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Carlyle, TPG move to appease lendersCarlyle wants to inject £25m into IMO Carwash, while TPG reportedly has offered to write a €60m equity cheque for UK chemicals company Vita. The actions are meant to trigger debt write-downs from portfolio company creditors.
- Carlyle appoints director for European distress
Ian Jackson has been hired as a director for The Carlyle Group's distressed and corporate opportunities arm. He will be 'deployed' to help invest the firm's latest distress fund, Carlyle Strategic Partners II, which closed on $1.35bn in April 2008.
- Carlyle wins day in court
The US private equity firm succeeded in forcing the completion of a deal by Irish group, Menolly Investments, to buy a large central London development.
- Carlyle struggles to pay €19m loan
The US private equity firm is having to discuss its predicament with bondholders of a securitised loan backed by an office in London that Carlyle acquired in 2006.
- Report: Fortress cuts 11% of staff
The publicly traded alternatives manager reportedly cut around 100 jobs towards the end of 2008, as its share price was hitting an all-time low.
- Will LaSalle take Blackstone’s crown?
LaSalle Investment Management is vying to replace Blackstone as Global Firm of the Year in the PERE Awards. You still have time to cast your votes for this and other 2008 Global PERE Awards categories.
- Gray, Grayken, Quille or dark horse?
Three industry titans vie for one prestigious PERE award. Have you cast your vote? Polls close on 3 February for the third annual PERE Global Awards and competition is fierce. Will MGPA or GIC take the Asian firm of the year award. Will Niam/Goldman Sachs beat competition from AIG for European exit of the year?
- You’ve chosen the finalists, now pick the winners
Final voting has started for the third annual Global PERE Awards. Will Blackstone retain its title as global firm of the year or will MGPA, LaSalle, Carlyle or Lone Star steal its thunder? The readers of PERE will now decide.
- Will Blackstone be re-crowned global PERE firm of the year?
Final voting has started for the third annual Global PERE Awards. Will Blackstone retain its title as global firm of the year or will MGPA, LaSalle, Carlyle or Lone Star steal its thunder. Who will clinch the title for global industry figure of the year - Jim Quille, John Gray, Michael Pralle, John Grayken or Neel Kashkari? Only you can decide.
- Sun Capital to cut 10% of workforce
The Florida-based firm joins several other high-profile private equity firms that have cut back on staff to control costs amid recession, including Blackstone and Carlyle. Sun invested alongside Lubert-Adler in US retailer Mervyns, which last year filed for bankruptcy.