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...The pipe maker had revealed late on Wednesday that it was buying ADEY, a provider of magnetic filters and chemicals, from private equity firm LDC and other shareholders for £210m in cash....
...LDC said it was too early to conclude what the allegations would mean for its investment with Luckin....
...Luckin debuted on the New York market in May, at which time LDC acquired a stake in the coffee company....
...“It’s widely acknowledged that demand for wildlife and natural history documentaries is higher than ever before,” said Andy Lyndon, head of LDC in the south-west and Wales....
...The heads of the agricultural traders — Juan Luciano of ADM, Soren Schroder of Bunge, Cargill’s David MacLennan and Ian McIntosh of LDC — said they wanted to modernise and standardise data and documents....
...reporting by Nikkei staff writers Mitsuru Obe and Yuji Kuronuma, and Dhaka contributor Abu Anas A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on December 19 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc...
...The move follows LDC’s sale of its African fertiliser business to Helios Investment Partners for around $200m, and as the privately held trading house is looking to sell a stake in its metals unit, which...
...LDC also said its metal business delivered a “satisfactory results”....
...Mr Ramirez said LDC Metals was already seen as an “alternative” to Glencore and Trafigura in the market....
...LDC is seeking to sell a stake in its metals unit as part of a wider strategic shift at the parent company, which is controlled by Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, a Russia-born billionaire....
...(FT) Japan Inc goes global for M&A advice Only three domestic brokerages rank among the top-ten deal advisers in Japan during the third quarter. Why is Japan Inc looking for foreign advice?...
...LDC’s chief executive Gonzalo Ramírez Martiarena said plentiful supplies and speculative inflows had made it difficult to make money from trading and he did not expect conditions to change in 2017....
...LDC did not comment on the sale process in its interim results announcement....
...LDC research shows that one in five shops has been empty for three years or more. “They clearly don’t have use as a shop any more,” he said....
...LDC said that its grain and oilseed division had experienced a strong year, with oilseed trading enjoying a “stellar success”....
...Neither LDC nor Equistone commented. Paragon’s management will retain a minority stake, with Mark Lapping staying on as chief executive....
...After 30 barren years with just one public-to-private deal, LDC is cock-a-hoop at having won three Aim companies – Boom Pictures, Workplace Systems and Pertemps this year....
...It made £25m in turnover in 2010 when LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, invested £10m....
...“If you want to set up, now’s the time to do so,” says Matthew Hopkinson, director of LDC. “Rents have dropped 30 to 40 per cent on the high street as many properties are vacant.”...
...Instead the management has turned to private equity in the form of Lloyds TSB Development Capital (LDC), which promises “to support the company by providing resources to continue to invest in research, product...
...Like LDC before it, Silverfleet owns 60 per cent of Aesica and the management team 40 per cent, half of which is Mr Hardy’s stake....
...LDC declined to comment....
...She moved to LDC four years later and heads its British Asian and UK/India businesses. In her spare time, Ms Khemka enjoys swimming, travel and tennis. people@ft.com...
...One way or the other, LDC is likely to have gone through a corporate event within the next year or so....
...Sony will not reveal how much it has invested in 3D, but analysts say the financial risks are relatively small, since 3D TVs use standard plasma or LDC panels with a few tweaks, and making them does not...
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