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JUNK SPREADS AT 2007 LOW SPARK WALL STREET FEAR AND LOATHING
It came pretty damn quickly, said Ken Monaghan, co-head of high yield at Amundi Pioneer, with 53.7 billion in assets... READ MORE›
JUNK BOND RALLY DRAWING TO CLOSE, SAY EUROPEAN FUNDS
Going forward there will be no rising tides lifting all boats, said Jean Medecin, member of the investment committee at Carmignac... READ MORE›
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GODADDY IN EXCLUSIVE TALKS TO BUY HOST EUROPE
A purchase of HEG would help GoDaddy accelerate its shift into the more profitable web hosting business as well as broaden its customer base in Europe... READ MORE›
ICAHN DECLINES TO JOIN TRUMP ECONOMIC TEAM, MULLS SECOND SUPER PAC
In October, Icahn announced his first Super PAC, which was the biggest one-time injection of money in the history of such political action committees... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS DEAL TO ACQUIRE WEBMD - SOURCES
It was acquired by KKR in 2014 for 1.1 billion from two other private equity firms, Hellman Friedman LLC and JMI Equity... READ MORE›
THIS BILLIONAIRE MADE HIS FORTUNE ON $50 CHAINSAWS
Allan Smidt, who died last year, said Eric Smidt had dramatically leveraged the company and enriched himself at its expense... READ MORE›
KKR HAS EYE ON HEALTH WITH WEBMD, NATURE'S BOUNTY DEALS
KKR will fold WebMD's websites, including WebMD.com and Medscape.com, into its Internet Brands unit, which houses sites such as DentalPlans.com and AllAboutCounseling.com... READ MORE›
KKR TO BUY NISSAN-BACKED SUPPLIER CALSONIC FOR UP TO $4.5 BILLION
It beat out rival private equity firms Bain Capital and MBK Partners, which, according to Thomson Reuters LPC, had bid to buy Nissan's stake... READ MORE›
VENTURE CAPITAL CASH SURFERS MAY SEE WAVES RECEDE IN MARKET TURMOIL
In June it sealed a 1.5 billion deal that propelled its valuation to 25.5 billion, the third-largest among venture capital-backed companies worldwide... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: FRANCISCO PARTNERS, ELLIOTT NEAR DELL SOFTWARE DEAL - SOURCES
Francisco Partners focuses on private equity investments in the technology sector... READ MORE›
DEMERGERS AND DESTRUCTION: ACTIVISTS PRESS EUROPE CONGLOMERATES
After lackluster performance for most of Van Houten's tenure, Philips shares are up 17 percent year to date... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S VOCUS ENDS TAKEOVER TALKS WITH KKR, AFFINITY
The firms had separately offered A 3.50-per-share for the company, a price less than half Vocus's share price a year ago... READ MORE›
CARLYLE SEES RISE IN CONTROL BUYOUTS IN CHINA AS ECONOMY SLOWS
Yang, co-head of Carlyle's Asia buyout advisory team... READ MORE›
CVC, CPPIB NEAR $4.7 BILLION DEAL TO ACQUIRE PETCO
Pet retailer's owners, private equity firms TPG Capital LP and Leonard Green Partners LP, the people said on Sunday... READ MORE›
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM CVC CAPITAL RAISES RECORD $18 BILLION
Its latest fund had a hard cap of 15.5 billion euros and reached 16 billion euros with commitments from CVC and its employees, the firm said... READ MORE›
CARLYLE LOOKS TO SELL LANDMARK AVIATION FOR $1.7 BILLION
Dubai Aerospace sold Landmark Aviation to private equity firms GTCR LLC and Platform Partners a year later... READ MORE›
INTERACTIVE DATA CORP TAPS BANKS FOR SALE OR IPO
Bedford, Massachusetts-based IDC was taken private in 2010 by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus for 3.4 billion... READ MORE›
PRIVATE EQUITY 'WALKS ON EGGSHELLS' AS FUNDS EYE BRAZIL HOSPITALS
Private equity walks on eggshells as funds eye brazil hospitals... READ MORE›
CERBERUS, SYCAMORE PARTNERS WRESTLE WITH STAPLES BUYOUT
Staples has held talks with several private equity firms over the last few weeks about a potential deal, the sources said... READ MORE›
FEAR FACTOR FADES AS GLOBAL M&A HITS SEVEN-YEAR HIGH
12 trillion during a leveraged buyout boom which saw private equity firms sign multi-billion-dollar cheques and load companies with debt... READ MORE›
GEBERIT BOOSTS BATHROOM RANGE WITH $1.4 BILLION SANITEC BUY
6 percent to Sanitec's closing price in Stockholm on Monday... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: FRESH MARKET FOUNDER EXPLORES BID FOR COMPANY
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC APO.N has already agreed to work with Berry on the potential offer for Fresh Market the people said... READ MORE›
DUMPSTER DIVING FOR DEBT DEALS
In fact, these funds may continue to do badly, or even suffer bigger declines, even as behemoth distressed investors reap decent profits... READ MORE›
INDIA PLANS IPO RULE CHANGES TO LURE HOMEGROWN START-UPS
But bankers are expecting them to explore overseas markets, mainly U.S. exchange operator NASDAQ OMX Group Inc... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KKR NEARS $2 BILLION DEAL FOR AIR MEDICAL - SOURCES
Bain acquired Air Medical in 2010 from private equity firms Brockway Moran Partners Inc and MVP Capital Partners in a 1 billion deal... READ MORE›
PRIVATE EQUITY READIES DEBT TO BUY AKZO'S SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
Specialty Chemicals reported EBITDA of 953 million euros in2016 and its recently appointed CEO Theirry Vanlancker has forecast EBITDA increases of around 50 million euros per year through 2022... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE TEAMS UP WITH HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN FOR WORLDPAY BID
But heavyweight private equity funds are still looking to snap up Worldpay despite the listing plans... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: VISTA EQUITY IN TALKS TO ACQUIRE TRANSFIRST - SOURCES
Welsh, Carson, Anderson Stowe, TransFirst, Vista Equity and Jefferies declined to comment... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: THOMA BRAVO ASSEMBLING CONSORTIUM FOR $9 BILLION NCR BID
If Thoma Bravo succeeds in its bid for NCR, it would be its largest deal by far... READ MORE›
BLACKSTONE JOINS RHEINMETALL FOR AIRBUS ELECTRONICS UNIT BID
The sources said the defense electronics sale was not yet nearing an end due to the complexity of carving the business out of the group... READ MORE›
CHARTERHOUSE DIALS UP DEUTSCHE TO SELL FRENCH CALL CENTER STAKE
The company which specializes in outsourced customer relationship management is expected to be valued at around 1 billion euros the sources said on Thursday... READ MORE›