Private Equity
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has invested $115 million in its first private equity transaction in China. It is the third for a $4 billion fund KKR has raised, its first Asia-dedicated investment vehicle.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Following private placements with Apollo and Carlyle, the sovereign wealth fund has inked a deal for a 4.9 percent stake in Citi, whose alternatives arm manages nearly $62 billion.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Fidelity’s US and Asian venture teams have jointly led a $26 million Series D financing round for MFG.com, an online marketplace whose users include NASA.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Lombard Investment has made a partial divestment from Mermaid Maritime, an offshore marine and oil drilling rigs business which listed in Singapore on 16 October.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has invested $20 million in a Chinese language institute to help it expand across the country.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Arsenal Capital earned a three times return on its cumulative capital invested on the sale of Vertellus Specialities, a chemical company Arsenal formed just last year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Dubai International Capital, the Middle Eastern investment firm, has bought Almatis in a secondary deal, with loans at more than six times EBITDA provided by Swiss bank UBS.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has closed two deals this week: one in partnership with HIG Ventures and one with energy-focussed Riverstone Holdings.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
As the year draws to a close PEO's team has pulled out its crystal ball to take a view on 10 of the themes that will occupy the industry in 2008.
6 min read · 04 January 2013
Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund has acquired an 81 percent interest in a motorway in China’s Guangzhou city for $532 million.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
