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Michigan commits to AlpInvest and CarlyleThe $6.5bn pension fund’s $500m commitment to AlpInvest is the fund of fund’s first since being acquired by The Carlyle Group in January.
- George Roberts: On the upswing
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
- Lazard loses another fundraiser
The Private Fund Advisory Group at Lazard has lost a group of high-level placement agents in the past few years, but the team overall has tripled in size since its inception in 2003.
- Carlyle, Energy Capital talks end without agreement
Carlyle had reportedly been in talks to acquire the New Jersey-based energy-focused firm, which closed on its $4.3bn second fund in 2010.
- Advent seals sevenfold return with Zong sale
Advent Venture Partners has booked a substantial return on its investment in payment processing business Zong following its sale to online auction house eBay for $240m.
- Carlyle adds senior advisor in DC
The firm has hired Mary Petrovich, previously the CEO of former Carlyle portfolio company AxleTech, as a senior advisor to the industrial and transportation group.
- TPG buys Georgia healthcare company for $2bn
The Fort Worth, Texas-based firm expanded its healthcare portfolio with the purchase of Immucor, which produces automated diagnostic products for blood transfusions.
- Buyers beware
The recent fraud allegations relating to Chinese companies listed overseas may force private equity investors to reassess how they buy and seek to influence investee businesses, writes Andy Thomson.
- Gavea trumps BTG with record Brazil fund
Brazilian bank BTG Pactual and Rio-based investment group Gavea Investimentos have raised buyout funds totalling $3.3bn, underlining the growing interest in Latin American private equity.
- Carlyle in talks for hedge FoF
Amid rumours of Carlyle’s IPO, K2 Advisors would be the Washington, DC firm’s third hedge fund acquisition in the past year.