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Saratoga launches $450m Fund IIIThe move underscores the growing attractiveness of the region in the eyes of investors.
- Australian PE industry consolidates
A decreasing number of funds in Australia have raised 72% more capital for the year ended 30 June.
- Bain’s bet in Japan
Last time private equity backed Japanese fast-food chain Skylark things went wrong. Now Bain Capital thinks it can do better.
- FIG deals present ‘once in 50 years’ opportunity
Discounted valuations for financial services providers offer potential returns that outpace all other industries, according to a new study by Corsair Capital.
- New Jersey makes huge bet on TPG
The New Jersey Division of Investment has committed $300m to TPG Capital, a longstanding relationship for the pension, and $200m to three other managers.
- TPG hires Morgan Stanley executive
TPG Capital, in a further sign of its intent to build out a real estate platform, has hired Morgan Stanley’s global head of private capital markets.
- TPG hires Jefferies executive
Magnus Christensson, the European head of fund placement activities at Jefferies bank, is joining TPG Capital as a member of its European capital raising team.
- TPG to raise up to $5bn for Asia fund
The global firm is plotting its sixth Asian fund, which could be the largest fund raised for the region since the financial crisis.
- Augusta Columbia hires TPG executive
David ibnAle has experience working with the firm’s co-founder, former Blackstone Group managing director Chip Schorr, who launched Augusta Columbia in a spin-out from Blackstone earlier this year.
- Bain acquires Skylark in $2.1bn blockbuster Japan deal
Bain is set to buy Japanese restaurant chain Skylark in the country’s biggest buyout for two years. CVC Asia Pacific in 2009 reportedly gave up its stake in Skylark so as not to have to repay debt related to the 2006 MBO it led for the same company.