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- Actis partner to join Providence
Providence Equity Partners has hired Tao Sun to head its China investments.
- Providence acquires GLM for $173m
UK newspaper group Daily Mail and General Trust has sold its US-based trade show management business to media specialist Providence Equity Partners.
- Permira sets up digital education platform
The firm, which earlier this week scored a 2.3x return on its exit of animal nutrition company Provimi, has made its first ever acquisition of a digital education company.
- StanChart, Providence in joint talks for broadcaster
India's TV and entertainment sector has piqued the interest of two private equity firms in talks to acquire broadcaster Multi Screen Media.
- Firms help foster digital education trend
With schools facing tighter budgets, digital-based curriculums are playing a larger role in the classroom and in private equity firms' portfolios.
- Nordic reaps huge return on sale to rival
Buyout firm Nordic Capital has sold one of the ‘jewels’ of its portfolio to regional rival EQT, generating a substantial return in the process.
- BC fund kicks off with €1.9bn deal
BC Partners has made its first acquisition with capital from its latest mega-fund, winning the hotly-contested auction for Swedish cable company Com Hem with a bid of SKr17bn (€1.9bn; $2.7bn).
- KKR partnership buys into digital education
KKR invested ‘hundreds of millions’ in a partnership called Weld North in 2010, which has made its first acquisition for a reported $50m.
- TPG poaches Bain executive
Bain Capital's Jingsheng Huang is moving to join rival TPG's China office and will begin his new role in late August. TPG is currently raising two separate RMB funds in Chongqing and Shanghai.