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Prelude makes further investment in UK display companyPrelude Trust, a UK quoted investment trust, has invested alongside QinetiQ Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company and TTP Ventures in a new financing round for ZBD Displays, which has raised almost £15m since 2001.
- Lehman buys Carlyle stake in metals business
Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners, the co-investment fund of US bank Lehman Brothers, has joined The Carlyle Group as a shareholder in Firth Rixson, a metal manufacturing business Carlyle acquired in 2003.
- Carlyle/Riverstone buys Gulf of Mexico oil fields
An oil and gas exploration platform funded by The Carlyle Group and Carlyle affiliate Riverstone Holdings has announced a $340m deal to buy dozens of on- and offshore oil fields.
- €2bn Lafarge unit on PE radar
Bids for the roofing division of Lafarge, a global cement group, are being considered by a dozen private equity firms as well as trade buyers, according to a French report.
- Washington insider advises buyout lobbying group
Harry Clark, a veteran lobbyist and communications counselor to industry and government officials, is helping America’s biggest buyout firms establish an advocacy group for the private equity industry.
- Coles Myer says proposed takeover ‘highly conditional’
Coles Myer, a listed Australian retailer has referred to the proposed takeover offer received from a consortium of private equity firms as “highly conditional.”
- Cinven buys Avio from Carlyle for €2.57bn
Cinven, a European private equity firm, has capped a busy month that has seen it invest in over €8bn of transactions with the purchase of Avio, an Italian aerospace engine maker, from owners The Carlyle Group and Finmeccanica.
- Warburg shops for stake in China department store
Warburg Pincus has been identified as one among several investors in talks to buy a stake in Beijing Wangfujing Department Store group in a transaction that could reach $188 million.
- Carlyle raises $1.8bn for pan-Asian buyout fund
The Carlyle Group has raised $1.8 billion for its second pan-Asia ex-Japan buyout fund from which it has already made two investments.
- Less is more for Archer
Australian private equity firm Archer Capital is adding a small buyout strategy to its existing mid-market franchise.