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- Carlyle Consortium Agrees to 7 Days Deal for $688M
A consortium led by Carlyle Group and company management has reached a deal to take Chinese economy hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd private, after raising its bid by 9 percent to $688 million.
- PEI Awards: Carlyle and Partners Group win big
The results are in: Carlyle and Partners Group claimed top prizes in multiple categories, with groups including Apollo, Landmark, Actis, Navis and EQT also proving themselves as standout players.
- Cordiant targets $1bn for emerging markets debt
The emerging markets-focused firm is targeting twice the amount of its previous fund and will invest in sectors including infrastructure, manufacturing and financial services.
- Actis buys back UK government's 40% stake
The transaction values the emerging markets private equity investor's franchise at £20m and gives the government a share in future carried interest.
- Friday Letter: Keep Talking
Picture the scene. A crowded roundtable discussion at a busy private equity conference in central London yesterday. A man in the audience asks the two panelists, both distinguished buyout partners, if they are concerned by the potential for complaint from public market investors, should a recent public-to-private trigger a spate of similar deals.
- Friday Letter A chorus of concern – and an optimistic look ahead
Economic decoupling now looks a romantic notion of the past – made plain this week by GPs and LPs at the PEI Emerging Markets Forum in London. But while not immune from the problems plaguing global markets, private equity in emerging markets is also hoping to benefit from the fallout.
- Friday Letter Lights, camera, action
Emerging markets private equity is the star attraction in the first PEO Video offering launched this week.
- Friday Letter Job cuts and ramp-ups
The news flow this week confirmed that private equity is by no means an island unaffected by the global financial crisis. Parts of it are under water, but elsewhere industry professionals are getting excited by the opportunities this crisis will produce.