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AIG to sell $600m in LP commitmentsThe troubled financial institution is shopping two partially drawn bundles of commitments made in conjunction with a fund of funds that is part of AIG Investments, now spinning out.
- CPPIB, Sterling buy Livingston for C$273m
The firms will pay C$8 per unit for the company, which provides custom brokerage, transportation and logistics services.
- GIC increases exposure to private equity
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure to mitigate against further losses after a tumultuous year saw its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth.
- Cerberus-backed biotech firm files $894m IPO
This is the firm's third exit attempt for Talecris, which previously had a $3bn trade sale and $1bn IPO fall apart. If successful, it would be the largest US IPO in 2009.
- Silver Lake leads $2bn Skype deal
Silver Lake, Index, CPPIB and Andreessen Horowitz will pay $1.9bn in cash and $125m in debt to purchase a majority stake in the VOIP company from eBay.
- GIC names heads of Europe, Americas
The Singaporean sovereign fund continues its management overhaul, appointing Lim Chow Kiat and Anthony Lim Weng Kin as respective regional heads.
- Emdeon's $367m IPO is big deal for GA
General Atlantic invested $485m in the medical payment company - the largest ever amount it has put into a single portfolio company. Hellman & Friedman is also a backer of the company, which closed up strongly on the NYSE.
- To list or not to list
Private equity-backed IPO filings and floats are on the rise, but that doesn’t mean public markets will necessarily take over as a preferred exit route.
- Signs of a thaw in Avago IPO
The semiconductor company, owned by KKR and Silver Lake, is one of several public offerings planned by private equity sponsors.
- Gores enters Nortel fray
The Gores Group joint venture with Siemens has stepped into a raucous bankruptcy fight for business units of bankrupt Nortel, for which a company backed by TPG and Silver Lake has already bid.