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Blackstone is plotting its entrance into the UK retail banking sector.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Apollo lands $8bn Citi Property Investors

Leon Black’s Apollo Global Management has been chosen as the preferred bidder to take control of Citi Property Investors, the real estate investment arm of Citigroup.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ACS nears sale of ports division to JPMorgan

The long-running sale of ACS’ ports division – which had revenues of €114m in 2008 – appears to be nearing its conclusion.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

3i mulls secondary play with £500m HBoS deal

The listed firm is expected to again team with Coller Capital to spin out a portfolio, but the potential transaction would see 3i become the manager of the assets in play rather than the seller.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Encore reaps 3x with healthcare exit

DFJ Esprit’s VC secondaries arm, which is backed by Coller and HarbourVest, has sold a medical device company for $330m.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

To Acropolis!

David Snow explains why he will defeat Philip Borel in the Marathon of Marathons.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Cipio scores 20x return from €60m TA deal

The direct secondaries firm in 2004 acquired a large stake in email marketer eCircle - now owned by TA Associates - as part of a portfolio purchased from Deutsche Telekom.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Bain buys Dow Chemical unit for $1.6bn

The private equity firm has done four deals in 2010, with its second mega-deal of the year resulting from an auction that reportedly included TPG and Apollo.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Carlyle leads $550m offshore bank deal

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Wellcome Trust are among the investors now backing Butterfield & Son, Bermuda's first-ever bank.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

JPMorgan plunges into US water sector

The firm agreed to buy SouthWest Water Company, a NASDAQ-listed water and wastewater utility, for a total equity value of $275m.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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