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PEI Awards 2015 Americas: reclaiming the titleBlackstone, Kirkland & Ellis, Advent and Onex all returned to their first-place positions in PEI’s 2015 Awards.
- PEI Awards 2015 Americas: reclaiming the title
Blackstone, Kirkland & Ellis, Advent and Onex all returned to their first-place positions in PEI’s 2015 Awards.
- Actis exits Chinese hotel group Plateno
Actis' investment helped Plateno grow its business across the Asia-Pacific region from 160 budget hotels to more than 2,500 outlets including mid- to high-end hotel brands.
- Carlyle shutters fund of hedge funds
Carlyle Group’s investment solutions group, now comprised of AlpInvest and Metropolitan Real Estate, will focus mainly on secondaries, co-investments and managed accounts.
- GIC, Bain and Advent take stakes in QuEST
The private equity funds bought their combined stake from Warburg Pincus, which is making a 4x return on its original investment.
- Carlyle hires former Intel president for TMT team
Renée James, who held various positions at Intel throughout her 28-year tenure, will be a Carlyle operating executive, effective 29 February.
- PetSmart distributes $800m to BC Partners and co-investors
The British PE firm is returning capital to investors less than a year after its $8.7bn acquisition of the US pet products retailer.
- Shamrock closes Fund IV, promotes three
In conjunction with the closing of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund IV on its $700m hard-cap, the firm has announced three promotions.
- EM fundraising and investment saw 2015 drop
Research from EMPEA reflects that last year was challenging for emerging markets investors.
- Chart of the week: Blackstone bucks the trend
While most of the biggest managers of closed-ended private equity funds raised less capital in 2015 than two years earlier, one firm stood out from the crowd.