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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comTue, 22 Jul 2008 18:54 BSTThu, 24 Jul 2008 04:37:28 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/indepth/privateequity(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edddbaf6-5814-11dd-b02f-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/edddbaf6-5814-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.html Legal issues are not deterring plans to take over South Korea's sixth largest lender Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a038c36-574c-11dd-916c-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a038c36-574c-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlCorporate acquirers and their takeover targets are finding it harder to step down the aisle these days, as they are tailed by spurned rival suitors and disapproving shareholders, and find diminished competition from buy-out firmsMon, 21 Jul 2008 21:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/317210d8-5684-11dd-8686-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/317210d8-5684-11dd-8686-000077b07658.htmlFirms ramped up the level of minority investments in Chinese and Indian companies in the first half of the year amid a fall in buy-out opportunities, according to a studySun, 20 Jul 2008 23:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ec123da-544c-11dd-aa78-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8ec123da-544c-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlBankers said the chances of success were fading for a consortium of private equity houses trying to raise money to fund a tentative 506p-a-share approach for InformaThu, 17 Jul 2008 23:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adb830e6-536e-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adb830e6-536e-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlPrivate equity groups will soon have more financial information disclosed publicly about the performance of the European companies they invest in under changes to Standard & Poor's debt ratingsWed, 16 Jul 2008 23:19 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fad230be-52c6-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fad230be-52c6-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658.htmlPrivate equity groups that listed on Euronext Amsterdam during last year's buy-out boom are now battling to address the funding slump that has plagued their sharesWed, 16 Jul 2008 03:17 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f5e8920-52be-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f5e8920-52be-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658.htmlSK Telecom is in talks with Sprint Nextel, the struggling US mobile network operator, over potential deals that could range from SK taking an equity stake in the company to an all-out, private equity-backed acquisitionTue, 15 Jul 2008 23:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39e566ea-5290-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39e566ea-5290-11dd-9ba7-000077b07658.htmlThe billionaire US investor is confident that the price of oil will fall within the next year or two and is optimistic about India's low-cost airline industryTue, 15 Jul 2008 23:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64f9dae2-5113-11dd-b751-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64f9dae2-5113-11dd-b751-000077b07658.htmlEurope's private equity groups should draw up a voluntary code of conduct on how profits made from deals should be split among investors, managers and staff, the head of Axa Private Equity has told the Financial TimesSun, 13 Jul 2008 23:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ecaeff2-4d28-11dd-b527-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4ecaeff2-4d28-11dd-b527-000077b07658.htmlThe UK was the worst performer of the world's four biggest private equity markets last year, according to research by Ernst & Young Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fb8c3de-492b-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fb8c3de-492b-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlThe $8.9bn buyout of Penn National Gaming has become the latest casualty of a slowing economy and turmoil in the credit markets Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70f5a44c-47b9-11dd-93ca-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70f5a44c-47b9-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlThe UK lender's rights issue prospectus states that the buy-out firm's subscription to new shares is 'terminable' if there is a rating downgrade of two notches or moreWed, 2 Jul 2008 02:52 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a2e4232-478f-11dd-93ca-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a2e4232-478f-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlCredit crunch and rising oil prices have hit sector hard Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:20 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a0eeb2e-4790-11dd-93ca-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a0eeb2e-4790-11dd-93ca-000077b07658.htmlMuch of the debt that fuelled last year's buy-out frenzy has been placed, or banks are holding it to maturity but there are few signs the deal machine is about to restartTue, 1 Jul 2008 20:38 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba52190-460e-11dd-9009-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=cf8c5ee0-aa15-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ba52190-460e-11dd-9009-0000779fd2ac.htmlPrivate equity firms may have to return money to investors in a sign of concern about falling returns on deals done at the height of the buy-out boomSun, 29 Jun 2008 23:11 BST