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KKR names Bookmyer head of AustraliaScott Bookmyer will move from KKR’s Hong Kong to Sydney office to strengthen the firm’s Australian operations.
- SEC looks into Carlyle’s monitoring fees
The regulator has made ‘informal’ inquiries regarding Carlyle’s historical monitoring fee acceleration practices.
- Impetus-PEF unveils 2016 vision
The charity focused on supporting disadvantaged young people will initiate a new project in March looking at the barriers to education and employment.
- PetSmart distributes $800m to BC Partners and co-investors
The British PE firm is returning capital to investors less than a year after its $8.7bn acquisition of the US pet products retailer.
- VIG nets 2.5x in Burger King sale to Affinity
The Seoul-based firm has sold Burger King’s South Korea franchise in a deal worth $170 million as its seeks to raise its third vehicle.
- KKR buys India’s Max Financial Services
The firm looks to benefit from ‘robust growth’ in India’s financial services sector.
- KKR grows its AUM
The alternative asset manager has accrued record amounts of dry powder, which now stands at $29 billion, it reported in its 2015 earnings.
- Former GSO, KKR execs start credit firm
Doug Ostrover, one of the founders of GSO Capital Partners, and Marc Lipschultz, KKR’s head of energy and infrastructure, are launching Owl Rock Capital to invest in private loans. The duo are raising a private fund and setting up a BDC.
- KKR exits Vietnam’s Masan Consumer Corp
The global investment firm first invested in one of the largest private sector companies in Vietnam in 2011 through its Asian Fund I, with a second investment in 2013 making it the biggest private equity deal in the country.
- CDH bids for Chinese job seeker website
CDH with Shanghai Goliath is bidding for a 32 percent stake in Zhaopin.