The US buyout firm is set to complete one of the largest private equity deals seen in China, having gained approval from the parent company of China Pacific Life Insurance.
Thomas H. Lee Partners has increased its access to the Asian private equity market through a new alliance with H&Q Asia Pacific.
Harris Williams, the Richmond, Virginia investment bank that has captured a major portion of the US middle-market buyout business, has agreed to be acquired by PNC Financial Services Group, which also owns BlackRock.
The global buyout house has acquired children’s car safety seat company Britax Childcare in a £230 million carve-out from Britax International.
From its new Shanghai office, 3i is in the process of beefing up its investment team whilst looking at increasing the size of its equity commitment in transactions.
Michael Cook, CEO of Australia’s Macquarie Capital Alliance Group, discusses the firm’s global investment ambitions in an interview with Andy Thomson.
Netherlands-headquartered Gilde Investment Management has gone independent as part of a bid to grow its appeal to outside investors.
The appointment of Rajeev Gupta to head up Carlyle’s newly formed Mumbai office highlights the growing private equity interest in the world’s second most populous country. By Jonn Elledge.
European infrastructure specialist Star Capital Partners has sold Inexus, a UK provider of gas and electricity distribution networks, to Challenger Infrastructure Fund for £465m.
The increasingly attractive emerging Indian market has seen the close of another fund, this time from domestic PE firm Westbridge.