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Carlyle principal urges investors to shape infrastructure debateJohn Flaherty told delegates gathered at the Public Private Partnerships USA Summit in Washington, DC that there has never been a more important time for them to be involved in the debate about private investment in infrastructure and urged them to make their voices heard.
- Carlyle dunks into public-private partnerships
A $178m deal to upgrade 23 highway rest stops - also adding retail food outlets from portfolio company Dunkin' Brands - marks the first PPP inked by the firm’s $1.1bn infrastructure fund.
- Blackstone stocks freezer with $1.3bn deal
Vestar Capital has sold Birds Eye seven years after leading a $175m recap of the frozen food company. It marks Blackstone's fourth US private equity deal this year.
- Carlyle pumps $45m into two Chinese deals
The firm's Asian growth capital business is backing the growth of Nantong Rainbow Heavy Industry and iTour.
- Carlyle-backed SS&C acquires TheNextRound
The deal will dramatically increase the Connecticut-based financial software and services provider’s private equity client base.
- Carlyle, Partners Group plot $203m IPO
China Forestry, in which Carlyle has a 16.5% stake and Partners Group a 7% stake, will next month list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
- Carlyle injects $15m in Chinese fertilizer maker
The global buyout firm has acquired a 16.5 percent stake in China Agritech and may increase its stake if the company does not meet an agreed net income target this financial year.
- Rubenstein: China 'at the epicentre' of private equity
China's private equity market will make a much greater contribution to growth of the global economy than US private equity has in the past, according to the co-founder of The Carlyle Group.
- ‘Pass-the-parcel’ comes back into fashion
A number of recent and current deals suggest that the secondary buyout – a mainstay of the credit boom era – may be making a comeback.
- Ex-Macquarie pro launches infra investment firm
Matthew Day, formerly a vice president in the industrials group at Macquarie Capital Advisors in New York, has founded Black Opal Equity to make investments in US companies that service infrastructure.