UK - Blackstone leads new consortium interested in Informa

The private equity houses to make up the consortium are KKR, Permira and a Dubai sovereign wealth fund. It has been reported that Hellman & Friedman, part of the first consortium, which now comprises Providence Equity and The Carlyle Group, has walked away from the possible £3.2bn deal. The Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), which is owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, which itself is owned by the Dubai state, is seeking to buy the IIR conference and events division of Informa. The private equity houses would need to raise less debt for a smaller rump of the business with DWTC now interested.

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