Anchorage Capital Partners
PE-backed Fusion Retail hires PwC to explore brand sales
Australian fashion group Fusion Retail Brands, which is backed by Nomura Private Equity Capital, Anchorage Capital Partners, NAB and Ice Canyon, has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to explore its sale options in the wake of weak consumer sentiment...
Anchorage approaches $263m close on Fund II – report
Anchorage Capital Partners will reportedly reach a final close on its latest fund at A$250 million ($263 million) as early as next month. The Australian private equity firm began fundraising in November.
Anchorage buys Dick Smith Electronics from Woolworths
Anchorage Capital Partners will buy Australian supermarket chain Woolworths’ Dick Smith Electronics unit for an initial A$20 million ($18 million) plus a share of any upside resulting from the private equity firm exiting the asset. The divestment comes...
Anchorage exits NZ Burger King to Blackstone
It's a good time to be targeting turnarounds in Australasia. Private equity firms, hedge funds and investment banks are pursuing a host of opportunities in the consumer segment where companies have been hit hard by the seize-up in spending that followed...
Blackstone buys NZ Burger King franchise from Anchorage
The Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Antares Restaurant Group, which operates the Burger King franchise in New Zealand, from Anchorage Capital Partners. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Affinity-backed Colorado Group emerges from receivership
Colorado Group, the Affinity-backed clothing retailer taken into receivership earlier this year, is set to emerge from administration under the name Fusion Retail Brands.
Alinta’s shareholders approve TPG consortium’s bid
The shareholders of distressed Australian power giant Alinta Energy have approved an acquisition offer by a TPG-led consortium to acquire the company and delist it from the ASX, despite many of these backers making a 90% loss on their original funding.
Anchorage to buy Boral business units
Sydney-based private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the formwork and scaffolding business of local player Boral Ltd which engages in manufacture and supply of building and construction materials in Australia, the US and Asia,...
Anchorage closes debut Oz fund
Anchorage Capital Partners, a Sydney-based mid-market special situations and turnaround buyouts firm, has announced the close of its debut fund, Anchorage Capital Partners I, at A$200 million ($187 million).