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Race for €12bn Spanish LBO gathers speedA consortium comprising Apax, Blackstone and CVC has made a new offer for the Spanish telecommunications company Auna as rival KKR joins the fray.
- From bubbles to bigger bets
A few months after CalPERS chief investment officer Mark Anson warned of a private equity “bubble”, the board of the California pension fund will soon decide whether to give him more autonomy in making private equity allocation decisions. By Paul Fruchbom
- Buyout groups in fundraising boom
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.
- PAI Europe IV closes on €2.7bn
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.
- London dominates Euro hedge fund market
As private equity players monitor the ever-increasing influence of hedge funds in the industry, new figures show that hedge fund assets managed in London rose by 60% to reach $190bn in 2004.
- Carlyle to open offices in China, India, Australia
Amid a personnel shift, global private equity firm The Carlyle Group is opening new offices in Mumbai, Beijing and Sydney. Michael Kim will leave the firm.
- 3i names India head
Anil Ahuja, formerly head of India investments for JP Morgan, has joined the global private equity firm as it makes further inroads into Asia.
- Carlyle makes bid for Insight cable
The Carlyle Group is partnering with New York-based Insight Communications executives in a bid to take private the public cable provider in a $650m deal.
- Blackstone head warns of mid-market crisis
Tony James of The Blackstone Group said in an interview with Bloomberg that there were ‘just too many’ middle market buyout firms in the US.
- Carlyle reports ’best ever year’
The US-headquartered private equity firm has released global activity figures for 2004 that show $5.3bn returned to investors, $2.7bn invested and $7.8bn raised.