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3i to buy VNU Business Media Europe for €320m(2)3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
- 3i to buy VNU Business Media Europe for €320m
3i will buy VNU Business Media Europe from VNU, an information and media company, for €320 million, bringing the number of media businesses in the private equity company’s portfolio to eight.
- Goldman raises $6.5bn for infrastructure
The real estate and private equity teams within Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division will help manage the giant new infrastructure fund.
- US buyout groups join BVCA
Bain Capital, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR have signed up to the BVCA, a UK trade body, as the industry continues its charm offensive.
- Carlyle brings in North African specialist for MENA push
The Carlyle Group has recruited North African specialist Hassan El-Khatib as a managing director to bolster its newly formed MENA team in Cairo.
- Brentwood acquires virtual educator for $150m+
The LA-based firm has bought The Teaching Company, a publisher and direct marketer of university-level courses on DVD and CD.
- MBK and TPG-Newbridge to compete for China Networks
Two private equity firms have been shortlisted from an original list of six that included Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs to compete for the acquisition of China Networks Systems, a Taiwanese cable TV operator.
- Tri-Artisan Partners signs on ex-Weisel managing director
The private equity unit of the eponymous New York merchant bank today announced that Carlyle and Thomas Weisel Partners alum Alan Menkes has been named managing director of its private equity business.
- Carlyle invests $169m in Hyundai Communications and Network
The Carlyle Group gets a 33.5 percent stake in Hyundai Communications and Network for its $169 million investment in the multiple system operator in Korea.
- Actis to invest $42m in India’s Paras Pharmaceuticals
Actis, a UK Private equity firm, is investing $42 million to fund the expansion of an Indian over-the-counter healthcare and personal care business.