Hints and tips:
...candidate Tudor Dixon....
...Mr Dixon expects more of these offerings, which have attracted strong market support. This was evident in Carlyle’s last issue when demand doubled the initial capital raising target....
...Claren Road, the $4.1bn credit fund majority-owned by Carlyle Group, reported last week that half its investors are demanding their money back, following nine months of losses....
...Claren Road, the hedge fund controlled by Carlyle Group, has suffered an 11 per cent fall in its credit opportunities fund since the start of October....
...(Financial Times) Nasdaq, Carlyle held ill-fated talks: “Nasdaq OMX held early-stage talks with buyout firm Carlyle Group last month about leaving the public markets but they fell apart over a failure to...
...Comet’s appointment of administrators helped lift Dixons Retail, its main competitor, a further 10.5 per cent to 25.8p. That took Dixons’ two-day gain to 25 per cent....
...Carlyle was said to still be considering a bid for Chemring ahead of a Takeover Panel deadline....
...One consequence of the debt crisis is that big US names such as Carlyle, Blackstone and KKR have been raising funds to invest in distressed corporate loans....
...As they grow, they are starting to look like private equity firms such as Carlyle, which has a variety of funds in different countries and is now going public....
...Breaking pre-market news on Thursday, - Aviva sells RAC to Carlyle Group for £1bn — statement. - Ferragamo IPO well covered ahead of close — report....
...… Power Player: Andrew Burgess, Carlyle Having been in the driver’s seat overseeing private equity group Carlyle’s acquisition of RAC, Andrew Burgess is now looking to help expand the roadside assistance...
...Frank (the actual donor) encourages guileless Emma to believe that it is a gift from Jane’s illicit admirer Mr Dixon....
...What a waste Shanks Group made a bold play when it met an unsolicited approach from Carlyle last year by naming its price – 150p – and opening to discussions....
...Capital & Regional, the troubled property asset manager, dipped 2.9 per cent to 340¾p in spite of reports that claimed the company was close to selling a portfolio of shopping centres for more than £300m to Carlyle...
...The company had solicited bids following an initial approach last month, thought to be from Carlyle Group, at $32-$33 per share....
...The auction, prompted by a $33-per-share approach from Carlyle Group, was delayed indefinitely by volatility in the credit markets, which raised questions about the feasibility of raising the estimated $20bn-plus...
...DSG International, the owner of Dixons and PC World, is seen as a possible bidder. Financials Bidders in this sector are attracted by strength as much as weakness....
...The Business ■Plans for a £1bn flotation of Qinetiq, the former government defence research agency that is a third owned by US private equity firm Carlyle Group, are at an advanced stage and the company...
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