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TPG exits China Grand Auto in $700m saleChinese conglomerate Haitong Securities will acquire a 40% stake owned by the private equity firm
- TD Ameritrade appoints StarVest's Bettino to board
Online broker TD Ameritrade has added Larry Bettino and Todd Ricketts to its board of directors. Bettino is a managing member of StarVest Partners and Ricketts is a director of Chicago Baseball Holding, the holding company for the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise. Bettino's appointment is effective immediately while Ricketts will begin on January 1, 2015.
Need to Meet: Ashwin Krishnan, co-founder and co-CEO, SpareHireAudax and CVC Capital veteran Ashwin Krishnan started SpareHire with lifelong friend Vikram Ashok after their personal experience in the workplace helped them identify a market need.
- Liaison International acquires Spectrum Edu Solutions
Liaison International has bought Spectrum Edu Solutions, a provider of CRM and marketing solutions for higher education institutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Spectrum Edu's backers included Polaris Partners and Warburg Pincus.
- Warburg Pincus names MD in Brazil office
Warburg Pincus has hired Piero Minardi as a managing director in the firm's São Paulo office. Previously, Minardi served as a partner at Brazilian investment firm Gávea Investimentos.
- Warburg Pincus invests $100 mln in Avalara
Warburg Pincus has invested $100 million in Avalara, Inc., which provides cloud-based software for sales tax and other tax compliance. With the Warburg investment, Avalara has raised more than $200 million since 2004 from investors including Sageview Capital and Battery Ventures.
- Healthcare exec group forms Guidon Partners
A group of senior health care executives, which includes Joel Ackerman, former managing partner at Warburg Pincus, has launched Guidon Partners. The firm will invest in growth companies and management buyouts.
- Market at a Glance
U.S.-based buyout and mezzanine firms raised an estimated year-to-date amount of $157.9 billion through October 31. That figure is up from $129.6 billion at this time a year ago.
- Big four sponsors say they're seeing little pain from lower oil prices
The Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management, The Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co in their quarterly updates to Wall Street investors all said their energy investments will withstand the quick drop in oil prices that took place in October.
- IPO Profile: Yodlee Inc
The financial services company raised a $75 million IPO