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Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(3)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.
- KKR signs Turkey’s largest deal(2)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buyout firm, has bought UN Ro-Ro in its first transaction in Turkey, making it the latest firm to gain exposure to the country and the neighbouring MENA region.
- Carlyle encounters obstacles in $6.3bn Manor Care buyout
Critics of Carlyle’s $6.3 billion buyout of US nursing home chain Manor Care have convinced several state legislatures to review the deal before granting the private equity firm operating licenses for dozens of facilities.
- Merrill to buy C$475m BCE stake(2)
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.
- Senators begin inquiry into PE-owned nursing homes(3)
Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee members considering carried interest taxation and tax on publicly traded financial partnerships, are investigating patient care at private equity-owned nursing homes.
- Carlyle recruits European investment banker
The Carlyle Group, the global investment firm, has expanded its European buyout team with Norbert Reis joining from Credit Suisse to cover the German and Austrian markets.
- Carlyle closes third US venture fund on $605m(2)
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.
- Carlyle buys IT company
The Carlyle Group, the global buyout firm, has acquired KCS.net as the firm continues to do deals in the European mid-market.
- Capital Trust targets $300m MENA fund
The investment firm is preparing to go back to investors having nearly invested its $65 million regional fund, as activity continues in the burgeoning MENA region.