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Source: uk.reuters.com --- 5 days ago
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is set to enter the race to acquire the drug delivery unit of Ireland's Elan Corp , the Sunday Times newspaper reported. ... Source: www.newslookup.com --- 5 days ago
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According to sources, Warburg Pincus and Apax Partners have submitted bids for the Czech Republic's largest internet server Seznam ... Source: www.hotnews.ro --- 11 days ago
Motorul de cautare/portalul Seznam din Cehia face obiectul mai multor tentative de preluare din partea unor investitori strategici sau financiari, suma pusa in joc fiind estimata la un miliard de dolari, scrie Iann pe blogul sau. Cu o cota de piata in Cehia de 62%, fata de Google, cu 29%, Seznam este deopotriva interesant pentru gigantul american, pentru fondul nord-american Warburg Pincus, dar si pentru fondul Macquarie Capital Alliance Group, care controleaza publisherul Mediatel (Pagini Aurii). Citeste articolul integral pe blogul Media Details ... Source: www.lupa.cz --- 28 days ago
Dohady o kupci české portálové jedničky po jarním předkole neutichají, spíše naopak - mezi posledně zmiňované zájemce podle "důvěryhodných zdrojů" patří Mediatel, Warburg Pincus či Google. Co by takové spojení mohlo znamenat pro český Internet? A jak do toho všeho zapadá tvrzení Iva Lukačoviče, že Seznam není na prodej? ... Source: www.paidcontent.org --- 14 days ago
Czech Republic's biggest online portal Seznam is in the process of being sold, at least the majority of it, and the price could reach as much as $900 million, according to local reports . And the names in contention to buy it include domestic media group Mediatel and Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ), and then on the PE side include Warburg Pincus, and Apax Partners. Goldman Sachs is the bank for Seznam and the deal could be finalized in the new few weeks, it says. Earlier this year there were reports that Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) wanted to buy the portal. Seznam, which has about 2.1 million users a day, was founded by majority owner Ivo Lukacovic in 1996 as the first Czech online search site. Seznam expects sales of around 1.4 billion Czech crowns (55.4 million Euro) and profit exceeding 500 million crowns (19.8 million Euro) for last year. This is not the first such deal in the country: Late last year NetCentrum, the publisher of the number-two Czech portal Centrum, sold a controlling stake to Warburg. Related Warburg Pincus Takes Majority Stake In Czech Portal Centrum Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when you're on the go. Go here to download . ... Source: blog.quintura.com --- 14 days ago
The leading Czech search engine and portal, Seznam, could be sold to either strategic buyer or financial investor, according to Prague Daily Monitor. Seznam had 62% share of the Czech search market vs. Google’s 29% share. Being a major potential buyer, Google is being challenged by private equity firms Warburg Pincus, owner of #2 Czech [...] ... Source: www.contentsutra.com --- 26 days ago
Moser Baer posted a net loss of Rs 103.98 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2008. The company posted a net profit of Rs 9.64 crore in the same period a year ago. Furthermore, the company has also acquired a 51% stake in Lumen Engineering, a company that manufactures various optical CD and DVD disc media. While Moser Baer posted the loss, its subsidiary—Moser Baer Entertainment, showed intent to expand in the movie space. The company already distributes low-cost CD- and DVD-based movies through Indian retail stores: priced at around Rs 35 and as low as Rs 28; generally filled with regional content. ET reports that the company is in talks with a few private equity firms, including ChrysCapital and Warburg Pincus, and is looking to raise funds to the tune of $50 million to further expand its entertainment arm. The company has already produced a flick starring Rahul Bose, titled Shaurya. The first of a total of six planned. The report quotes Moser Baer Entertainment, CEO, Harish Dayani, stating the unit posted a turnover of Rs 170 crore last year and investments worth Rs 200 crore have already been made. We had previously reported on Moser Baer's plans to hive off its entertainment arm here. Related Moser Baer Hiving Off Entertainment Unit; To Unlock Value Moser Baer's DVD Play Ignites Price War Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when you're on the go. Go here to downloa ...
Source: www.thedeal.com --- 24 days ago
Third Avenue Management LLC, founded by longtime distressed debt specialist and activist investor Marty Whitman, will join the increasing ranks of investors launching private equity funds targeting distressed companies. The firm is planning to raise a $3 billion private equity fund keying in on distressed securities, according to a Tuesday Wall Street Journal report. A Third Avenue spokesman declined to comment. David Barse, Third Avenue's president and CEO, told the Journal that the fund, which is likely to be operational by the first quarter of 2009, will seek control in the restructuring or reorganization of the debt of its targeted companies. The distressed ring has drawn a crowd of late with distressed funds raising 38% more capital globally in the first half of 2008, compared with a 21% decline in buyout fundraising, according to Private Equity Intelligience Inc. The three largest funds raised so far in 2008 include the $15 billion Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group's $13 billion GS Mezzanine Partners V and Oaktree Capital Management's $10.9 billion distressed fund, OCM Opportunities Fund VIIB. Third Avenue is no stranger to distressed investing. One of its more notable distressed buys involved the partnering with Eddie Lampert of ESL Investments Inc. to buy up $140 million of Kmart Corp.'s debt prior to its mid-2003 emergence from Chapter 11. More recently, Whitman has taken aim at financia ... Source: altsearchengines.com --- 13 days ago
The leading Czech search engine and portal, Seznam, could be sold to either strategic buyer or financial investor, according to Prague Daily Monitor. Seznam had 62% share of the Czech search market vs. Google’s 29% share. Being a major potential buyer, Google is being challenged by private equity firms Warburg Pincus, owner of #2 Czech [...] ... Source: pulse2.com --- 9 days ago
Seznam is the leading search engine in Czech. Seznam has 62% search engine market-share in Czech and Google has 29%. Rumor has it that Seznam is searching for a buyer. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are in the list of speculative buyers. Other speculative buyers include private equity firms, Warburg Pincus and [...] ... Source: www.thedeal.com --- 1 day ago
Once again, the market breathed a sigh of relief Thursday as two major bond insurers improved their shaky financial position. Leading bond insurer MBIA Inc., which recently lost its AAA credit rating, agreed to reinsure $184 billion in municipal bonds for Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., the companies said in separate statements Wednesday. Armonk, N.Y.-based MBIA, which is backed by the private equity shop Warburg Pincus, said it will receive immediate premiums of about $741 million as part of the transaction. The deal is also seen a means of reducing the risk profile of New York-based FGIC, which is owned by Blackstone Group LP and PMI Group Inc. It was a smidgen of good news for MBIA after the insurer's stock has lost about 80% of its value in the past year due to the lingering credit turmoil. The problem has mainly been that the company diversified from its core business of backing municipal bonds to guaranteeing collateralized debt obligations, which plunged in value during the subprime mortgage crisis. MBIA climbed 18.4% to $14.18 in early trading. The deal was brokered by New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, who has been working this year to ensure that the bond insurers survive the current turbulence. Having lost $706 million in the first half of 2008, MBIA now has a credit rating of A2 at Moody's Investors Service and AA at Standard & Poor's. S&P affirmed MBIA's rating on Aug. 15 and said bond insurers a ... Source: invivoblog.blogspot.com --- 19 hours ago
For those of you expecting us to pay homage to Usain Bolt , we apologize, but we've moved on. As Beijing passed the torch to London , we bid zai jian to the Bird's Nest, the Cube, and the smog, and say 'ello luv to pub food, double decker buses, and East Enders. And we're pretty sure famed Leona Lewis didn't lip sync her version of 'Whole Lotta Love'. Meantime Americans were treated to a new phase in a longer and potentially more grueling event than the decathlon--the 2008 election. The Dems finally have a ticket as the party convention gets underway in Denver this week. But what about the wide world of health care? The auction for Elan's drug delivery technologies business continues apace, with Ireland's Sunday Times reporting that Warburg Pincus has entered the fray, joining other private equity players like TPG and Bain Capital ( via Reuters ). MGI Eisai and Helsinn Healthcare received approval for their oral formulation of the nausea and vomiting drug Aloxi over the weekend. The drug, used to treat nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy or surgery, is already available as an injection. Pfizer has discontinued testing of PF-03187207 for glaucoma in Asia after Phase II results of the NO-donating prostaglandin analog failed to impress. Ex-Asia development was similarly halted earlier this year based on Phase II results in the US. Partner NicOx said this morning that it was in discussions with Pfizer to regain the worldwide ri ... Source: wershovenistpig.blogspot.com --- 24 days ago
Henry Blodget at Clusterstock points out the litany of name investors who prematurely piled into the financials: It seems safe to say that not all of America's financial-services companies will go out of business. In fact, over time, some might even recover a bit. So it's tempting to try to snap them up at the bottom. Careful! Some of the smartest investors in the world have been trying to do this for the past 6-9 months, and almost al have gotten burned. ... For example (WSJ): Private-equity specialist TPG bought into Washington Mutual at $8.75 a share in April. The stock price Monday at 4 p.m. was $3.95. Warburg Pincus bet on beleaguered bond-insurer MBIA in January at around $12, after an initial investment at $31 a share. Monday the stock was at $4.27. A bargain-hunting fund recently launched by Fortress Investment Group is down about 30%. A bunch of brilliant folks including Hank Greenberg bought Lehman (LEH) at $28 two months ago. It closed around $15. The list goes on. Blodget then notes from the WSJ piece that hedge funds are raising funds and preparing to pour money into the sector: John Paulson's Paulson & Co. is the latest to cause a stir, with plans to launch a fund late this year to make equity investments in financial companies. When a bear like Mr. Paulson senses bargains, it could be a sign that the worst is over. Other firms, like Morgan Creek Capital Management and Credit Suisse , have begun raising money that they wil ... Source: www.pooh.cz --- 25 days ago
No dobře, nejprve chtěl Seznam koupit Microsoft a velký šéf M$ se osobně měl sejít s neméně velkým šéfem Seznamu I.L. Akorát že to všichni deme ... (autor: Daniel Dočekal) ... Find more results for Warburg Pincus on RSSMicro.com |
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Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz officially announced he was leaving JP Morgan (JPM) last week. Schwartz is reportedly pondering potential positions at Goldman Sachs and advisory firm Centerview. Schwartz is apparently also insisting that anyone who takes him will also have to bring aboard his right hand man, former Bear Managing Director Richard Metrick. The Post : Both Metrick, who had been at Bear for nearly 20 years, and Schwartz are weighing a number of options, including joining an investment bank or well-heeled private-equity firm, sources said. Among the banks in the running are Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, while private-equity suitors include Warburg Pincus and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, sources said. A key issue for Schwartz, 57, is ensuring that any new gig he gets includes a place for Metrick, who is in his mid-60s ...
缘起： 日经BP社《日经商务周刊》7月7日一篇报道中的一句话引起了笔者的注意（如下）。所谓无风不起浪，日本家电行业的传闻恐非单纯的空穴来风，只不过未经当事双方证实而已。可是，经过对比研究，国美、百思买、山田电机股权结构，笔者还是发现了一些蛛丝马迹，故而不揣冒昧，求教于大方之家。 その一方で「国美が上海進出を計画するヤマダ電機との提携を模索している」という噂も業界内でささやかれる。激動の真っ只中にある中国From EMKT.com.cnの量販店。どの量販店と、どうつき合うか。メーカーは選択を迫られる。 －摘自日经BP社7月7日《日经商务周刊》P12页 编译： 另一方面「山田电机可能跟国美合作以顺利实施其进军上海的计划」传言也开始在行业内流传。中国家电连锁行业也将充满动荡。到底与哪一家家电连锁合作，怎样合作？制造厂商们将被迫作出抉择。 G.Y.B.E.＝改道（Gome、Yamada、Bestbuy首字母G.Y.B.如果再加上三者所属的行业Electronics（电子）的首字母，所组成的词汇正是Gybe，意思为：航道的改变；使改变航道。是巧合？还是冥冥中注定中国家电连锁业即将面临二次革命？） 那么，中国家电连锁行业二次革命又将是谁主导?谁又将最终主导中国家电连锁行业的明日市场？民族家电连锁？外资家电连锁？还是“半路杀出个程咬金”，三板斧搞定家电连锁行业，完成家电连锁行业的洗牌甚至清盘？会不会出现类似当年家电连锁业态一样的新业态最终把家电连锁行业替代掉，把中国家电连锁行业归入“历史的尘埃”。 GYBE美资财团的资本秀场 相关数据表明中美日三大家电连锁霸主，无一例外流淌着美资资本的“血”。百思买系血统正宗的美资家电连锁这一事实自不必说；日本家电连锁霸主山田电机外国人持股比例达58％，荣登日本上市公司外国人持股比例季军宝座；国美电器（00493.HK）美资股东JP Morgan（好仓：8.88％，淡仓：7.02％；可供出借股份：0.05％）、Morgan Stanley（好仓：8.32％,淡仓：1.83％）、Capital Goup（好仓：7.12％）、T. Rowe Price Associates（好仓：6.01％）、Warburg Pincus & Co.（好仓：2.72％）持股比列合计好仓持股：33.05％；淡仓持股：8.85％。香港证交所中央结算系统持股记录查询显示：国美电器公开持股机构198家，累计持股8,423,732,628股；不愿披露持股者信息持股机构11家，累计持股279,848，分别占到持股总量8,424,012,476的99.99％及0.003％。其中在公开持股投资机构中：高盛亚洲、MorganStanley、美国雷曼兄弟、美林远东、东洋证券、大和证券、德意志银行、荷兰银行、花旗银行、荷兰商业银行、法国巴黎证券等美日法德金融巨头榜上有名。 上述三张图表未免“乱花渐欲迷人眼”，使您眼花缭乱。简而言之，中美日三大家电连锁山田电机、国美电器、百思买投资机构股东重合度之高并非我们所想象的那么简单。而且，各投资机构又互为股东关系，关系错综复杂，但万变不离其宗，所谓“苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋”，投资机构“唯利是图”，追求投资利益最大化本无可厚非。但是，三者投资机构重合的格局，倒是给我们留下了极大的想象空间，给我们找到一些国美百思买换股、山田电机联手国美电器进军中国市场的传言和假想的注脚。 那么，国美电器＋山田电机＋百思买的G.Y.B.E.组合，能否激化家电连锁行业 ...
Any Wall Street veteran worth his salt knows that the most important weapon with which to line his arsenal is a fall guy. Inevitably he's going to fuck enough shit up that someone's going to have to get fired and wouldn't it be a shame if it were him? Holding senior execs accountable for their own gaffes and pratfalls would be as patently absurd as Goldman's prop desk just up and deciding to stop front running clients. Luckily, former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz knows of this rule, and is planning on buddy system'ing it up at his next gig. The Post reports that Schwartz will be taking erstwhile Bear MD Richard Metrick with him upon leaving Bearpont Morgan Chase in August . The duo doesn't know exactly where it's going, but is said to be mulling offers from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Warburg Pincus, and KKR. Other requirements Schwartz rumored to be putting in his next contract are included but not limited to immunity following the takeover of whatever firm he takes down, and peanut butter M&M's. Bear's Schwartz Mulling Job Offers [NYP] ...
Standard and Poor's and its ratings agency peers have caused much heartache and pain among shareholders of the major bond insurers due to a mix of downgrades and negative reviews. But on Friday, Aug. 15, shareholders of the two largest monolines, MBIA Inc. and Ambac Financial Group Inc., had S&P to thank for significant stock gains. The number one monoline MBIA closed up 8.72%, to $11.22 per share, following a late Thursday S&P report reaffirming its AA financial strength rating and removing it from negative CreditWatch. Negative CreditWatch indicates a 50% chance for a ratings downgrade in the next three months. S&P in its report said, "MBIA's success in accessing $2.6 billion of additional claims-paying resources is a strong statement of management's ability to address the concerns relating to the capital adequacy of the company." However, it seems that S&P's report may be a bit late with its decision, as MBIA raised the $2.6 billion in the beginning of the year via a mix of equity offerings, a surplus-notes offering and a capital infusion from Warburg Pincus. S&P maintains a negative outlook on MBIA, which provides for a one-in-three chance of a downgrade over the next three years. Meanwhile, Ambac's stock jumped 24.56% to close at $5.68 per share as S&P took the same action as it did on MBIA with its AA insurer financial strength rating. S&P in its report on Ambac pointed out its successful remediation efforts, which most rec ...