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PEI Media to launch the PEI 300To be released on 23 April, the PEI 300 will expand on a popular top 50 list ranking the largest 300 private equity firms in the world. Bain Capital, Bridgepoint and Clayton Dubilier & Rice are among 10 firms to have advanced in the rankings for two consecutive years.
- Pine Brook Road closes $1.4bn debut fund
The New York-based firm has said it will not use financial leverage to bolster returns. It has already done nine deals.
- Warburg continues shopping spree with 'illiquid' deal
The US firm has been deploying cash consistently throughout the past month, most recently having invested $160m to acquire the ice-making business of Manitowoc. It is also set to exit electronic payment firm Metavante, which will be merged with Fidelity National Information Services to create a $10bn enterprise.
- USS to replace chief investment officer
Peter Moon will retire next year from the UK’s University Superannuation Scheme, an influential limited partner in private equity, infrastructure and real estate funds.
- China blocks $2.4bn Coke bid for Hui Yuan Juice
China’s Ministry of Commerce has rejected the takeover of China Hui Yuan Juice, one of China's leading beverage companies, six months after Coca-Cola first made an offer. US private equity firm Warburg Pincus owns a minority stake in the company.
- Warburg increases stake to 30% in US bond insurer
The private equity firm, which first bought into MBIA in 2007, has increased its stake after the bond insurer separated its municipal bond insurance arm from its mortgage-backed insurance unit in an attempt to restructure.
- Warburg to take 10% stake in Premier Foods
The private equity firm has agreed a £64m PIPE with Premier Foods, the UK-based owner of household food brands including Hovis, Cadbury and Bisto, which has been struggling under a £1.7bn debt mound. The investment will form part of a 1.5bn share offer intended to raise around £404m.
- Private equity firms eye GOME
Bain, Carlyle, KKR, Warburg Pincus and the Hopu Fund are among those reportedly interested in a 20 percent stake in the Chinese retailer.
- Warburg advisor to chair Campbell Soup
Paul Charron, who joined Warburg in 2007, will replace Ripplewood chairman Harvey Golub at the global foods company. Charron will begin chairing the company in August 2009 as it seeks to expand in new markets like Russia and China.
- Warburg invests $175m in speech technology company
The global private equity firm acquired a large stake in Nuance after the company merged with ScanSoft, an imaging technology company in which the firm held a controlling stake.