The Carlyle Group

Healthscope bidders raise price, nix breakup

The private equity bidders for ASX-listed hospital business Healthscope - still unconfirmed but widely reported as the Carlyle Group and TPG Capital - have raised their bid for the target to A$5.75 ($4.86) per share, totaling A$1.8 billion ($1.5 billion),...

Oz healthcare play, by who?

Australian private hospital and pathology operator Healthscope acknowledged receipt of an A$1.74 billion ($1.55 billion) takeover offer from an unnamed private equity consortium.

Carlyle, ChrysCapital, SCPEL suitors for Godrej Consumer

The Carlyle Group, ChrysCapital Management, and Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. (SCPEL) are among the private equity firms bidding for a $130-140 million investment opportunity into India's Godrej Consumer Products, according to Indian reports.

Carlyle may part exit Claris

The Carlyle Group is likely to exit at least part of its almost 14% stake in Indian drugs firm and IPO candidate Claris Lifesciences, according to reports.

PEP, CHAMP in Loscam second round?

CHAMP Private Equity and Pacific Equity Partners have been instanced as potential buyers in a second bidding round for the putative A$500-700 million ($460-640 million) sale of Affinity Equity Partners Australian investee Loscam.

Carlyle, CVC, Unison bidding for Q'sai?

The Carlyle Group, CVC Asia Pacific and Unison Capital Inc. have emerged as among the probable bidders for Japanese vegetable juice maker Q'sai Co., in what might become the largest buyout deal so far this year.

Carlyle Taiwan Mobile deal needs new solution

Taiwan's Taiwan's media and broadcasting regulator, the National Communications Commission, has ruled that the Carlyle Group and Taiwan Mobile must find an acceptable solution to the regulatory problems stalling a planned $1 billion investment.

KKR after Firstsource

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is seeking a stake of up to 68% in Indian BPO player Firstsource Solutions from existing investors, in a deal that could fetch up to $250 million.

Kump leaves DIC for Carlyle

Eric Kump, former MD and head of the European buyout team at Dubai International Capital (DIC), has now joined the Carlyle Group as an MD with its Carlyle Europe Partners European LBO team.

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Carlyle Taiwan Mobile deal hits snag

The Carlyle Group's $1 billion investment into Taiwan Mobile, the island's second largest mobile carrier, has encountered a regulatory problem related to the target's part-public ownership.

ICICI, Carlyle, Sequoia invest India's Star Health

A consortium including ICICI Venture, the Carlyle Group, and Sequoia Capital India is completing the first private equity deal in India's health insurance space, with a $100 million investment in Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd.

Carlyle makes first Saudi investment

The Carlyle Group has made its first investment in Saudi Arabia with a 30% stake in the country's General Lighting Co., its largest lighting fixture manufacturer.

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Carlyle sells stake in Japan's Kito to Finland

The Carlyle Group is reportedly to sell a 22% stake in its Japanese portfolio company Kito Co., a crane maker, to Finland's leading crane manufacturer Konecranes, in a deal estimated over JPY3 billion ($32.6 million).

UBS mulls RMB fund

Although there has not as yet been formal confirmation, reports suggest that Swiss banking giant UBS is now in talks with the Beijing municipal government regarding setting up a renminbi-denominated private equity fund.

Japanese government will not support Willcom

The Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (ETIC) has decided not to inject any capital into Willcom, the troubled Japanese PHS (personal handy-phone service) provider controlled by Carlyle Asia, which filed for bankruptcy protection last...