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Black bemused with Goldman over TPGLeon Black of Apollo Management has expressed his displeasure to Goldman Sachs over the investment bank’s role as an advisor in an expected Texas Pacific Euronext listing.
- Blackstone and KKR abandon Univision bid
The private equity consortium competing with Televisa to acquire the company has abandoned its effort, purportedly because of a dispute over how much to bid.
- Carlyle raises $668 million Asia fund
The fund, which has already made three investments, will focus on emerging Asian business leaders with extension capital.
- PE backers see $1bn return on Hertz
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Private Equity reclaim almost half of their original equity investment in the rental car company via a debt-financing commitment.
- Carlyle confident of Xugong success
Despite the possibility of a rival offer from a local business and delays in regulatory approval, Carlyle remains positive that its $375m offer for Chinese construction company Xugong will be the first majority acquisition of a Chinese state-owned enterprise by a private equity firm.
- Carlyle to close largest Japan fund
Market professionals are expecting The Carlyle Group to announce the formation of a $2bn private equity fund aimed at investment opportunities in Japan.
- Addicted to oil
As a recent spate of private equity fund closings and transactions makes clear, it’s not just the American public that is hooked on oil—institutional investors are junkies as well. By Paul Fruchbom.
- Carlyle buys Oriental Trading for $1b
Brentwood Associates will sell the consumer-product company to Carlyle after a hotly contested auction.
- Carlyle hires veteran journalist
Norman Pearlstine, former Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc., will join the Washington, DC-based private equity firm as a senior advisor to the telecom & media team as it looks to expand its activities.
- Advent in breakthrough Mexican deal
The global private equity firm has acquired a major clothing retailer in Mexico for $200 million. The deal includes $90 million in cash-flow based debt.