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CalPERS buys $600m stake in Apollo(2)The US' largest pension fund purchased a $600 million, 8.6 percent stake in Apollo, prior to the private equity firm's listing on Goldman Sachs' private exchange.
- Fortune favours good timing(4)
Longview Economics say now is the time to buy equities after the summer sell-off. Good news if you've just closed a buyout fund, but for how long, asks PEO editor Nicholas Lockley?
- KKR in talks with banks for First Data deal(4)
KKR is reportedly unlikely to yield much on debt terms.
- Mercapital puts auction woes behind it
The Spanish buyout firm has teamed with The Carlyle Group to buy web hosting firm Arsys for €160m – in the process avoiding the kind of competitive auction that proved unproductive for the firm this year.
- SAC Private Capital acquires Taiwanese bank at a steep discount(3)
SAC Private Capital, the private equity arm of a US hedge fund group, has acquired a control stake in Cosmos Bank at a discount, saving it from government receivership.
- TRS returns 2.31 percent for Q1 2008
The Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois reported 2.31 percent returns for the first quarter of its 2008 fiscal year, a number which does not take into account private markets returns. Separately, the pension approved three new private equity commitments.
- DIC buys 9.9% stake in Och-Ziff
Dubai International Capital, the alternative asset manager, has acquired a stake in US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management in advance of its impending flotation. The hedge fund manager is the latest of numerous firms to receive backing from a state investor.
- Fortune favours good timing(3)
Longview Economics say now is the time to buy equities after the summer sell-off. Good news if you've just closed a buyout fund, but for how long, asks PEO editor Nicholas Lockley?
- Carlyle commits $199m to education venture
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.
- Carlyle backs schools in China(2)
The Carlyle Group has invested $20 million in a Chinese language institute to help it expand across the country.