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Affinity to raise $2bn fundAffinity Equity Partners, a pan-Asian buyout firm, is aiming for at least $1.5 billion for a new fund, Fund III, it will start raising toward the end of the year.
- Cerberus’ Vanguard files for IPO
Vanguard Car Rental Group, which operates the National Car Rental and Alamo brands, has filed to raise $300 million through an IPO of common stock.
- Turnaround for Archie Norman
Archie Norman, former grocer, politician and corporate turnaround specialist, set up a new investment company, Aurigo Management, last month. Robert Venes speaks to Norman about his latest venture.
- Blackstone closes first deal in India
The Blackstone Group is investing $50m in Emcure, an Indian pharmaceutical company, a year after setting up in Mumbai.
- Riverstone, Carlyle in power plant play
The two firms’ joint venture has sold one power plant in the Topaz Power Group for $1.14bn to a British buyer while acquiring the remaining shares of the other seven plants.
- Mercapital pumps €275m into gas
Mercapital, a Spanish mid-market manager, has acquired a majority stake in Spanish medical gas and respiratory home therapy provider Gasmedi in a transaction valued at €275m.
- Carlyle confirms healthcare co-head Dahl has left firm
Bob Dahl, the co-head of Carlyle’s healthcare buyout team and a managing director for seven years, has left the firm “to explore some different options,” according to a Carlyle spokesman.
- PE acts its age
With the high-profile buyout of distressed investor WL Ross, the private equity business continues its on-going maturation. By Aaron Lovell.
- Carlyle considers Avio sale over flotation
Carlyle may opt to sell its stake in Avio, an Italian aerospace engine manufacturer, despite appointing three investment banks to arrange a flotation on the Milan stock exchange earlier this year.
- Warburg and Cinven buy Essent Kabelcom for €2.6bn
Warburg Pincus and Cinven, the US and European private equity firms, have won a €2.6bn auction to buy Essent Kabelcom, a Dutch cable operator, following the withdrawal of Liberty Global, a US cable business.