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Chinese LPs to target offshore PEChinese investors continue to increase their offshore direct investments and will begin to target foreign private equity funds to diversify their portfolios, according to cross-border firm A Capital.
- China’s Dalian buys PE-backed Sunseeker
Chinese property and entertainment giant Dalian Wanda Group has acquired Sunseeker from Irish private equity firm FL Partners as China outbound M&A picks up.
- Mega-firms in $2.6bn cinema exit
Five private equity firms will sell interests in movie chain AMC following an initial investment by Apollo Global Management in 2001.
- Spectrum sees profits without deal fees
Spectrum Equity generated a record volume of exits and refinancings last year while continuing its policy of not charging deal fees to its portfolio companies.
- China’s Wanda Group buys AMC for $2.6bn
The Chinese private conglomerate has completed the largest buyout of a US company to date, underscoring China's cross-border M&A trend.
- Permira to spend $1.6bn on Ancestry.com
The investment in the US-listed genealogy website means the firm’s €9.4bn fourth fund is now about 90% deployed.
- A crack in the market
Could it be? Private equity-backed companies seem to be in demand on the public markets
- Balancing act
Balancing act 2009-04-01 Staff Writer ASSETS / FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT $17 billion as of 16 Dec 2008 AMOUNT / ALLOCATION TO PRIVATE EQUITY 19% target, 18.7% actual YEAR FIRST INVESTED IN PRIVATE EQUITY 1973 GEOGRAPHY North America Yes Western Europe Yes Central & Eastern Europe Yes Middle Eas
- Spectrum Equity leads $122m RiskMetrics recap
The firm has agreed to invest in the financial risk management company alongside General Atlantic Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures.
- Deal Round-up 08/06/01
Infopress printing money; Spectrum Equity storing value; First Hop, second round; YourNews closes second round