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Carlyle gears up for $800m IPOThe alternatives manager is set to raise up to $800m in its forthcoming initial public offering, which would value the group at about $8bn.
- Oaktree founders eye $234m payday
Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh will collect about $117m each from the firm’s IPO, a filing for which revealed details including gross IRR on the firm's distressed debt funds.
- GPs sign on to private capital database
More than a dozen GPs have agreed to contribute data to a global private equity database being developed by the Private Capital Research Institution and Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner.
- Carlyle and BC team for $3.5bn HSI buyout
The private equity duo part-financed one of the biggest deals so far this year using debt provided by six banks, proving lending appetite exists for even multi-billion dollar deals.
- Riverstone seals $500m natural gas deal
The energy-focused firm has made its sixth investment from Fund V – its first since ending its partnership with Carlyle – which is currently targeting $6bn.
- Carlyle cash to bolster $2bn rail bid
The Carlyle Group is investing $800m in railway operator Genesee & Wyoming, a capital injection which will be used to aid the company's $2bn purchase of RailAmerica.
- Carlyle hires operator for media and telecom
Former COO of Discovery Communications Peter Liguori has joined Carlyle as the firm’s 27th operating executive.
- Regulations hinder China's strategics
Chinese bidders have the cash and desire to be strategic buyers of private equity assets in the US, but regulations tend to get in the way.
- Private equity represents second-largest alternatives pool
Private equity represents the second-largest segment within the alternative asset class behind real estate, according to a survey of the world’s top 100 alternatives managers - who together manage $3,136 billion.
- Carlyle teams with government to save refinery
The firm is investing in the largest refinery on the eastern seaboard with help from Pennsylvania to upgrade the facility and shift the source of crude oil from northern Africa to domestic sites around North America.