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Carlyle acquires senior housing in Japan for $136mPrivate equity firms continue to target the country’s aging demographic.
- Carlyle hires investment banker to focus on southeast Asia(3)
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.
- Carlyle beefs up Japan team(4)
The Carlyle Group has beefed up its Japanese buyout team with the appointment of a co-head and a chairman commencing October and November respectively.
- Riverside makes first Asian acquisition
The Riverside Company opened its first Asian offices in Tokyo and Seoul last year, and has now completed its first deal in the region with the acquisition of Japanese parking lot operator Shinsouki.
- Senators begin inquiry into PE-owned nursing homes(2)
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.
- CalPERS pledges $1bn to Carlyle V(4)
The California pension has made its largest private equity commitment yet disclosed to Carlyle’s fifth US buyout fund, which has a target of as much as $17 billion.
- Auditor says UK Government undersold defence asset
The UK Ministry of Defence has been criticised by the National Audit Office for underselling a stake in defence research company Qinetiq to US buyout firm The Carlyle Group.
- Schwarzman defends sovereign funds
Speaking on a World Economic Forum panel dedicated to sovereign funds, the Blackstone chairman and chief executive praised the funds and likened them to US state pensions as institutional investors.
- Apax looks to China for management company investment(4)
The head of European buyout firm Apax Partners, Martin Halusa, has visited China in an attempt to secure backing from the government’s sovereign wealth fund.
- Bain sells Dutch paint company for €2.2bn(2)
A US conglomerate will buy Bain Capital portfolio company SigmaKalon in a €2.2 billion transaction. The US buyout firm is believed to have paid roughly €1 billion for the Dutch paint company in 2003.