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Carlyle invests in Indian brokerageThe US firm has bolstered its FIG portfolio with with a 9% stake in India Infoline Group.
- TPG forms first-ever distressed fund(2)
The firm is targeting $1.5bn to invest in non-performing loans and distressed-for-control situations. The fund will be run by former Goldman executive Alan Waxman.
- Korea’s NPS commits $650m to Americas funds
Six months after determining it would commit up to $1.2 billion of equity commitments to real estate value-added and opportunity funds, Korea’s largest institutional investor has made four commitments to managers deploying strategies in North and South America.
- KKR asset makes add-on acquisiton
Japanese recruitment services provider Intelligence has acquired Hong Kong-based Staff Management Consultancy for an undisclosed amount.
- George Roberts: On the upswing(2)
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
- Carlyle returns $7.5bn to LPs(2)
The global alternatives group distributed $6.4bn to investors in the first quarter this year, almost as much as the $7.5bn it returned in 2010, according to the David Rubenstein-led firm’s annual report.
- Setting the scene
Offshore funds lawyer Arwel Lewis looks at the trends that emerged in 2010 and predicts which will carry forward to 2011.
- Banking on buyouts
Though 2010 proved a quiet year for new deals in private equity, it was in no part due to a hesitance on the part of banks to lend to the sector.
- Report: KKR, Morgan Stanley sell Orient shares
Mizuho Financial Group is reportedly paying ¥30bn to the US firms for a combined portion of their holdings. The sale marks a partial exit for KKR from its first Japanese investment.
- Cerberus partners with New Jersey for mid-market lending
The distressed investment-focused firm has formed a $300m customised account with New Jersey’s $68bn state pension system to take advantage of the huge need for financing in the mid-market.