The San Francisco-based mid-market buyout shop closes its largest fund yet, which will focus on life sciences, business services and industrial technologies.
The global buyout house has returned $9bn to investors in the last 18 months, ahead of its second European fundraising campaign.
The private equity group has completed the £525m trade sale of Westminster Healthcare, making four times its money on its 2002 investment.
The merchant banking arm of Lehman Brothers, along with private investor Bernard Schwartz, have agreed to sell aircraft parts maker K&F Industries to Aurora Capital Group for $1.06bn cash.
Thoma Cressey and the management of Select Medical are joining Welsh Carson in a major public-to-private transaction of the Pennsylvania specialty-hospital operator.
The co-founder of Hicks Muse Tate & Furst said yesterday he will relinquish his leadership of the firm several months ahead of schedule.
The Carlyle Groups has sold its 50 percent interest in Italian burner and boiler manufacturer Riello Group to the Riello family.
The French private equity firm has closed an oversubscribed debut fund to invest in small mid-cap companies.
The US private equity firm has consolidated its position as a keen acquirer of distressed debt in Germany by picking up a €1.2bn bad loan portfolio from Dresdner Bank.
Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire Forstinger, an Austrian car part distributor, from two private equity funds that bought the company out of receivership in 2002.