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  • Exits outstrip investments in UK
    Oliver Smiddy- 5 January 2013

    UK exit activity in the first six months of the year slightly outpaced new investments for the first time since 2006, according to CMBOR.

  • Carlyle adds senior advisor in Brazil
    Graham Winfrey- 5 January 2013

    The firm has added former CEO of Petrobras fuel distribution subsidiary Petrobras Distribuidora Luiz Viana as a senior advisor to Carlyle’s South America buyout team.

  • Oaktree files for $100m IPO
    Oliver Smiddy- 5 January 2013

    Oaktree will join peers such as Blackstone, KKR and Apollo with a public listing it said would allow it to transition beyond its founders, Howard Marks (pictured) and Bruce Karsh.

  • Carlyle rolls on with £1bn RAC buyout
    Oliver Smiddy- 5 January 2013

    The Carlyle Group’s recent deal spree - it has agreed three deals already this month - continues with the acquisition of UK-based roadside assistance group the RAC.

  • Carlyle raises $1bn for South America
    Oliver Smiddy- 5 January 2013

    The alternatives manager has held final closes for two South American vehicles with a Brazilian focus, bringing its total assets under management in emerging markets to $14bn.

  • Texas Teachers’ to name PE advisor
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The $109bn pension will choose between Hamilton Lane and Altius Associates as its private equity advisor to help meet its goal of spending $1.5bn on the asset class this year.

  • Carlyle buys into second hedge fund
    Sam Sutton- 5 January 2013

    The private equity firm continues to diversify its holdings, buying into a hedge fund group six months after its first foray acquisition in the space.

  • Hu: RMB fund advantages are 'artificial'
    Hsiang-Ching Tseng- 5 January 2013

    Former Goldman China chairman Fred Hu has labelled the advantages offered by RMB-denominated funds as 'artificial and transitory'.

  • Had you sold in ’09, you’d be sorry now
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    With pre-crisis funds bouncing back, LPs can thank private equity’s inherent illiquidity for stopping them from getting out too soon, writes Philip Borel.

  • CDB eyes TPG stake
    Hsiang-Ching Tseng- 5 January 2013

    The $770bn China Development Bank is following in the footsteps of GIC and KIA with the purchase of a stake in TPG's management company.