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Synova holds first and final close on £110mThe firm closed its oversubscribed fund on its £110m hard-cap after less than three months in market.
- Turnover continues at PineBridge
Ronald Schweizer and Colin Mohamed (pictured) have joined a growing list of executives that have left the firm over the past year.
- Carlyle hires former Proctor & Gamble president
Susan Arnold, former president of the consumer goods company’s global business unit, will join Carlyle as an operating executive this September.
- Alaska names private markets director
Alaska Permanent Fund’s private markets portfolio manager Marcus Frampton will replace Maria Tsu as direct of the asset class.
- Carlyle in $180m residential care deal
The firm has bought German-based Alloheim from STAR Capital using its European fund - and it continues to bolster its senior operating team, most recently with the addition of a former P&G executive.
- TPG offers sweeteners for extension
TPG has received the LP support it needed to obtain by Friday for an investment period extension on Fund VI, in part by offering to use 100% of transaction fees to offset the management fee on deals done during the extension.
- Carlyle raising record capital from Asia
Carlyle’s funds are attracting more capital than ever before from emerging markets as sovereign wealth funds increase exposure to the US and Europe.
- Asia PE deals slump in 2013
Value and volume of PE deals in Asia were down year-on-year to August, although Southeast Asia had an increase in the value of its PE-backed transactions.
- Carlyle reaches $10.3bn for US fund
The firm is coming off one of its strongest fundraising periods since 2008, raising $6.9bn in Q2 and $19.7bn during the past 12 months while investing $3.8bn so far this year.
- Alaska’s private equity returns 15.3%
The Alaska Permanent Fund posted positive returns across all of its asset classes including infrastructure and real estate, for the 2013 fiscal year.