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AA gears up for £1,39bn IPOPermira, CVC and Charterhouse have agreed to sell £930m worth of shares and will issue further shares totalling £210m.
- Wilbur Ross steps down as firm head
Stephen Toy and Greg Stoeckle will become senior managing directors and co-leaders of WL Ross.
- Washington State commits $350m to private equity
The Washington State Investment Board approved commitments to EIG Global Energy Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures.
- Invesco launches Asia RE funds
Two years after Invesco acquired the Asian real estate business of AIG, the firm is raising an $800m opportunity fund and a rare open-ended, core-focused vehicle for which it expects to attract $1bn in five years.
- Study: Middle East sovereigns increase private equity
The increase in allocation to private equity is driven by a greater need for sovereign wealth funds to diversify from public equities and to achieve higher returns, according to a study.
- China’s CIC in £245 million RE deal
China’s SWF has reportedly bought the London headquarters of investment bank Deutsche Bank for £245 million, weeks after a CIC subsidiary bought a $724 million stake in Heathrow Airport.
- 3i performance flat but headway made with cost cuts
London-listed 3i Group drastically reduced the amount of new investments it made in Q2 compared to a year earlier as the business instead focused on cost-cutting.
- WL Ross closes Fund V on $2.2bn
The firm, led by well-known turnaround investor Wilbur Ross, has closed its fifth fund after a long slog on the fundraising trail that included slashing its target in half.
- Astorg targets €600m for new fund
Astorg, a French mid-market firm, is hoping for a quicker fundraising for its fourth fund, which it will begin marketing in earnest next year, according to one investor.
- Braemar closes Fund III on $300m target
The energy-focused venture firm received commitments from a large number of new and existing LPs and will follow a ‘niche focus on the energy technology space’, according to the firm.