The Greenwich, Connecticut-based leveraged buyout firm has closed their third fund on $650m, surpassing the firm’s original target by $50m.
The Washington, DC-based emerging markets investor has announced the close of a $175m private equity fund targeting Mexico, Brazil and the US Hispanic market.
The New York private equity giant is telling LPs that is has demand for as much as $12bn for its next private equity fund, currently in pre-marketing mode.
The $27bn Pennsylvania pension fund has pledged up to $245m to six private equity funds, including $135 million to two funds managed by Summit Partners.
The mid-market firm has closed its fifth private equity fund, with nearly all previous investors returning for another helping.
Paris-based PAI Partners has closed its new buyout fund on €2.675bn, confirming that European buyout funds are highly in demand at present.
Having closed its first collateralised loan obligation fund, Carlyle’s European leveraged finance division has brought in a new CFO.
The Bartlesville, Oklahoma-based venture capital fund of funds firm Knightsbridge Advisors has raised $500 million for its sixth fund, which will invest in venture partnerships and post-venture emerging tech companies.
The global investment group has acquired European corporate gift distributor Polyconcept in a secondary buyout.
Chicago-based Prudential Capital Partners have closed its second mezzanine fund at $775 million, exceeding its $600 million target.
The global investment bank has underlined its determination to remain active as an LBO player with the closure of its fifth co-investment vehicle, the largest buyout fund raised to date.
It may only be April, but it is already becoming clear that total funds raised by buyout firms around the world this year will shatter the total garnered in 2004.
The UK mid-market buyout house has announced the final close of its latest vehicle four months after launch.
The Swiss fund of funds manager is currently talking to potential investors about a new vehicle that will target primarily direct investments in India.
The Capital Trust Group has launched a new vehicle dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa region with backing from the European Investment Bank.