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CVC closes Asia fund on $3.5bnThe fund, which came to market last June, has exceeded its $3bn target.
- Carlyle’s Applus sets IPO price
Based on the listing price, the Spanish testing business is valued at €1.9 billion.
- KKR lowers bar with new feeder fund
The private equity giant has created a vehicle that will allow investors to commit as little as $10,000 in its funds.
- Exclusive: Carlyle tops this year’s PEI 300
KKR, CVC and Apollo were also big winners in this year's ranking, which excludes pre-crisis funds for the first time.
- Energy Future Holdings files for bankruptcy
The largest-ever LBO, backed by KKR and TPG, has succumbed to its $40bn debt load.
- Cinven joins KKR and Hg in €2.5bn Visma
Hg is exiting Visma from one fund, netting a 5.2x return – and then re-investing from another, alongside Cinven.
- KKR Capstone adds China MD
The firm’s operational unit has hired Matthew Chang as it builds out its Asia Pacific team.
- KKR bets on European upswing
The firm has sealed roughly a dozen private equity realisations across six different funds in 2014.
- Ares prices IPO
The Los Angeles-based firm expects to raise up to $481m from its IPO.
- KKR in 3x exit to Blackstone and Goldman Sachs
The sale of Ipreo comes three years after KKR acquired the financial software company from VSS.