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Apax lines up $800m Patni as first Indian buy(2)Family-owned Patni Computer Systems could be the first acquisition by global buyout firm Apax Partners in India, although it faces competition from rival buyout firms.
- Apax lines up $800m Patni as first Indian buy
Family-owned Patni Computer Systems could be the first acquisition by global buyout firm Apax Partners in India, although it faces competition from rival buyout firms.
- CD&R maintains excellent distribution
Clayton Dubilier & Rice recently led the $10.3 billion acquisition of HD Supply, the wholesale business of US retail giant Home Depot. It is the latest in a string of deals the US buyout firm has completed for distribution businesses. Nicholas Lockley reports.
- Carlyle hires financial institutions team(2)
The private equity giant will begin investing in the financial sector following the hiring to two senior executives from Mercantile Bankshares and Hartford Financial, respectively.
- Carlyle hires financial institutions team
The private equity giant will begin investing in the financial sector following the hiring to two senior executives from Mercantile Bankshares and Hartford Financial, respectively.
- APN buyout in Australia shot down
The proposed $2.5 billion buyout of Australia’s APN News & Media by a consortium led by Irish billionaire Tony O’Reilly’s Independent News & Media has failed to garner enough support. The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners will have to wait for their first Australian deal.
- Carlyle buys rail logistics firm
Carlyle’s purchase of Atlanta, Georgia-based RMI adds to its business services portfolio, while reinforcing investment trends in infrastructure and transport/logistics firms.
- GS, TPG to take Alltel private for $27.5bn
TPG and Goldman have agreed to buy US wireless provider Alltel for $27.5 billion, the largest-ever private equity deal in the telecom sector.
- CCMP to sell chemicals firm to Carlyle for $1.5bn
The Carlyle Group is set to acquire a former JP Morgan Partners portfolio company, Niagara Holdings, from CCMP in a $1.5 billion transaction.
- Virgin Media considers take private
A private equity consortium led by Providence Equity Partners is reportedly preparing a $15 billion bid for UK cable business Virgin Media.