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  • Carlyle receives 2-yr extension for fourth buyout fund
    Annabelle Ju- 10 March 2016

    Carlyle Partners IV, which closed in 2005 on $7.85 billion, has received investor approval for a 2-year extension to allow more time to exit two remaining portfolio companies.

  • Partners to set up new Americas headquarters
    Evelyn Lee- 10 March 2016

    The Zug, Switzerland-based private markets investment manager plans to relocate a number of top executives from its existing US offices to a new regional headquarters.

  • European Roundtable: ‘we will have another crisis’
    Isobel Markham- 26 February 2016

    At the Private Equity International European mid-market roundtable, industry heavyweights agreed that a downturn is on its way.

  • Buy-and-build boosts IRR
    Isobel Markham- 25 February 2016

    New research from Boston Consulting Group shows the increasingly popular buy-and-build strategy outperform standalone PE deals.

  • Aberdeen: DC market on its radar
    Victoria Robson- 25 February 2016

    Speaking exclusively to Private Equity International, Aberdeen Asset Management global head of alternatives Andrew McCaffery outlines the firm’s take on accessing the defined contribution benefit pension market.

  • CVC closes first tech growth fund
    Victoria Robson- 24 February 2016

    The global buyout firm has closed CVC Growth Partners on $1 billion, with three deals already under its belt.

  • VIG nets 2.5x in Burger King sale to Affinity
    Carmela Mendoza- 19 February 2016

    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.

  • Partners Group and Kedaara acquire housing finance arm
    Carmela Mendoza- 16 February 2016

    The acquisition of a controlling stake from Au Housing is expected to be completed in April following clearance by India’s housing finance regulator National Housing Bank.

  • Partners Group “very cautious” on direct large-cap buyouts
    Victoria Robson- 8 February 2016

    In its Private Markets Navigator First Half 2016 report Partners Group flagged the “questionable risk/return profiles” of some large buyout transactions, particularly in Europe.

  • Navis Capital generates 3.3x on Golden Foods Siam exit
    Carmela Mendoza- 3 February 2016

    The realisation of the Thai food company to Brazil’s BRF SA follows the sale of Guardian Early Learning Group to Switzerland-based Partners Group.