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 Entries tagged "TPG Capital"What the sponsors sawPE investors had to get creative during the worst of the credit crunch, but take-privates and IPOs have picked up. Foros gets a piece of IMSWhen IMS agreed to be bought for $5.2 billion in the biggest buyout of the year, the pharmaceutical consulting firm's special committee tapped boutique Foros. J.P. Morgan doubles up on Denbury and ValerusJ.P. Morgan Securities' Laurence Whittemore was busy with two energy deals. He led the deal team advising Denbury on its $4.5 billion purchase of Encore Acquisition. Valerus Compression also tapped Whittemore for advice. Turnaround twistConJoin Group marries outsourcing with venture investing to fix struggling portfolio companies. But will the model work? The risks of deriskingCovenant-lite structures did not prevent Aleris' slide into Chapter 11. Two other aluminum companies landed in bankruptcy this year, and more are on the brink. Hard-won from start to finishTPG Capital is poised for big gains from the sale of Shenzhen Development Bank. If the sale goes through, TPG's Asian arm will rake in nearly a ninefold profit on its $150 million equity outlay. The future and other problemsThe good news: Private equity is sitting on billions in investor capital. The bad news: It faces masses of maturing debt, some dicey investments and great uncertainty. Fast foodDeal news from the fast food majors is light of late, while Smashburger, and others, ride the better-burger business model. Can private equity play the infrastructure game?With buyouts moribund, new players have poured into some of the longest-term, low-return, politically sensitive assets out there. Highstar: A value on experienceThe veteran infrastructure investor is betting it can outshine its private equity rivals as competition for stable, long-term assets heats up. Not all that fail proofLeverage -- lots of it -- can bring down businesses in this recession, with or without covenants. Dead endThe sale of Reed Business Information seemed like a sure thing. That proved to be a mistake. Postponing the inevitable?Exercise of pay-in-kind options may be a bad omen for PE-backed companies. Bonderman's bluesWaMu takes its place among record buyout busts. Leaving a leveraged trailDebt downgrades and defaults haunt LBO'd companies. Speed learningPenn is recruiting on Wall Street for its new, jam-packed three-year joint J.D.-M.B.A. program. Wagering on debtDistressed investing zeroes in on banks' leveraged loan portfolios -- for now. Waiting gameTPG leads buyout shops in banking on financial institutions. No small beerTPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners rang up gains from Alltel exit. | ||||||||||||||||
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