Sam Sutton
The UK buyout firm will sell a subsidiary of Migros Ticaret for $380m after purchasing the Turkish supermarket chain for $3.2bn in 2008.
US buyout firms Pamlico Capital, formerly part of Wells Fargo, and Nautic Partners have sold engineering group MACTEC for $280m, nine years after Nautic first invested in the business.
The state’s Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has committed to Chequers Capital, Genstar Capital Partners, Vista Equity Partners, Quad-C Partners and Index Ventures.
The Parisian firm exceeded its €800m target after only three months of fundraising.
Kamal Tabet joins the firm led by Guy Hands (pictured) as head of investor relations, ahead of a potential fund launch in the next 12 months.
Vista Equity Partners wants to nearly double its previous fundraising effort, targeting $2.5bn for a niche software focus.
NBCU will pay $1bn to buy Blackstone's 50% stake in the theme park, which the firm reportedly acquired for $275m in 2000.