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TPG doubles up with second RMB fundOnly a day after news of its first RMB fund launch broke, TPG has confirmed it is launching a second, Chongqing-based vehicle, reportedly also with a $736m target.
- Carlyle makes UK return with £671m portfolio purchase
Washington-based The Carlyle Group has made its first UK acquisitions since 2008 with the £671m purchase of six office assets in London. The investment was made from its €2.2 billion Carlyle European Real Estate Partners III fund.
- Carlyle makes UK residential debut
The Carlyle Group has made its first investment in the UK residential market with the £40m purchase of a development site in London’s upmarket Chelsea area.
- Wellcome, Blackstone withdraw RBS bid
A bid by UK charitable foundation The Wellcome Trust and The Blackstone Group to buy 318 branches owned and operated by UK bank The Royal Bank of Scotland, has been withdrawn.
- Korean pension fund completes A$685m Australia buy
Having declared its intent to invest heavily in major international city offices in September last year, Korea’s largest pension fund has reportedly continued its spending program with a large outlay for an office in Sydney.
- Carlyle sells largest White Tower asset
The Carlyle Group has sold a large office in London to JP Morgan, just months after acquiring it as part of a wider portfolio for £671m. It was the latest in a busy month of acquisitions for the Wall Street Bank.
- Grady to take helm at $68bn New Jersey pension as advisor prompts alternatives hike
Former Carlyle partner Robert Grady is poised to be elected chair of the state’s investment council as the pension’s advisor Strategic Investment Solutions’ advice to hike alternatives up to 38 percent becomes draft regulation.
- Liquid diversification
Carlyle's recent buyout of credit hedge fund Claren Road suggests the firm is diversifying revenues with more liquid instruments in advance of an anticipated IPO bid next year, writes Pete Gallo.
- VIDEO: LPs, GPs embrace ESG initiatives
Executives from Carlyle, APG, Doughty Hanson, Robeco and the EDF spoke to PEO about issues including how to interpret the 'S' in ESG.
- Carlyle sells French asset to RREEF for €70m
The Carlyle Group has found a ready buyer for a completed development in Lyon in the form of a German core property fund managed by RREEF