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Study backs industry's value creation record

A survey of large buyouts in the US and Europe supports the private equity industry's claims of portfolio company out-performance.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Banks sell $6bn of Chrysler debt(2)

The JP Morgan-led group of banks that underwrote $10 billion of debt related to Cerberus’ acquisition of Chrysler has sold $6 billion of the debt at 95 percent of par.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Eurazeo goes exclusive on Elis deal(6)

The French listed buyout firm is in pole position to win the auction for Elis, a French textile business, after revealing that it has entered exclusive negotiations to buy the business from rival PAI Partners.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Report: WL Ross offers $435m for bankrupt mortgage division

US restructuring specialist WL Ross has reportedly offered $435 million for the loan servicing division of bankrupt lender American Home Mortgage.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Boots second lien syndication postponed indefinitely(3)

The underwriting banks syndicating the Alliance Boots debt package have pulled the second lien tranche of the debt package, just a week after they were forced to postpone syndication of the senior debt for the deal.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

PPM Capital’s independence comes a year late

PPM Capital’s spinout from Prudential will take place next quarter, after having been delayed for a year beyond market expectations.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Rutland looks to clean up with Dirt Devil(3)

UK turnaround specialist Rutland Partners has bought Pulse Home Products, a supplier of domestic appliances, as it seeks to invest the £320 million fund it closed two weeks ago.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Kleiner Perkins, GTI back oil field technology(2)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has made a co-investment of $10 million with GTI Group in GloriOil, a company formed by GTI in 2005 to commercialise a biotechnology that increases oil well efficiency.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

Phoenix boosts team

The UK mid-market firm has made one internal promotion as it looks to invest its latest fund.

1 min read · 04 January 2013

Imprint shares leap on Alchemy approach(2)

Alchemy Partners is backing an £80 million buyout bid for UK-listed recruitment group Imprint. The company’s shares jumped 20 percent on the news.

2 min read · 04 January 2013

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