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- Carlyle consortium starts inspection buy and build
The consortium backing Spanish inspection business Applus is adding to the rapid growth in the company’s chemical and energy inspection arm.
- Carlyle closes third US venture fund on $605m(4)
The Carlyle Group has closed its third US-focussed fund on $605 million, bringing the 10-year-old venture arm’s total capital under management to $3.8 billion. It is the third fund the buyout giant has closed in the past four weeks.
- Carlyle appoints head of PR for Americas(2)
The Carlyle Group has hired Ellen Gonda, formerly a financial communications director at PR firm Brunswick Group, to lead its public relations efforts in North and South America. It is part of a larger expansion that will double the size of Carlyle’s global communications department.
- Capitol Hill to examine PE-owned nursing homes(4)
Congressional interest in private equity-owned nursing homes remains high, as two committees in the US House of Representatives have now said they will hold hearings on the subject.
- Pantheon invests in Carlyle-backed Chinese flooring company(3)
Pantheon Ventures, a private equity fund of funds specialist, has invested $12.5 million in a Chinese wood flooring manufacturer backed by The Carlyle Group.
- Carlyle commits $199m to education venture(3)
Carlyle has teamed with US education provider Apollo Group to form Apollo Global, a $1 billion joint venture that will invest in the education services sector outside the US.
- Riverstone, Carlyle lead $500m energy deal
The private equity collaborators have committed $450 million to Houston-based oil and gas startup Dynamic Offshore Resources, which is targeting Gulf of Mexico assets.
- Pantheon and Nova pick up laboratory group for £75m(4)
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
- Capitol Hill to examine PE-owned nursing homes(3)
Congressional interest in private equity-owned nursing homes remains high, as two committees in the US House of Representatives have now said they will hold hearings on the subject.