BGH Capital
Australia PE spinouts: Into the unknown
Australia has seen plenty of spinouts in recent years, with outcomes ranging from a $2 billion first-time fund to deal-by-deal strategies. Is local LP support essential in getting wider traction?
BGH offers $536m for Australia media group
Australian private equity firm BGH Capital has offered to acquire 100% of Village Roadshow in a deal that values the Sydney-listed media group at around A$783 million ($536 million).
Deal focus: BGH taps LP expertise for Australia, NZ dentistry deal
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is the sole LP co-investor in BGH Capital's acquisition of Abano Healthcare by virtue of its previous experience with dentistry chain assets
Australia's BGH completes cybersecurity roll-up
BGH Capital is looking to bring scale, capital and cross-selling opportunities to the still fragmented cybersecurity space in Australia and New Zealand
Australia’s BGH closes in on Navitas buyout
Australian education services provider Navitas has agreed to a A$2.1 billion ($1.5 billion) buyout offer from BGH Capital, AustralianSuper, and Rod Jones, the company’s co-founder and CEO.
Australia take-privates: Logical targets
Private equity firms will large pools of capital to deploy are finding plenty of targets among listed - and potentially undervalued - companies in Australia and New Zealand
Australia's Healthscope agrees $3.17b Brookfield bid
Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope has agreed to a take-private offer by Brookfield Asset Management that values the company at A$4.38 billion ($3.17 billion) on an equity basis, rejecting a competing offer from a consortium led by BGH Capital.
Australia's BGH wins board approval for Navitas deal
BGH Capital is close to announcing its first deal after a revised offer of A$2.1 billion ($1.5 billion) for Australian education services provider Navitas won backing from the company’s board.
Brookfield nears $3.16b bid for Australia's Healthscope
Brookfield Asset Management expects to proceed with a A$4.49 billion ($3.16 billion) take-private offer for Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope, although BGH Capital – which began its pursuit of the company eight months ago – has indicated...
Australia take-privates: Super show
AustralianSuper is supporting BGH Capital - a portfolio GP - on privatization bids for two companies in which the superannuation fund is an investor. Is this a new model for GP-LP partnerships in Australia?
BGH resumes its pursuit of Australia's Healthscope
A group of private equity investors led by BGH Capital has renewed its approximately $4.1 billion ($2.9 billion) bid for Australia-listed hospital operator Healthscope. A similar offer was rejected earlier this year.
BGH consortium bids $1.4b for Australia's Navitas
BGH Capital has made a A$1.97 ($1.4 billion) bid for Australian education services provider Navitas in conjunction with AustralianSuper and Rod Jones, the company’s co-founder and CEO.
BGH hires Blackstone Australia executive
BGH, the Australia and New Zealand-focused private equity firm set up by former TPG Capital Asia co-head Ben Gray, has hired Jonathan Chamberlain, a managing director at The Blackstone Group, as a partner.
2Q analysis: Flipping out
Flipkart sets the tone as strategics deliver tech trade sale exits; Chinese internet players and healthcare are the trendsetters in investment; buyouts, venture stand out in Asia fundraising
San Francisco pension fund backs China's SBCVC - update
San Francisco City & County Employees’ Retirement System has committed $25 million to SBCVC’s sixth China fund, which has a target of $500 million. The GP closed its previous VC vehicle at $459 million in 2016.
Australia's Healthscope rejects PE takeover bids
Australian hospital operator Healthscope has rejected buyout offers from Brookfield Asset Management and a consortium led by BGH Capital that valued the company at A$4.4 billion ($3.3 billion) and A$4.1 billion, respectively.
Brookfield enters the fray for Australia’s Healthscope
Brookfield Asset Management has submitted a A$4.35 billion ($3.3 billion) bid for Australian hospital operator Healthscope, trumping an offer made last month by a BGH Capital-led consortium.
Australia's BGH closes debut fund at $2b hard cap
BGH Capital, the Australia and New Zealand-focused private equity firm set up by Ben Gray (pictured), formerly co-head of TPG Capital in Asia, has closed its debut fund at the hard cap of around A$2.6 billion ($2 billion).
BGH-led group makes $3.1b bid for Australia's Healthscope
A group of PE investors led by BGH Capital and including AustralianSuper, GIC Private, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has launched a buyout offer for Australian hospital operator Healthscope that...
BGH sets $2b hard cap for debut Australia fund
BGH Capital, the Australia and New Zealand-focused private equity firm set up by Ben Gray, formerly co-head of TPG Capital in Asia, has set a hard cap of A$2.5 billion ($2 billion) for its debut fund.
Ex-TPG Asia head Ben Gray launches debut fund
BGH Capital, the Australia and New Zealand-focused private equity firm set up by Ben Gray (pictured), formerly co-head of TPG Capital in Asia, has launched its debut fund with a target of A$2 billion ($1.6 billion).