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M&B Turns Tables With Punch Pubs Approach: By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters UK) - Harvester and O'Neill's pubs and restaurants owner Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) said it hoped to use private equity cash to buy the managed pubs arm of Punch Taverns (PUB), turning the tables on its one-time suitor. Punch originally put...; Tags: Private Equity, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Mb, Oukbs, Punch; News items 2008-04-14
Apollo IPO Filing Shines Light on Opaque World of private equity: Private equity makes up a sizable and growing share of the $53.4 trillion in global assets under management. Yet the private-equity investor remains a faceless if formidable player in the financial markets. The prospectus for Apollo Global Management, filed last week, gives a few interesting glimpses. Private...; Tags: Private Equity, IPO, Apollo Global Management, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Candover, Goldman to Buy Expro For $3.16 Billion: By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Funds managed by private equity firm Candover (CDI) and investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS) have agreed to buy British oil services company Expro International (EXR) for 1.605 billion pounds ($3.16 billion). Expro management said in a statement...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Financial accounting, private equity, private equity company, Goldman Sachs & Co., spokeswoman, shareholder, London, analyst, valuation, investor, U.S., Thomson Reuters Corp., bank, stock; News items 2008-04-17
M&B Turns Tables With Punch Pubs Approach: By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters UK) - Harvester and O'Neills pubs and restaurants owner Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) said it was hoping to use a private equity cash injection to buy Punch's (PUB) managed pubs business, turning the tables on its onetime suitor. Punch originally...; Tags: Private Equity, M&B, Punch, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-14
Are private equity Buyouts the Devil's Work?: Private equity deals have always had a bad rap. The naysayers argue that PE-driven leveraged buyouts of public companies lose money for investors, victimize employees, lead to massive job cuts, and pretty much steal money from orphans and widows when given half a chance....; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sean Silverthorne, private equity, Josh Lerner; Blog posts 2008-04-07

Candover and Goldman to Buy Expro: By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters UK) - Funds managed by private equity firm Candover (CDI) and investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS) have agreed to buy British oil services company Expro International (EXR) for 1.605 billion pounds. Expro management said in a statement on Thursday it would...; Tags: Private Equity, Bid, Candover, Investment, Financial Services, CDI Corp., Extra Space Storage Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co.; News items 2008-04-17
M&B Says No Bid For Whole Firm: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Pubs group Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) said on Friday it was not in talks over a possible bid for the whole company, but that it remained in talks with parties seeking a large stake in the business. "The board is continuing discussions...; Tags: Private Equity, M&B, Investment, Financial Services, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law; News items 2008-04-24
Aviva Rules Itself Out of RBS Insurance Bidding: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The largest general insurer Aviva (AV) has ruled itself out of the running for the insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), as speculation intensifies over the list of possible suitors for the unit. RBS Insurance, which includes Churchill and Direct...; Tags: Private Equity, Industry, Analyst, Aviva Plc., Banker, RBS Insurance, American International Group Inc., Avaya Inc.; News items 2008-04-25
Are private equity Buyouts The Devil's Work?: Are Private Equity Buyouts The Devil's Work?Some Interview with private equityAs part of blogging the divestment of Reed Business Information from Reed Elsevier I have been lucky enough to interview several senior private equity partners. You can read those here (http://divestmentwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/interview-with-private-equity-part-one.html) and here (http://divestmentwatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/another-interview-with-private-equity.html)One key view that they both held...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, private equity, Private Equity Buyouts; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
Nightclub Operator Luminar Denies Buyout Talks: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britain's biggest nightclub operator, Luminar (LMR), dismissed on Sunday a report that its chief executive held talks with potential backers over a 250 million pound management buyout. "Whilst, from time to time, broad ranging informal discussions occur, there are no such...; Tags: Private Equity, Investment, Financial Services, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, CEO; News items 2008-04-20
U.S. Banks Losing Ground in Debt Underwriting: Banks in Asia, Europe and Canada are growing more active in underwriting the debt that companies raise to finance buyouts, the Daily Deal reported, mentioning HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Capital, Société Générale and Bank of Ireland. The non-U.S. banks are handling a larger share of...; Tags: Private Equity, Financing, Canada, non-U.S. Bank, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Balance Sheets, Finance, Financial Statements, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Halliburton Mulling Possible Expro Bid: Sources: By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. oil-field services company Halliburton Co is mulling a counterbid for Britain's Expro International Group Plc, sources close to the situation said on Friday. Expro said on Thursday it had agreed a 1.61 billion pounds ...; Tags: Halliburton Co., private equity, private equity company, Goldman Sachs & Co., Britain, London, Thomson Reuters Corp., U.S., benefit, security; News items 2008-04-18
NY Judge Dismisses Counterclaims Vs Clear Channel: By Jessica Hall PHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - A New York judge dismissed counterclaims against Clear Channel Communications Inc (CCU) on Friday in a lawsuit over the funding of a $20 billion (10 billion pound) buyout of the radio station operator. The private equity buyers -- Thomas...; Tags: Bank, Private Equity, Counterclaim, New York, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Credit Market, Chase General Corp., Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wachovia Corp.; News items 2008-04-25
NY Judge Dismisses Counterclaims Vs Clear Channel: By Jessica Hall PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A New York judge dismissed counterclaims against Clear Channel Communications Inc (CCU) on Friday in a lawsuit over the funding of a $20 billion buyout of the radio station operator. The private equity buyers -- Thomas H....; Tags: Financial services, Investment, counterclaim, Clear Channel Communications Inc., private equity, private equity company, bank, Judge, New York, Texas, Philadelphia, lawsuit, financing, lawyer, Thomson Reuters Corp., radio, M&A, C, blog; News items 2008-04-25
Banks in Clear Channel Case Ask For Stay of Trial: NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - The banks being sued in the dispute over the $20 billion (10 billion pound) Clear Channel Communications Inc (CCU) leveraged buyout asked the Supreme Court of Texas to stay all proceedings in a trial court there, according to court documents....; Tags: Bank, Private Equity, Texas, Stay, New York, Clear Channel Communications Inc., Chase General Corp., Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, Wachovia Corp.; News items 2008-04-18
Investment Benchmark Reports: Investment Benchmark Reports are the most comprehensive, insightful and authoritative reports in the industry, with aggregate statistics from over a thousand private equity funds, analyzed by Venture Economics' leading researchers and analysts. These easy-to-use reports will enable you to analyze the performance of the entire spectrum of the private equity...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, Thomson Corp., private equity, performance, industry; White papers
The Venture Capital/private equity Market in Poland: Poland has been through a lot of change in the last ten years - much of it painful. But as Enterprise Investors explains it has emerged as one of central Europe's most promising countries for private equity investment has been outlined in this article. Poland now has one of the...; Tags: Poland, Europe, private equity; White papers
private equity Market Falls Short on Risk Management: This article shows the state of private equity market, based on a research undertaken by interviewing 100 chief executives, chief financial officers and investment directors working for private equity firms and a number of specialist underwriters in the field. The article analyzes the research and briefly presents the results of...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, LexisNexis, private equity, risk management; White papers
How Independent is Independent Enough: When private equity firms invest in publicly held companies, they often negotiate special governance arrangements, including as to composition of the board of directors and it has become common practice among them. Sometimes the private equity firm will get the right to nominate one or more directors, and often there...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, private equity company, private equity, director, agreement; White papers
The State of private equity Investing in Canada: Is the Outlook Improving?: This article reflects about the state of private equity investing in Canada and whether its outlook is improving? Like its US counterpart, the Canadian private equity industry has experienced a difficult couple of years. After their relative lack of activity in the first half of 2003, U.S. and other foreign...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, private equity, Canada; White papers