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Oil-rich MENA funds to hit $9 trillion(4)The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
- Carlyle Capital to fold(2)
Unable to stabilise its financing, the credit-focussed affiliate of buyout giant The Carlyle Group has resigned itself to liquidation by creditors.
- Carlyle Group distances itself from beleaguered offshoot(2)
The alternative assets giant has issued a statement downplaying the damage credit-focussed Carlyle Capital Corporation may cause the overall franchise.
- Unions launch global protest against private equity industry(2)
The US’ largest union of long-term care workers, the Service Employees International Union, launched its ‘global day of action’ today targeting KKR, its portfolio company Toys R Us and pension funds and politicians in support of the buyout industry. Unite, the largest union in Britain, also joined the cause.
- H1 fundraising well ahead of 2007 pace
Private equity real estate firms globally raised $40bn during the first half of 2008, according to proprietary data from PERE magazine. This tally puts GPs on course to raise more than the record-breaking totals of last year. During the first six months of 2007, private equity real estate firms raised $30bn in capital.
- Carlyle releases first public annual report(3)
The mega-buyout firm has revealed it booked $8.9 billion in returned equity and profits for LPs last year, while also addressing the failure of Carlyle Capital and the decline of the leveraged buyout boom.
- Carlyle taps Wachovia treasurer(2)
The global buyout giant continues its high-profile hiring spree with the addition of James Burr to its financial services unit, which is reportedly raising a fund targeting more than $1bn.
- Carlyle releases first public annual report(2)
The mega-buyout firm has revealed its private equity real estate business returned $1.3 billion to investors last year from 38 exits.
- Oil-rich MENA funds to hit $9 trillion(3)
The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
- Carlyle takes Greek chemicals group private(2)
The global alternative investment firm has sealed its first deal in Greece. It acquired a majority stake in Neochimiki from the public markets, in the latest of Carlyle’s investments in the chemicals sector.