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Waud Capital Partners has sold Hospitalists Management Group to AEA Investors for an undisclosed amount. Waud acquired a majority stake in the company in 2006.
MILAN (Reuters) – Intesa Sanpaolo SpA (ISP.MI) is in preliminary talks with U.S. private equity fund Hellman & Friedman on taking a stake in its Banca Fideuram asset manager, the Italian bank said on Tuesday. The talks are for Hellman & Friedman to take a minority holding in Fideuram, Italy’s biggest asset manager, when it […]
HgCapital has agreed to acquire Frösunda LSS AB, a Swedish provider of specialist disability care, from Dutch private equity firm Polaris. No financial terms were disclosed.
(Reuters) – The top shareholder in Transurban Group (TCL.AX) slammed a decision by the Australian toll road operator to reject a $3.7 billion buyout offer on Wednesday and said it had overpaid for its latest acquisition. “We can see no logic in his decision and conclude the company has a disregard for the interests of […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC (NKA.N) priced shares in its initial public offering at the bottom of the expected range on Tuesday, just days after an unexpected selloff in U.S. markets. Niska sold 17.5 million shares for $20.50 each, raising about $358.75 million. It had planned to sell 17.5 million units […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A private equity deal for Fidelity National Information Services Inc (FIS.N), currently being negotiated, could be worth around $15 billion if a buyout is agreed, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. Three big private equity firms have teamed up to bid for Fidelity National, sources familiar with the […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – An investing arm of Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is in the final stages of an agreement to buy AXA’s $1.05 billion stake in Taikang Life, China’s No.4 life insurer, according to sources close to the matter. The auction pitted Goldman against private equity firms and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings. AXA (AXAF.PA) and Goldman […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Terra Firma Capital Partners has successfully raised 105 million pounds ($155.4 million) to stave off a bank foreclosure on British music group EMI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The newspaper, which quoted people familiar with the situation, said EMI had until Friday to inform lender Citigroup (C.N) that it had […]
Summit Partners has made a minority equity investment in OB Hospitalist Group Inc., a provider of Ob/Gyn hospitalist services to hospitals across the United States. No financial terms were disclosed.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Godrej Consumer Products (GOCP.BO) is in talks with a clutch of private equity investors to raise $125 million, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The company is in talks with U.S. giants Carlyle Group [CYL.UG] and Blackstone (BX.N), as well as India's ChrysCapital and Standard Chartered Private Equity, the sources said.
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