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KKR hires former GSO exec for mezz businessLee Stern will work in KKR’s fledgling mezzanine business, which was formed in 2008.
- Life after leverage
Mega-firms with dry powder are breaking the LBO mould to get deals done, writes Toby Mitchenall.
- Report: Carlyle faces lawsuit over listed fund failure
Former US Republican congressman Michael Huffington lost $20m when Carlyle Capital Corp went under in March last year and alleges the buyout firm misrepresented the fund’s risk profile.
- Carlyle calls 2008 ‘humbling’, remains upbeat
In its annual report, the mega-buyout firm frankly addressed setbacks it suffered last year, including the liquidation of Blue Wave and Carlyle Capital, but stressed it is poised to take advantage of current opportunities.
- Private equity gets star role in $1trn US bank bail-out
Private funds and investors are essential to the US Treasury’s plan to rejuvenate credit markets with the purchase of banks’ toxic assets.
- Pass-the-parcel
Guy Hands this week knocked deals done between financial sponsors. Toby Mitchenall explores the issue.
- Southeast Asia: A story develops
Global firms are moving in, regional firms are investing, and valuations may go higher.
- Carlyle takes CLO fundraising past $2bn for the year
The Carlyle Group's Global Market Strategies team, helmed by Linda Pace in the US, has raised four CLO funds this year with the latest closing on $620m this week.
- Carlyle to go public(2)
The Washington, D.C. behemoth is to join the ranks of KKR, The Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management via an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Carlyle, Energy Capital talks end without agreement(2)
Carlyle had reportedly been in talks to acquire the New Jersey-based energy-focused firm, which closed its $4.3bn second fund in 2010.