TA Associates-backed retailer could be sold for $163m

The Boston-based private equity firm could lose almost half its investment in US discount clothing store Steve & Barry’s after hedge fund Bay Harbour submitted a stalking horse bid. The retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection last month, two years after TA Associates paid a reported $320m for roughly half the company.

TA Associates is set to lose a significant chunk of its investment in troubled US clothes retailer Steve & Barry’s after hedge fund Bay Harbour submitted a stalking horse bid for the company for just $163 million (€105 million).

The Boston-based private equity firm had acquired a minority stake in the discount clothing company for an estimated $320 million in 2006, for roughly half the company.

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