Carlyle Group, the Washington DC-based private equity firm, is launching a new European leveraged finance fund to invest in senior and mezzanine loans and high yield.
Mark Nahum from CSFB Private Fund Group has moved to The Carlyle Group’s fundraising team in London.
Paul Royalty Fund, an affiliate of secondary specialist Paul Capital Partners, will acquire the royalty rights to US sales of insomnia drug Estorra in conjunction with the drug’s US launch.
Germany's largest limited partner, which for the first time has agreed to manage third party capital, has announced plans to invest more in private equity going forward.
The global buyout house has returned $9bn to investors in the last 18 months, ahead of its second European fundraising campaign.
The London-headquartered private equity firm has completed its eighth European transaction from a $1bn fund dedicated to the region.
A new report from investment bank JP Morgan suggests that the importance of private equity within the context of global M&A may be greater than previously thought.
Dallas-based buyout house Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst has bought Kerns Oil & Gas as it seeks further inroads into the energy sector.
The global private equity house has named managing director Peter Clare head of its global aerospace, defence and government services group.
Warburg Pincus has acquired a majority stake in Hungarian cable operator FiberNet in a transaction valued at $72m in a rare Eastern European LBO.