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No time for turkeyFor anyone who wasn’t quite convinced: the anticipated pick-up in LBO activity has arrived.
- Carlyle gets green light on Kbro sale
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has finally got the go ahead to sell Taiwanese cable television operator Kbro to the country’s Tsai family in a deal worth around $1.19bn.
- Carlyle and TPG get clean bill of health for Healthscope acquisition
Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has approved the private equity consortium’s A$2.7bn bid for the healthcare operator.
- Carlyle, Accel back OzForex
The private equity firms are bolstering their Australian assets with a minority stake, estimated worth $60m to $80m, in the online foreign exchange service provider.
- Carlyle in $1bn cosmetics exit
The Carlyle Group has inked its second exit this week with the sale of philosophy, an upscale skin care and cosmetics company.
- Carlyle in 2.5x car seat maker exit
The firm has sold child car seat manufacturer Britax Childcare to Nordic Capital for £450m.
- Carlyle hires Credit Suisse's Arpey
The firm has hired Michael Arpey as a managing director responsible for coordination of investor relations, new fund formation and the development of new investor products.
- Report: Hopu to close for business
The Chinese firm, led by Fang Fenglei, is reportedly winding down after just one fund as two of the three founding partners plan their retirement.
- Carlyle to invest $98m in Central Pacific Financial
The capital injection is matched by an investment of equal size from New York-based Anchorage Capital Group, part of an expected aggregate $325m capital raise by Central Pacific.
- JC Flowers acquires US bank
The acquisition of Saddle River Valley Bank by JC Flowers follows the revelation Blackstone is planning to acquire small banks around the US.