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NXP Semiconductors files $1.15bn IPOThe company backed by KKR, Bain, Silver Lake, Apax and AlpInvest represents one of at least seven PE-backed IPOs reportedly expected this week.
- Sageview to create unique bank investing vehicle
The KKR-spinout is looking to sign up state pensions to raise at least $1bn for a bank holding company that will buy failed financial institutions.
- IndyMac deal may be a thing of the past
US regulations on PE ownership of banks will prevent future deals like IndyMac, according to Sander Levy of Vestar Capital Partners.
- Blackstone stocks freezer with $1.3bn deal
Vestar Capital has sold Birds Eye seven years after leading a $175m recap of the frozen food company. It marks Blackstone's fourth US private equity deal this year.
- CPPIB, Sterling buy Livingston for C$273m
The firms will pay C$8 per unit for the company, which provides custom brokerage, transportation and logistics services.
- Last round: You’ve chosen the finalists, now choose the winners
The final voting round is open for the Private Equity International Awards. Will Apax again be voted European LBO firm of the year? Is the best North American LP still Yale? Can Advent again take the honours in Latin America? Might Abraaj be displaced as best Middle Eastern firm? Influence all these races and more by voting now.
- Vestar nabs Unilever detergent unit for $1.4bn
Unilever’s North American laundry business, which includes detergent and fabric softener brands Snuggle and Surf, will be combined with Vestar portfolio company Huish Detergents. Unilever will retain a $375m stake in the combined business.
- LP PROFILE - Washington State Investment Board
LP PROFILE 2007-03-01 Staff Writer Head office Tel: +1 360 956 46002100 Evergreen Park DriveFax: +1 360 956 4780P.O. Box 40916www.sib.wa.govOlympia, WA 98502USAASSETS / FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT$63 billionYEAR FIRST INVESTED IN PRIVATE EQUITY1981ALLOCATION TO PRIVATE EQUITY / ALTERNA
- Bidding begins for UK biofuels company
The alternative energy sector is proving increasingly attractive as oil prices soar.