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SAC Private Capital acquires Taiwanese bank at a steep discount(2)SAC Private Capital, the private equity arm of a US hedge fund group, has acquired a control stake in Cosmos Bank at a discount, saving it from government receivership.
- Debt financing holds firm for mid-market
CIT Capital Finance has delivered financing for the Rutland Partners-led acquisition of Pulse Home Products while Electra Private Equity has carried out a third refinancing on Allflex.
- Pantheon and Nova pick up laboratory group for £75m
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
- Carlyle expands to central and eastern Europe(3)
The Carlyle Group has set up a new team to make investments in central and eastern Europe, a region in which the firm has not made any investments to date.
- Virgin develops private equity strategy
Soon after PEO revealed that the Virgin Group is launching its first institutional buyout fund, its chief executive has reportedly outlined plans to pursue a ‘branded venture capitalism’ strategy, as it looks to take on large buyout firms like Blackstone and Apax.
- Macquarie and MBK team up in Korean cable TV deal(2)
Macquarie Bank and MBK Partners, a North Asian buyout group, have abandoned the fight for a Korean cable TV operator and instead teamed up to acquire it in a deal worth $3 billion.
- Carlyle assembles Asia leveraged finance team(3)
The Carlyle Group has made three senior hires into its recently-formed Asia leveraged finance team. The division, which is based in Hong Kong, is headed by Eric Mason who joined the buyout group in May from JP Morgan.
- Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn
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.
- Arcapita exits wind farm in second deal this week(2)
Prudential M&G’s infrastructure arm Infracapital Partners and an unnamed group advised by JP Morgan Asset Management have bought a one third stake in wind farm Zephyr Investments from Arcapita Bank, in the Bahrain-based investor’s second deal this week.
- Merrill to buy C$475m BCE stake
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.