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  • China eases rules for foreign RMB funds
    Andy Thomson- 5 January 2013

    Chinese authorities are understood to have approved new legislation that will make it much more attractive for foreign GPs to launch RMB funds in Shanghai’s Pudong district.

  • Carlyle in $229m Japanese restaurant deal
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    In its second Japanese deal in two weeks, Carlyle has offered to buy Chimney Co., an operator of the Hananomai, Sakanaya Dojo and Kodawariyama restaurant chains.

  • How fashions have changed
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    From the golden age to the age of pragmatism: private equity is an industry with evolving strategic priorities. PEI looks at how tastes have altered in five key respects.

  • RMB fund fever
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    Many foreign firms have now announced plans to launch RMB funds in Shanghai, but are there enough LPs to go round?

  • KKR, GA seal $1.65bn Northrop Grumman carve-out
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    CPPIB's credit arm, as well as KKR Capital Markets and four others, will provide financing for the purchase of government engineering consultancy TASC.

  • Blackstone opens Chinese entity in Shanghai
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The US private equity giant has officially launched its first RMB fund and signed an agreement with the state-backed Shanghai Lujiazui Financial Development Company.

  • Centre Partners acquires long-term care home company
    Zoe Hughes- 5 January 2013

    The Los Angeles-based private equity firm builds on its knowledge of the renal healthcare system in the US acquiring long-term care company, Covenant Care. Covenant has 43 nursing homes and three residential care facilities in seven US states.

  • Carlyle backs Japanese software MBO
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    The US-headquartered firm has aquired Broadleaf, which provides software to the automotive industry. The deal has been estimated at $212m.

  • Will IR pros rule the industry?
    David Snow- 5 January 2013

    Leaders within the more mature mutual-fund market often come from marketing backgrounds.

  • Neeraj Bharadwaj quits Apax for Accel India
    Amanda Janis- 5 January 2013

    Sandeep Naik and Shashank Singh will replace Neeraj Bharadwaj, as he ends a 10-year Apax career to join the US growth capital firm.