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LDC maintains run rate with twin dealsLDC, the captive private equity arm of Lloyds TSB Banking Group, has maintained its recent deal-making spree with two acquisitions, taking its deployed capital in 2011 alone to £163m.
- CCMP exec to head £2.5bn fund
Stephen Welton, a senior member of JPMorgan spinout CCMP Capital Advisors, will act as CEO of Business Growth Fund, which will be chaired by former Barclays director Sir Nigel Rudd.
- African infra fund in $1.2bn satellite deal
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund is lending $25m to O3b Networks, an internet satellite company, which has also attracted equity commitments from Internet search provider Google and North Bridge Venture Partners.
- Macquarie Mexican Fund scores $150m loan from IADB
The Inter-American Development Bank approved the loan as a way to ‘foster more participation’ in the fund. Macquarie also released details of the fund’s recent purchase of Decarred, a company that maintains 10 stretches of highway in the US-border state of Durango.
- KKR replaces MENA head
The global alternatives giant has replaced Makram Azar as its MENA head with Citigroup veteran Kaveh Samie.
- The new normal
Governments around the world are finalising rules to mitigate private equity's future potential risk to the global economy.
- 3i infra’s generated income jumps to £30.5m
3i Infrastructure has reported in its half-yearly results that its portfolio income generation has increased to £30.5m, more than double the portfolio income generated in the previous corresponding period.
- Storm brewing in the West
A slew of new financial regulations and proposals from the US and Europe are extending their reach into Asia, potentially damaging international investment between the regions.
- Secondaries get complicated
A combination of financial distress and increased regulation in the West and the maturation of the primary fund market in the East are leading Asia’s secondary market to more complex deal structures. Secondary directs feature, but so too do more Asia-specific transactions, writes Jenny Blinch.
- Lone Star agrees $4.2bn KEB exit
It’s third time lucky for Lone Star as the Dallas-based private equity and real estate giant once again seeks an exit from the Korean bank.