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Carlyle gets okay on unfortunately timed Nikkei listing
AvanSrate Inc., an LCD glass manufacturer controlled by US private equity giant The Carlyle Group, has just been approved to list on The Tokyo Stock Exchange as of the 12th of April.
Mount Kellett considers Indian pharma investment
US private equity group Mount Kellett Capital Management is reportedly making an INR410 crore ($90 million) investment in MedPlus Health Services, one of India's top pharmaceutical retailers, based in Hyderabad. Mount Kellett aims to make its capital...
Carlyle a partner in $5 billion Chinese shipbuilder company
In a significant departure from the private equity model, US-based megafund The Carlyle Group is part of a consortium starting up a Chinese shipping company that will capitalize on the “desire among Chinese [SOEs] to control the ships that transport their...
The changing face of Indian private equity
What's happening in Indian private equity? The past few months have seen tremendous changes in India’s PE industry as local professionals move around in a happy merry-go-round of new and old faces. Some industry watchers say these changes and movements...
Deal making Down Under
The 8th Annual AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum in Sydney brought together optimists, skeptics, GPs, LPs and the industry that makes Austrasia a hotbed of private investment activity
Carlyle gets its bearings in Japan
US-based private equity major The Carlyle Group is to acquire 96.56% of all outstanding shares in Japanese bearing parts maker Tsubaki Nakashima Co. from Nomura Principal Finance Co. (NPF), in what now holds the title as the largest private equity deal...
Carlyle takes 15% stake in Qube Logistics
Qube Logistics has announced that it has reached an agreement with Carlyle Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a unit of the international private equity giant Carlyle Group, through which the fund will subscribe to up to 91,388,476 shares – or about 15%...
Carlyle to take over Japanese manufacturer for $857m
U.S. private equity firm the Carlyle Group will acquire Japan ese bearing parts maker Tsubaki Nakashima Co from Nomura Principal Finance Co (NPF), an investment arm of Japanese security house Nomura Group, in a transaction estimated at around 70 billion...
Morgan Stanley in talks over Shanghai Motel Management
US investment bank Morgan Stanly is reportedly in the process of speaking with European hotel group Accor SA about the sale of its majority controlled motel chain operator, Shanghai Motel Management.
Carlyle purchases minority stake in Qube Logistics
Carlyle Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has announced an agreement with Qube Logisticsto to acquire a 15% stake in the Australian company in two stake acquisitions: one to be completed by mid-March for $46.3 million, and the other in early April for $70.3...
Dunkin' Donuts brings its coffee into India
Private equity-backed Dunkin' Donuts – the self-proclaimed “favorite every day, all-day stop for coffee and baked goods” in the US – is to expand into India via a franchise partnership with food chain operator Jubilant Foodworks.
Carlyle, Macquarie gets green light for Oz traffic systems firm
The Carlyle Group and Macquarie Group have jointly bought Australian traffic light and road safety firm Redflex Traffic Systems for approximately A$300 million ($302 million), paying a 21% premium for the asset.
Carlyle sells remaining shares of Kito in Japan
US private equity giant The Carlyle Group, will exit its 19.08% stake in Kito Corp., a Yamanashi-based crane maker through a secondary public offering. The closing price on February 18 was JPY103,900 ($1,250) per share.
Leaving the mother ship: Asian professionals on their own
What a difference a year makes.
Carlyle-, Partners-backed China Forestry under investigation
The CEO of the Carlyle- and Partners Group-backed company China Forestry Li Han Chun has had $51 million worth of assets frozen after the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission uncovered potential auditing irregularities leading to the suspension...
Unitas and OTPP wave good-bye to stake in Yellow Pages
LESS THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER UNITAS Capital and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) completed New Zealand’s largest leveraged buyout – paying a whopping NZ$2.1 billion ($1.57 billion) for the country’s Yellow Pages franchise – the private equity funds’...
Carlyle buys AlpInvest, becomes LP
ALPINVEST, THE NETHERLANDS-BASED fund-of-funds, has been acquired by the Carlyle Group, which simultaneously makes its foray onto the LP side of the private equity industry.
Carlyle, MBK not among Hana's backers in KEB bid
The Carlyle Group, MBK Partners and Goldman Sachs have not provided financial backing to South Korean commercial lender Hana Financial in its bid to acquire Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) from US buyout group Lone Star.
Carlyle acquires AlpInvest in first foray into FoF world
After nearly six months of speculation about who would acquire global fund of funds investor AlpInvest – until now held by two Dutch pension funds – the Carlyle Group has been announced as the chosen buyer, marking the PE giant’s first foray into the...
Lone Star may face another tax issue
Lone Star may face yet another tax issue, currently blocking its exit plan for its majority stake in Korea Exchange Bank (KEB).
Carlyle approached for Taiwanese cable stake
The Carlyle Group has reportedly been approached by Taiwanese media owner Eastern Media International regarding the buyout firm’s 62% stake in cable television company ETTV, according to reports.
Carlyle promotes Parasuraman to Director
US-based private equity giant The Carlyle Group has promoted Mahesh Parasuraman – currently a Vice President of its Asia Growth Fund based in Mumbai – to the role of Director, a firm spokeswoman said.
Apax, iGate take Patni Computer for $1.22 billion
A private equity consortium comprising of Apax Partners and its investee iGate is to acquire a 63% stake in Mumbai-based IT services firm Patni Computer for $1.22 billion, news that comes one week after the finalized deal was initially supposed to be...
Carlyle divests China Pacific Insurance
Days after The Carlyle Group announced that it would sell $860 million worth of shares in China Pacific Insurance, the third-largest insurer in the PRC, the US buyout giant declared that it will offload an additional 415 million shares in the company,...