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Permira, Barclays increase McCarthy & Stone bid to £1.059bnPermira and Barclays Capital have matched a rival consortium’s 1,030 pence per share offer rejected by UK housebuilder McCarthy & Stone last week.
- Blackstone to buy Center Parcs Europe real estate
The Blackstone Group, US manager of the world’s largest buyout fund, is in talks to acquire seven Center Parcs Europe properties.
- Tower Records again for sale
The music retailer has changed top management for the third time in four years, and the new CEO says his main goal will be to sell the company.
- Sun to face the music
Sun Capital’s turnaround of Musicland has hit a stumbling block, following news that the music and video retailer filed for bankruptcy protection.
- Cusins joins Sun Capital
The former Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein executive will take on a management role at the firm chaired by entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.
- Goldner Hawn pursues trucking take-private
Minneapolis private equity group Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison has clinched a deal to take Transport Corp. of America private, rebounding quickly from its missed ShopKo buyout.
- Good time to buy
Michael Pilson of DuPont Capital Management talks to Robert Venes about the role of turnaround, restructuring and distressed funds in his firm’s private equity investment portfolio.
- Sun Capital fundraising sets on $1.5bn
The mid-market firm has closed its fifth private equity fund, with nearly all previous investors returning for another helping.
- Sun Capital buys clothing business
The US buyout firm has paid €100 million and assumed pensions liabilities worth €70 million to acquire the branded clothing arm of US conglomerate Sara Lee.
- Winning some, losing others
As some of Sun Capital’s recent battles show, the retail market is getting increasingly competitive as firms jockey for deals. By Aaron Lovell.