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Ancestry.com snapped up in PE deal

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
Genealogy website Ancestry.com has agreed to be acquired by a group led by European private equity firm Permira Funds in a cash deal valued at around $US1.6 billion, AAP reported. The company operates a website for researching family history and has ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... sees, in some part at least, will be key in China's economic future. The area comes complete with tax breaks for private equity companies that invest a minimum amount in a company in Taicang. With so many companies who had set up operations in China ...

LM secures due diligence agreement

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
LM Investment Management (LM) has signed an exclusive due diligence agreement with two offshore real estate private equity funds, worth $1billion. The two offshore funds, which can't be named due to a confidential agreement, have expressed a strong ...

Macquarie in bid for Robeco: Report

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... management - which has been up for sale since May - were a team comprising Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) and European private equity firm Permira; and CVC and Advent International which put together a rival bid following the decision of TA Associates ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Investors must mount pressure on fund managers if they want to see an improvement in private equity transparency, according to Hamilton Lane's managing director Tara Blackburn. While the sector has made significant strides to overhaul its reputation ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... fall when they started trading at 1100 AEDT after TPG withdrew its $694.5 million takeover bid. TPG is the second private equity firm in a fortnight to withdraw its takeover offer for Billabong during the due diligence phase. The ANZ is also scheduled ...

PE deals down: Mergermarket

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Private equity buyouts in the first three quarters of current financial year were down 22.8% year to date, according to a report by research group Mergermarket. 12.7% of total global mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter this year were attributable ...

Emerging market PE numbers on track

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Emerging market private equity investments have held steady during the first six months of this year, despite trying market conditions. In the first two quarters, emerging market private equity deals accounted for 15% of fundraising globally, at $17.2 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... Meanwhile, Woolworths shares dipped slightly after it announced the sale of its Dick Smith Electronics chain to a private equity firm for $20 million. Woolworths shares were 30 cents lower at $28.98 at 1045 AEST. In the US markets, stocks followed the ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he ...