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First Reserve commits $350m to oil exploration companyThe energy-focussed private equity firm is the latest buyout shop to invest in Cobalt International Energy, a company that last year received $500 million from Riverstone and Goldman Sachs.
- Carlyle hires investment banker to focus on southeast Asia(4)
The Carlyle Group has added to its Asian buyout team in Singapore, where the firm intends to build a team to focus on southeast Asia.
- KKR signs Turkey’s largest deal(4)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buyout firm, has bought UN Ro-Ro in its first transaction in Turkey, making it the latest firm to gain exposure to the country and the neighbouring MENA region.
- Capitol Hill to examine PE-owned nursing homes(2)
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.
- Report: LPs align to demand better deal terms
The 10th largest public US pension has said a group of large institutional investors, including a sovereign wealth fund, are discussing how best to group together to obtain more favourable deal terms. The LPs are also reportedly conferring on investments in private equity firm franchises.
- Carlyle considers $2bn defence deal
The private equity firm with deep defence expertise is in talks to purchase Booz Allen Hamilton’s government consulting business.
- Senators begin inquiry into PE-owned nursing homes(4)
Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee members considering carried interest taxation and tax on publicly traded financial partnerships, are investigating patient care at private equity-owned nursing homes.
- KKR signs Turkey’s largest deal(3)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buyout firm, has bought UN Ro-Ro in its first transaction in Turkey, making it the latest firm to gain exposure to the country and the neighbouring MENA region.
- Pantheon and Nova pick up laboratory group for £75m(2)
Pantheon Ventures and secondary investor Nova have bought the scientific laboratory business of Barloworld as it looks to grow the business overseas.
- Carlyle secures second Spanish bolt-on in a week
Global buyout firm The Carlyle Group has combined travel website Rumbo with Orizonia in a joint venture alongside Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica.