.

  • Bain ‘books’ $2.1bn quick flip
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    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.

  • Carlyle makes third German RE acquisition
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The global private equity firm's European real estate fund has acquired a cinema and office building in central Hamburg.