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Texas Pacific hires Raymond SharpeThe US private equity firm has announced the appointment of Raymond Sharpe, chief executive of electronics at the Cookson Group, the engineering concern.
- JLL pasta play goes limp amid Atkins diet fad
JLL Partners will likely declare bankrupt its pasta portfolio company, New World Pasta, thanks to mounting debt and a national craze for the low-carb Atkins diet.
- Videogame guru to co-launch fund
John Riccitiello is stepping down as president of Electronic Arts to set up a media-and- entertainment fund with Silver Lake veteran Roger McNamee.
- Silver Lake, TPG sniff out $275 million deal
Network Associates has announced its intentions to sell its Sniffer network software line to the private equity firms while simultaneously changing its name to McAfee.
- Stock market listings gather pace
The stock market is continuing to prove a fruitful source of exits for European private equity firms, with a number of IPO announcements emerging from an increasingly long pipeline of potential new issues.
- TPG Ventures hires former Critical Path head
Bill McGlashan, who successfully turned his communications software company around, joins the venture capital affiliate of Texas Pacific Group.
- Carlyle/Riverstone in pipeline co deal
The private equity firms’ joint venture, Global Energy and Power Fund II, agrees to buy the parent company of Buckeye Pipe Line Company from Buckeye Partners, L.P.
- The PEO Column: TPG’s fundraiser
Today's investors in private equity are looking for firms, not funds. Texas Pacific was able to offer just that.
- ‘Staffed-up’ Texas Pacific closes $5.3bn fund
Non-US investors, and an emphasis on operations and succession planning lead to fundraising success.
- Autogrill could be Italy’s next mega-deal
The fast-growing Italian private equity market could be delivered another boost if private equity firms follow through on their reported interest in restaurant group Autogrill.