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CVC secures €25bn for industry’s biggest-ever buyout fund

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CVC Capital Partners, the third-biggest Europe-based private equity firm according to the PEI 300, is on track to raise what would be the largest-ever private equity fund, defying the market’s choppy waters. Source: Private Equity International Can’t stop reading? read more H.I.G.

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Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management Set to Make Bids for Adani Capital

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Three private equity groups are reportedly all set to make their binding bids for Gautam Adani’s six-year-old shadow bank, Adani Capital. The funds are reportedly looking at a 100 per cent buyout Adani Capital has $40bn of assets under management and $8bn in book value. The group is expecting 2-2.5

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Focus Group founders dial up £800m sale to private equity firm Hg

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The founders of a business telecoms and IT services provider are on the brink of toasting a nine-figure windfall after entering advanced talks to sell it to one of Britain’s leading private equity firms. Insiders said a number of other private equity firms, including Bain Capital, had also explored offers for Focus Group.

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EQT’s Sinding Says Buyout Firms Hunt for New Ways to Exit

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A growing number of private equity giants are considering new ways of exiting their portfolio companies — from private IPOs to selling their stakes to rivals – as they hunt for ways to return cash to investors, according to one of Europe’s largest buyout firms.

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Blackstone makes $1.7bn bid for Japan e-comics platform Infocom

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Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed.

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B&B Hotels attracts bids of over €3bn from KKR & CVC

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Two major private equity firms, KKR and CVC, have submitted bids exceeding €3bn for B&B Hotels, a French budget hotel chain that was founded in Brest, Brittany in 1990, and has since expanded to 17 European countries, according to a report by the Times.

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Buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners agrees $1.6bn deal for Standish Management

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Private equity firm Thomas H. THL prevailed in an auction for the company over other private equity firms because its bid was favoured by Standish’s management, which currently holds a roughly 45% stake in the business, one of the sources said. read more The post Buyout firm Thomas H.

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