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Carlyle commits $500m to India-focused Magna EnergyThe equity will come from the $2.5billion Carlyle International Energy Partners fund which closed in March
- Oaktree to buy Highstar
The $86bn alternatives manager has agreed to acquire the infrastructure fund manager for an undisclosed sum. Both firms are based in the US.
- Friday Letter: Shipping News
A glossy report from Barclays Private Equity (BPE) was sent to PEO recently, discussing numbers compiled by the Centre for Management Buy-out Research at Nottingham University Business School (BPE is a founding sponsor of the Centre along with professional services firm Deloitte). It is one of the more pessimistic research notes to originate from within the industry in recent years – at least if you happen to be a large buyout specialist (which BPE, a successful pan-European mid-market house, is not).
- Friday Letter Enough already: mega-fund bashing misses the point
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.
- Friday Letter Bad timings, big returns
Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.
- Collusion probe brings club deals to fore
A widened US court case against some of the buyout industry’s biggest names is raising questions over the legality of joint-bidding.
- Market remains ill-suited for PE-backed IPOs
The US IPO market, analyzed in this month’s edition of Private Equity International, has slowed considerably after coming out of the gate with a bang during the first half of 2011.
- Bad timing, big returns
Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.
- HCA raises $3.79bn in largest-ever PE-backed IPO
KKR- and Bain-backed hospital operator HCA's successful IPO has 'signalled' to the market that private equity-backed healthcare companies could be positioned to thrive under healthcare reform in the US.
- Enough already: mega-fund bashing misses the point
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.