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PE firms go public - but does it make sense?

With Carlyle's IPO, the big buyout shops that showed an interest in going public have done so. Time to assess the damage. Continue reading

Posted on May 25, 2012 12:30 PM

Accor sells North American motels chains to Blackstone

French hotel operator Accor SA said Tuesday, May 22, that it had agreed to sell North American budget chains, Motel 6 and Studio 6, to Blackstone Group LP, for $1.9 billion, raising cash to cut debt and freeing it from... Continue reading

Posted on May 22, 2012 8:43 AM

PE IPOs: The money trail leads to sponsors

Nearly five years since Blackstone's blockbuster initial public offering in 2007, most buyout majors have since followed, but public investors pay the price. Continue reading

Posted on May 10, 2012 4:40 PM

Bloomberg Businessweek pulls a bait and switch

The magazine hooks the reader with a lurid cover for a story about a midmarket buyout shop trying to improve manufacturing skills. Why not? The media eats it up. Continue reading

Posted on May 4, 2012 1:08 PM

Nordic Capital consortium completes Nycomed exit

The buyout firms sell Fougera to Novartis for $1.53 billion after spinning the U.S. business off from Nycomed when they sold the larger company to Takeda last year. Continue reading

Posted on May 3, 2012 2:11 PM

Bright Food eats Lion's Weetabix

Lion Capital is expected to make about five times its original 2004 investment in Weetabix when the business is sold to the Chinese company for an enterprise value of $1.9 billion. Continue reading

Posted on May 3, 2012 11:51 AM

EC approves $2.2B Sony-EMI transaction

Regulators wave the $2.2 billion deal through after the Japanese electronics and media giant agreed to sell global publishing rights to four music catalogs. Continue reading

Posted on April 19, 2012 4:32 PM

Carlyle lowers IPO expectations

The sponsor targets a midpoint price range of about 8.8 times 2011 economic net income versus 11.6 times to 13 times for public comparables. Continue reading

Posted on April 17, 2012 9:56 AM

Dexus sell real estate to Blackstone

The Australian property manager sells 65 U.S. industrial properties to Blackstone for $770 million. The proceeds will be used to restructure debt Continue reading

Posted on April 16, 2012 1:22 PM

Blackstone et al.: Travelport

The sponsor lost more face than value in the deal for the travel reservation arm of Cendant. Continue reading

Posted on April 13, 2012 3:30 PM

Pension funds' separately managed accounts

Teacher Retirement System of Texas and New Jersey's State Investment Council have fine-tuned PE allocations by devising SMAs. Continue reading

Posted on March 30, 2012 12:00 PM

Permira puts Iglo Foods on the block

The buyout firm appoints Credit Suisse after the European frozen-foods market leader attracted unsolicited approaches Continue reading

Posted on March 26, 2012 12:33 PM

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