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• Blue Wolf Exec to Head U.S. Pension Agency

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Joshua Gotbaum, an operating partner at private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital, is expected to be named director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the White House said Monday.
  2 hours ago

• Former Wal-Mart Chief Joins P.E. Firm

  
  DealBook — Authority: 782
  Wal-Marts former chief, Lee Scott, has landed at private equity firm Solamere Capital.
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• Lone Star lowers fees of some funds - WSJ

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  Nov 10 (Reuters) - Real-estate private-equity giant LoneStar Funds [LS.UL] is cutting some of its fees as it tries toraise $20 billion to buy pools of troubled mortgages and otherkinds of distressed debt, the Wall Street Journal reported onits website on Tuesday.
  7 hours ago

• Why is the UAE feeling so optimistic?

  
  ArabianMoney.Net — Authority: 481
  UAE consumers have been revealed as the most optimistic in the region, and well above the global average in the latest Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index. India, Indonesia and Norway are the most optimistic nations, Latvia and Japan the most pessimistic. Nielsen says that worries over job security in the UAE have ...
  8 hours ago

• BC Partners to buy ATI Enterprises for $500 mln- FT

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  Nov 10 (Reuters) - London-headquartered private equity firmBC Partners [BCPRT.UL] will buy ATI Enterprises, a Texas-basedoperator of 24 educational campuses, for about $500 million,the Financial Times reported on its website.
  9 hours ago

• Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  BANGALORE, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The following corporatefinance-related stories were reported by media on Tuesday:
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• UPDATE 1-Shares of Nan Shan buyer China Strategic soar

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  HONG KONG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Shares of China StrategicHoldings , part of the consortium buying AIGs Taiwanlife insurance group for $2.15 billion, soared more than 80percent on Tuesday after disclosing key financing and staffingdetails.
  11 hours ago

• Nan Shan buyer China Strategic in key hires

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  HONG KONG, Nov 10 (Reuters) - China Strategic Holdings, part of the consortium that is buying AIGs Taiwanlife insurance group, said it has hired a former Hang Seng Bank executive and a former senior government official.
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• US Treasury will close Capital Assistance Program

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Departmentsaid on Monday it will immediately close its Capital AssistanceProgram, set up last spring for bank stress tests, because theonly firm needing taxpayer funds will use an auto industrysupport program instead.
  15 hours ago

• Private equity dominates Apoteket auction

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 159
  Private equity groups triumphed over several industrial groups – including Alliance Boots – in the $858m auction of Sweden’s state-owned pharmacy chainsource : traxfer.ft.com
  19 hours ago

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  
  Broken Symmetry — Authority: 424
  From Dan Primack at peHUB : The secondary market’s stickiest wicket continues to be the gap between buyside and sellside pricing expectations. Rather than trying to bridge the divide, it would appear that both sides are calcifying – believing that the other will cave. For buyers, that means banking on a theory ...
  19 hours ago

• UPDATE 1-Six Flags agrees to Avenue Capital bankruptcy plan

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  * Plan gives more to bondholders, including Avenue Capital
  21 hours ago

• UPDATE 1-Car parts maker Lear emerges from bankruptcy

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Automobile parts maker LearCorp said on Monday that it had emerged frombankruptcy protection with less than $1 billion in debt.
  22 hours ago

• UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  ** British marketing services company Chime CommunicationsPlc said it agreed to merge its Bell PottingerCorporate and Financial business with Pelham Public RelationsLtd. [ID:nBNG433277]
  22 hours ago

• UPDATE 1-Indias Kingfisher expects $400 mln PE investment

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Indias Kingfisher AirlinesLtd said it is close to securing $400 million fromprivate equity investors, as the cash-strapped carrier tries tocut its debt and interest burden.
  23 hours ago

• UPDATE 1-Kohlberg Capital delays filing of Q3 results

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  * Deloitte raises questions about loan portfolio investmentsvaluation
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• KKR guns for a military deal -- buys Northrop Grummans TASC

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 665
  Filed under: Deals , Private equity , Northrop Grumman (NOC) Could it be that private-equity buyouts are making a comeback? There are certainly signs of a return. Just last week, TPG and the Canada Pension Plan agreed to shell out $4 billion for IMS Health ( RX ). This week, we have another interesting deal: ...
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• Tennenbaum Capital: Buying Into the DIPs

  
  WSJ.com: Deal Journal — Authority: 708
  For shareholders, employees and some executives, there aren’t a lot of silver linings to the recent wave of corporate bankruptcies. But for distressed-debt investors, mass corporate failures spell opportunity. One opportunity: getting in on so-called debtor-in-possession loans, or DIPs. Tennenbaum Capital Partners is ...
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• WRAPUP 2-AXA targets Asia growth in spite of China snag

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  * Deal via AMP bid values AXA Asia Pacific at $10.3 bln
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• TIMELINE-Key events in AXA expansion

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  Nov 9 (Reuters) - The majority-owned Asian arm of Frenchinsurer AXA SA on Monday rejected a $10.3 billion bidfrom its parent and Australian rival AMP Ltd .
  1 day ago

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