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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Siguler Guff buys into MDM Bank</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/05/81596/siguler-guff-buys-into-mdm-bank/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siguler Guff, the US group specialising in emerging markets and distressed debt investments, has made a rare private equity investment in a Russian bank by acquiring a stake in MDM Bank, one of the country’s biggest lenders. Russia Partners, Siguler Guff’s Moscow-based buy-out arm, will announce on Thursday the purchase of 3.3% of MDM from SM Group,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/04/81341/further-reading-392/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Wednesday,

- If the economy's stagnant, why are stocks up?

- The edge: a golden opportunity remains.

- On the clash of economic theories (and commentators).

- John Paulson once had self-doubts.

- A curious meeting at the US Treasury.

- The women who made it on Wall Street:  Lessons from Krawcheck....]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/04/81341/further-reading-392/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Investors eye Axa&#8217;s Taikang stake</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/04/81281/investors-eye-axas-taikang-stake/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign private equity funds are this week expected to submit bids for Axa’s minority stake in Taikang Life, China’s fourth-largest insurer, which has been valued at up to $1bn. First-round bids are due by Friday and various overseas investors have signalled interest in the French insurer’s 15.6% stake,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/02/80721/further-reading-390/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Monday, and on the weekend, 

- More Goldman - how it secretly bet on the US housing crash.

- Roubini on dollar carry reversal - "he's only halfway there".

- Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?

- It's Japan we should be worrying about.

- Tune in, chill out: the secret of composed investing....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/10/30/80431/further-reading-389/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Friday,

- Bernanke's modern encapsulation of Friedman's bold revelation.

- The story behind WaMu's demise.

- 'David Rosenberg makes Nouriel Roubini look like Mary Poppins'.

- If you want to rein in bankers' pay, rein in Wall Street.

- Eight reasons to hate natural gas.

- Fed watch:...]]></description>
		<comments>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/10/30/80431/further-reading-389/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>TPG set for successful IPO exit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TPG is set to complete one of private equity’s most successful Asian deals on Monday when Myer, the Australian department store group, debuts in Sydney with a market value of A$2.4bn ($2.2bn). TPG and its associate Blum Capital, which led the A$1.4bn purchase of Myer in 2006, will receive a A$1.8bn cash return from the sale of their 84.2% stake,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/10/29/80236/further-reading-388/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Thursday,

- William J Bernstein's Investor's Manifesto, black swans, poker...

- Bloomberg kills its most popular feature.

- Back to the VC future: small as the new big.

- Bond bears: Beware of crypto QE.

- How big?

- All debt is not created equal.

- China will regret putting quantity before quality....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>TPG sells out of Debenhams</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private equity group TPG has sold its 9 per cent stake Debenhams for £100m, making it the second of the department store's three former owners to exit the group. Shares in Debenhams rose 3 per cent to 84.35p, after an institutional buyer bought 120m shares at 81.6p a share. The share price was boosted by speculation that the sale could make Debenhams vulnerable to a bid.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/10/27/79736/further-reading-386/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Tuesday,


- Fixed rates and protectionism.

- Why are big banks even bigger?

- Maybe insider trading is okay...

- Australian dollar disaster.

- "This crisis will discredit those who ignore asset bubbles".

- What the coming dollar squeeze might do to stocks.

- Insiders vs outsiders:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Matalan weighs £1.5bn sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matalan, the privately owned UK discount retailer, is weighing a £1.5bn sale after a number of expressions of interest. Buy-out group CVC is among parties to have approached Matalan, which was taken private by its founder and controlling shareholder John Hargreaves amid acrimony with institutional investors and non-executive directors three years ago....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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