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Report: Blackstone, Warburg to strike it richThe reported $4bn sale of Kosmos Energy to ExxonMobil comes as institutional investors show increasing appetite for natural resources.
- Warburg cashes in with €290m trade sale
The sale of German payment processing business Easycash will net 3x the firm’s invested capital.
- Warburg to take 10% stake in Premier Foods
The private equity firm has agreed a £64m PIPE with Premier Foods, the UK-based owner of household food brands including Hovis, Cadbury and Bisto, which has been struggling under a £1.7bn debt mound. The investment will form part of a 1.5bn share offer intended to raise around £404m.
- PE firms circle London’s Minerva
Private equity firms including Blackstone, Fortress and AREA are reportedly lining up takeover approaches for Minerva, a London-focused development firm.
- LaSalle secures $205m Texas mandate
The Chicago-based firm has been appointed by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to co-invest in opportunities in North America first and then on a global basis.
- Blackstone nears $3bn theme park deal
SeaWorld is among the theme parks Anheuser-Busch InBev may sell to the mega-firm. Meanwhile, CVC has reportedly increased the equity ratio in its €1.3bn bid for the brewer's CEE assets.
- Blackstone invests in London office complex
Joint venture created with UK REIT, British Land, to own and further improve Broadgate next to Liverpool Street Station.
- Investindustrial in €95m theme park deal
Hot on the heels of proposing Italy’s largest LBO this year, Investindustrial will take a 50% stake in Barcelona’s PortaAventura theme park.
- Merrill Lynch $5bn Asia platform down to two
LaSalle Investment Management and ING Real Estate Investment Management remain on a whittled-down shortlist to buy the management of the Wall Street Bank’s Asian Real Estate opportunity Fund and its other Asian real estate holdings.
- GIC names heads of Europe, Americas
The Singaporean sovereign fund continues its management overhaul, appointing Lim Chow Kiat and Anthony Lim Weng Kin as respective regional heads.