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- Carlyle leads $550m offshore bank deal
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Wellcome Trust are among the investors now backing Butterfield & Son, Bermuda's first-ever bank.
- THL unwraps $928m fast food deal
The take-private of CKE Restaurants will see the private equity firm control more than 3,000 Carl's Jr and Hardee's locales.
- Wetherly settles with Cuomo, exits placement business
The Los Angeles-based firm will pay $1m to the New York Common pension fund and has agreed to exit the placement business.
- Carlyle partners Fosun on $100m RMB fund
The tie-up with China's largest private investment house furthers Carlyle's aggressive expansion into the country, where the firm has so far invested more than $2.5bn.
- South Korea easing PE rules
The country is seeking to become more aligned with global standards regarding private equity fund establishment and operation, although US firms still may be hit with a new capital gains tax on exits.
- Carlyle writes off $330m Japanese mobile investment
Wilcom, Japan's fourth largest telecoms operator, has filed for bankruptcy.
- California firms agree placement ban
In relation to the pay-to-play scandal, Ares and Freeman Spogli have signed on to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s code of conduct that prohibits the use of placement agents.
- Best not biggest
With CenterPoint, Carlyle and Goldman at its wharfs, the Virginia Port Authority has no shortage of willing partners for its assets
- Port of Virginia container volumes plummet 20%
Officials blamed the weak trade statistics for the first half of the year on the worldwide economic slowdown. The good news, however, is that container trade at the port – currently part of a bidding contest between CenterPoint, Carlyle and Goldman Sachs – is now showing increases for the first time in a year.