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Private Equity

After market turmoil left the industry reeling, buyout groups are coming back to life and looking at some of the biggest deals since the collapse of Lehman Brothers

From COMPANIES 11:02pm

Riverstone eyes $1bn commodities venture

Private equity group in talks with new global asset-backed merchant

From COMPANIES 10:28pm

Gulf funds bypass private equity

State-backed funds boost direct investment in unlisted companies

From COMPANIES 6:01pm

Elan steps up fight against Royalty bid

Irish group announces fresh debt and acquisition plans

Cash-rich Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are avoiding investing in property and infrastructure projects ©Bloomberg From MARKETS May 20, 2013

Middle Eastern SWFs choose private equity

Cash-rich Gulf funds are avoiding property and infrastructure

From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Overhaul at Equity Insurance puts jobs at risk

New owner to sell non-core units

©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Heron Tower offered £250m Sternlicht loan

US property investor in talks to refinance London skyscraper

From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Warburg makes $1.8bn on Targa cash-out

Success contrasts losses by private equity in energy deals

From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

3i raises cost-cutting targets

Buyout group to also press ahead with asset disposals

From COMPANIES May 15, 2013

LBO France seeks €1bn for new fund

Marketing push will test investor appetite for France

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Appetite for buying restaurants grows

Chains weather economic downturn remarkably well

From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Pamplona Capital seals second US deal

London firm buys laundry equipment and air vending companies

From COMPANIES May 15, 2013

JC Flowers buys UK debt collector Cabot

Deal worth £800m is ex-Goldman banker’s largest UK investment

From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

CVC-Betfair takeover talks break down

Raising of offer fails to pay off

From COMPANIES May 12, 2013

Terra Firma eyes sale or IPO for cinemas

Private equity group hires advisers for Odeon & UCI

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Dell shareholders weigh up Icahn proposal

Activist investor and Southeastern would challenge buyout in court

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Warburg Pincus raises $11.2bn for new fund

One of largest private equity fundraisings since start of crisis

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Lloyds sells bad property loans worth £325m to Cerberus

One of its largest loan portfolio sales to date

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

3i Infrastructure shifts out of India

Buyout group decides to stop investing in the country

May 9, 2013

Carlyle’s lacklustre earnings buck trend

Results reflect a lack of momentum

From COMPANIES May 8, 2013

3i to sell Civica to Ontario pension fund

UK’s oldest buyout group to reap more than twice its investment