Amanda Janis
The US buyout firm has agreed one of the country's largest private equity deals with Aditya Birla Telecom, a subsidiary of Providence portfolio company Idea Cellular.
XOJET has secured nearly $2.5bn in debt and equity financing from investors, including private equity firm TPG, at the same time as agreeing a separate joint venture with Tasameem Real Estate to establish a presence in Abu Dhabi.
The newspaper industry’s struggle to maintain advertising and circulation has hit the Star Tribune, purchased last year for $530m by the DLJ spin-out.
The US pension committed to Walton Street Capital's sixth real estate fund and CVC’s fifth European fund, months after reorganising its allocation structure and boosting its alternatives target to 28 percent.
Public-private partnerships can produce ‘miracles’ in a state that needs more than $500bn in infrastructure investments, California’s celebrity governor said at the Milken Institute’s conference.
The challenges of running sophisticated alternative investment platforms beneath government umbrellas – from retaining talent to enduring criticism over private equity allocations – were among topics broached today by a panel of heavy-hitting LPs.
The firm’s global regulatory affairs head, David Marchick, warned a Senate committee today against unnecessary investment protectionism, using Carlyle’s stake sales to CalPERS and Abu Dhabi as examples of government-affiliated investments that bolster US companies.
Russell Read looks to become an environmental rainmaker after a two-year stint at the $244bn US pension.
The hybrid US firm has filed IPO plans for a special purpose acquisition corporation as it simultaneously raises $900m for two private equity funds.
The state’s retirement system has committed to six alternative investment funds, weeks after increasing its alternatives allocation to 10 percent.