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Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(4)A US conglomerate will buy Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon in a €2.2 billion transaction. The US buyout firm is believed to have paid roughly €1 billion for the Dutch paint company in 2003.
- DIC buys 9.9% stake in Och-Ziff(2)
Dubai International Capital, the alternative asset manager, has acquired a stake in US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management in advance of its impending flotation. The hedge fund manager is the latest of numerous firms to receive backing from a state investor.
- BVCA gives voice to mega funds and mid-market firms
The UK trade association has established two new sector committees that will operate under the BVCA umbrella organisation in a bid better to represent member firms.
- Merrill to buy C$475m BCE stake(4)
Five weeks after shareholders approved the C$49 billion BCE buyout, the largest proposed LBO to date, Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn have agreed to sell a C$475 million stake in the Canadian telecom to Merrill Lynch.
- Pantheon and Nova pick up laboratory group for £75m(3)
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
- Saad joins Rasmala
The former Carlyle Group executive Ibrahim Saad has parted company with AB Capital just 14 months after leaving Shuaa Capital.
- Carlyle commits $199m to education venture(2)
Carlyle has teamed with US education provider Apollo Group to form Apollo Global, a $1 billion joint venture that will invest in the education services sector outside the US.
- Pantheon invests in Carlyle-backed Chinese flooring company(2)
Pantheon Ventures, a private equity fund of funds specialist, has invested $12.5 million in a Chinese wood flooring manufacturer backed by The Carlyle Group.
- Carlyle closes third US venture fund on $605m(3)
The Carlyle Group has closed its third US-focussed fund on $605 million, bringing the 10-year-old venture arm’s total capital under management to $3.8 billion. It is the third fund the buyout giant has closed in the past four weeks.
- Merrill to buy C$475m BCE stake(3)
Five weeks after shareholders approved the C$49 billion BCE buyout, the largest proposed LBO to date, Teachers, Providence and Madison Dearborn have agreed to sell a C$475 million stake in the Canadian telecom to Merrill Lynch.