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Italian fund of funds to launch London office

Milan’s Advanced Capital is carrying out the first phase of its global expansion plan.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

TPG still in driving seat at B&B

The beleaguered UK lender Bradford & Bingley has turned down an approach from investment firm Resolution. TPG's stake building remains the preferred complement to the mortgage group's rights issue.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Report: Carlyle nears £400m deal for De La Rue division

The buyout firm is reportedly weeks away from closing a deal for De La Rue’s cash systems division, whose products include ATMs, cash counting machines and related software.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Latin American social venture fund holds first close on $20.6m

Mexican VC IGNIA’s first fund, targeting up to $75m, will seek to create social impact throughout Latin America without sacrificing returns.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

CVC to pay €2.4bn for German chemicals

The European buyout firm is set to take a 25% stake in Evonik, a German state-backed conglomerate that also reportedly interested US mega-firms KKR, Bain and Blackstone.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Carlyle releases first public annual report

The mega-buyout firm has revealed it booked $8.9 billion in returned equity and profits for LPs last year, while also addressing the failure of Carlyle Capital and the decline of the leveraged buyout boom.

3 min read · 04 January 2013

Congress reintroduces threat of tax hike on carry

US House Ways and Means Committee chairman Charles Rangel has again introduced a bill that would tax carried interest as personal income after dropping an identical provision last December.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Silverfleet sells truck parts business to Cinven

In Cinven's second deal of the day it is buying into the global growth in logistics helping Silverfleet to a return of 3.1x on its original investment in truck parts maker Jost World.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Candover consortium closes in on Expro

The battle between a private equity consortium and oil giant Halliburton for the services business is drawing to a close as Candover and its team sweeten its agreed bid.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

CVC denies plan to sell Evonik real estate division

CVC’s Germany head Steven Koltes has dismissed speculation in the financial press that it plans to sell the real estate division of Evonik, a German conglomerate in which it bought a 25 percent stake earlier this month.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

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