AEA Investors

The firm, launched in 1968 by a group of wealthy families to pool investment capital from the US and Europe, also is in the market raising its third mezzanine fund.

The consumer products specialist has named John Kenney as a managing director and partner of the firm. Kenney spent ten years at AEA and assisted on the successful exit of Burt's Bees to Clorox last year for $925m.

The New York middle-market firm has sold Implus Footcare to private equity firm AEA Investors after a holding period of more than seven years.

The New York buyout firm in 2003 paid an estimated $180 million for an 80 percent stake in Burt’s Bees, a company Clorox has recently agreed to purchase for $925 million.

Bill Owen, the latest military-political figure to leave Washington for the world of alternative assets, is joining AEA Holdings to head up the firm’s growing Asia platform. By Aaron Lovell.

US alternative investment specialist AEA Holdings is establishing offices in Hong Kong where newly-appointed Bill Owens, former Nortel CEO, will oversee investment opportunities across non-Japan Asia.

The 36-year old New York private equity firm has agreed to merge with the private equity real estate and fund of hedge funds investor in a transaction that will create a company with combined assets under management of approximately $7bn.

A consortium led by AEA Investors and comprising DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and MidOcean Capital has agreed to sell the specialty chemicals company to fluid technology company Lubrizol.

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The 10 largest capital raises for the month gathered nearly $31bn among them.

Listed private equity funds look like tempting targets for secondaries firms, but don’t expect a wave of consolidation.

The London-listed private equity investor is targeting 10-12 co-investments, up from four.

The US firm and the Canadian pension system will hold an equal stake in Pennsylvania-based CPG, trumping rivals in an auction that had reportedly drawn interest from Warburg Pincus, Berkshire Partners and TPG.

The London-based firm has delivered a good return ahead of a likely new fundraising process next year as its current Fund VII reaches the two-thirds deployed mark.

Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht gets specific about the firm’s plans for India—which could include $500 million in investment in real estate on the subcontinent. By Aaron Lovell.

The management of HSBC Private Equity are reported to be in talks with its parent, HSBC, to buy out the European private equity operation.