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Buyout battle looms for Thomson divisionSome of the world’s biggest buyout firms are set to fight it out for the $3.5 billion-valued higher education division of publishing company Thomson, in the latest demonstration of private equity’s appetite for the sector.
- TPG mulls sale to pensions
US private equity firm TPG is exploring the possible sale of a minority stake in the firm to major state pension funds.
- Buyout firms circle A$1bn Australian lender
KKR and GE Capital have reportedly teamed up to bid for RAMS, an Australian mortgage provider valued at about A$1 billion, as private equity firms and banks clamour for exposure to the booming Australian housing market.
- Carlyle tops ground-breaking league table
The PEI 50, a new ranking from Private Equity International magazine, reveals The Carlyle Group has the largest private equity direct-investment programme in the world, having raised $32.5 billion in the last five years.
- London shops go large in New York
CVC, 3i and BC Partners all have recently opened up major new offices in New York City, indicating the growing global influence of UK-based private equity franchises.
- Wendel recruits Donnet for Asia push
Wendel, the French-listed investment group, is continuing its efforts to expand outside its home market by launching an Asia-Pacific operation and recruiting Philippe Donnet to run it.
- Carlyle invests in Japanese semiconductors
The Carlyle Group has made the first Japanese investment from its pan-Asian growth capital fund, backing a semiconductor assembly and testing services provider.
- Rival consortium challenges KKR for Coles
A consortium that includes Pacific Equity Partners, Permira and Wesfarmers, a Sydney-listed conglomerate, has bid A$19.7 billion for Coles Group, Australia’s second-biggest retailer – although KKR could yet return with another bid.
- Rubenstein: Transparency will not be enough
Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein has warned that recent initiatives to improve transparency in private equity will never completely appease the industry’s critics, and suggested that a re-branding exercise may be necessary.
- Rubenstein on the future of private equity
PrivateEquityOnline catches up with David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, to pick his brains on transparency, performance, and the future of the industry.