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VSS is latest buyout firm to hire top media executiveMedia specialist private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson follows Dubilier by hiring seasoned media executive Leonard Forman to join their board.
- Buyout firms circle New Look
Several buyout firms including The Blackstone Group and CVC Capital Partners are reportedly battling it out in a £2 billion auction of UK fashion retailer New Look. The deal could make up to £1.3 billion for New Look’s owners Apax Partners and Permira.
- House names witnesses for PE hearing
An executive of private equity-owned Dunkin’ Donuts will sit alongside a union representative, an academic and the head of a new private equity lobbying group to answer questions from US congressmen tomorrow.
- Carlyle to float $1bn vehicle on Euronext
Carlyle is set to become the latest private equity firm with shares of an affiliate, Guernsey-based investment company listed on Amsterdam’s Euronext exchange. It has already raised $600 million for the vehicle, and expects the public offering to raise an additional $400 million.
- Oaktree to list on new Goldman exchange
US alternative asset manager Oaktree Capital is to list 13 percent of itself on a private market being developed by investment bank Goldman Sachs.
- Consortiums eyeing $24bn Alltel deal
US regional wireless carrier Alltel is reportedly in meetings with at least three groupings of major private equity firms: Blackstone and Providence, TPG and Goldman Sachs, and Carlyle and KKR.
- 3i invests in power station developer
3i’s investment in Advanced Power marks another deal in the busy oil and gas sector as buyout firms attempt to profit from the rising demand for energy.
- Deutsche Beteiligungs buys manufacturer for €300m
German buyout firm Deutsche Beteiligungs has bought Coperion Group and the buyout group intends to grow the company by improving its equipment and extending its services.
- Providence to buy Carlyle, Welsh Carson portfolio company for $1.5bn
The Carlyle Group and Welsh Carson have agreed to sell USIS, a provider of “pre-employment screening solutions”, to Providence Equity Partners for $1.5 billion.
- Hertz backers cash in $1 billion of shares
Three private equity firms will raise up to $1 billion by cashing in their shares in US car rental company Hertz, while retaining a majority stake. It is the third time they have taken money out of the business.