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UNDER THE RADARTexas Pacific Group and co-investors are manoeuvring carefully to avoid the grounding of their Qantas bid
- SOUTH AFRICA BECKONS
On the south side of the equator and east of the Atlantic lies a country that some private equity heavyweights increasingly consider to be a hidden gem.
- Carlyle hires research head for US leveraged finance team
The buyout firm has hired Steve Sterling of Bear Stearns for a newly created role as head of its US leveraged finance research team.
- Mercapital puts auction woes behind it
The Spanish buyout firm has teamed with The Carlyle Group to buy web hosting firm Arsys for €160m – in the process avoiding the kind of competitive auction that proved unproductive for the firm this year.
- Consortium to drop $25bn Sallie Mae deal
A JC Flowers-led consortium has said it will likely drop its $25 billion bid for Sallie Mae, but is willing to renogotiate the deal, taking into consideration a changed economic and legislative environment.
- Carlyle wins over Coates Hire with latest offer
The Carlyle Group has successfully wooed Coates Hire, an Australian equipment rental company with the third offer it has tabled together with National Hire Group. The transaction, which values Coates Hire at A$1.7 billion, is the largest buyout in Australia this year.
- Coates Hire rejects Carlyle for a second time
Coates Hire, a heavy equipment rental company listed in Australia, has rejected a revised offer put forward by The Carlyle Group and a strategic local investor.
- Carlyle sells stake to Abu Dhabi government fund
The US alternative assets group has sold a further 7.5 percent stake in itself to a strategic investor, valuing David Rubenstein's firm at $20 billion. It sold 5.5 percent to CalPERS in 2000.
- Report: Carlyle postpones Insight sale
Carlyle’s sale of cable TV provider Insight Communications has reportedly been halted in the hopes that it will fetch a higher price once debt markets are less volatile.
- Coates becomes latest Australian firm to reject buyout
Coates Hire is the latest listed Australian company to reject a buyout offer because the price was too low. The Carlyle Group had reportedly been a frontrunner in the race for the machinery rental company.