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CBRE Debt Advisory Team Expanded With Appointment of Irish Specialist
CBRE expects to see banks across Europe continue to pursue sales of commercial real estate loans in 2012 as lenders seek to further streamline the process for reducing their exposure to property. In 2011, CBRE recorded the completion of more than...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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General Partners Under Pressure To Increase Personal Fund Commitments But Lack Access To Finance
• Four in five GPs feel that they should invest more in their firm’s next fund • 35% cannot access sufficient finance to commit to a greater investment • Investec sees threefold rise in GPs seeking finance to invest in their...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Permira appoints Mubasher Sheikh as new Head of Healthcare
Permira today announces the appointment of Mubasher Sheikh as Head of its Healthcare team. Mubasher brings over 15 years of healthcare experience, both in medical practice and as a management consultant.# Prior to joining Permira, Mubasher spent...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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BC Partners fundraising hits €6.5bn cap
BC Partners announces the final closing of BC European Capital IX ("BCEC IX" or "the Fund") having successfully attained the Fund’s hard cap of €6.5bn in investor commitments. Strong demand was generated from both existing and new...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Wells Fargo Agrees to Acquire BNP Paribas
Wells Fargo Bank, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the North American reserve- based and related diversified energy lending business of BNP Paribas (BNP.PA)....
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Predictions - National Budget 2012 - updated after the State of the Nation address by the President in February
The following statement is a pre-budget prediction in anticipation of next week’s Budget Day, as prepared by Ernie Lai King, tax Executive at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs. As with the immediate past two National Budgets - job creation and the...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Barclays publishes FSA Complaints Data H2 2011
Barclays Statement on FSA Complaints: Barclays Bank PLC today publishes customer complaint numbers for the second half of 2011 (1 July to 31 December) which show the bank has substantially driven down volumes by addressing the root causes of...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Drivers Jonas Deloitte announces further senior retail appointments
Patrick Heaps and Chris Mulcock are joining the growing team at Drivers Jonas Deloitte as the business continues to grow its retail investment business. Patrick will join as head of retail agency with focussing on the out of town retail market...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Aegis Acquires Leading US Digital Agency Roundarch
Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital communications group, is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement to acquire the holding company of Roundarch Inc. ("Roundarch"), the US digital agency, for an...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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URS to Acquire Flint Energy Services for C$1.25 Billion
URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) and Flint Energy Services Ltd. (TSX: FES) today announced a definitive agreement under which URS will acquire Flint for C$25.00 per share in cash, or C$1.25 billion (US$1.25 billion). URS also will assume approximately...
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Firms to Acquire the Company Shares from Madison Dearborn Partners and Pritzker
TransUnion Corp., a leading global provider of information management and risk management solutions, announced today that Advent International and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, LP and certain of its affiliates (the “Sponsors”) have signed...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Sale of Peacocks to Edinburgh Woollen Mill secures 6,000 jobs
Richard Fleming, Chris Laverty, Ed Boyle and Joff Pope of KPMG, joint administrators of Peacocks, have today announced the sale of the business to Edinburgh Woollen Mill. Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which is one of the UK’s largest high...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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AMBIENTA SGR INVESTS IN TOWER LIGHT SRL LEADER IN THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF LIGHTING TOWERS
Total value of the investment: € 13.5 million for an 82% stake in the Company Ambienta SGR, the largest European private equity fund specialised in the environmental sector, has finalized an agreement through Ambienta I fund to invest in...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Constellation Acquires Majority Stake in Education Group Ibis Acam
We are pleased to announce that Constellation together with the management team has acquired the ibis acam group headquartered in Vienna. ibis acam was founded in 1981 and today is the leading privately owned provider of education and qualification...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Portfolio company development: Strategic acquisition by Ideal Shopping Direct
Inflexion Private Equity, the mid-market private equity investor, today announces an acquisition by its portfolio company, Ideal Shopping Direct, the leading independent multi-channel retailer. Ideal has acquired Createtoday.com, the online...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited Announces Completion of Merger
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, announced the completion of the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 22, 2011 (the "Merger...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Vincent Policard Joins KKR as Director of the Infrastructure Team
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, "KKR") today announced the appointment of Vincent Policard as a Director in its Infrastructure team. Vincent, who will be based in London, will be responsible for originating and...
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EU – China Summit; Economic Agreements
On 14th February, Premier Wen Jiabao held a Summit with Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Below are quotes from the Press Release, in regards to the...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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ActivIdentity Explains Best Practices for Online Banking Security
There are two common misconceptions about online banking security which are holding financial institutions back from offering their customers the best services possible. This is according to Hilding Arrehed, Director Worldwide Professional Services...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Summit Partners Opens India Office
Growth equity investor Summit Partners today announced that it has established a new office in Mumbai. Summit is opening the office to increase investment activity in India and to support its North American and European-based portfolio companies...
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Abraaj Capital Appoints Citi to Provide Private Equity Fund Services
Citigroup today announced that it has been appointed by Abraaj Capital, a leading private equity manager investing in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Turkey, to provide fund administration services for Riyada Enterprise Development, the US$ 650...
Written By Rebecca Harris
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Procter & Gamble Announces Agreement to Divest Pringles to The Kellogg Company for $2.7 Billion
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced an agreement to divest its Snacks business to The Kellogg Company in a $2.7 billion all-cash transaction. The companies expect to complete the deal in summer of 2012. Final timing will be...
Written By Rebecca Harris
