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Carlyle raises $2.3bn for sixth fundThe Washington DC-based private equity giant has turned away approximately $500m of potential commitments as it sees its real estate opportunity fund, Carlyle Realty Partners VI, become oversubscribed.
- Secret partners revealed for Minerva take-private
Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors and Partners Group are revealed as being part of the consortium led by AREA Property Partners and Delancey Real Estate Asset Management that took private Minerva plc in August.
- PERE Forum: Forethoughts on fundraising
Four leading GPs give their thoughts on the fundraising climate today and look to 2012 at last month's PERE Forum in New York.
- PERE FORUM NY: Fundraising ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’
A challenging fundraising environment is separating the “haves” from the “have nots” among fund managers, but capital raisers can still attract investors if they play their cards right, according to a group of panellists at the PERE Forum in New York.
- Carlyle refinances European factory outlet company
The Carlyle Group has received fresh investment from an unnamed sovereign wealth fund for portfolio company, Freeport, which develops factory outlet centres in Europe.
- ARA Asset Management makes inroads into $1bn fundraising
The Singapore-based firm has raised the first $300 million for its ARA Asia Dragon Fund II opportunity fund thanks largely to support from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. A second $200m closing is expected by the end of next month.
- Lietz pulls no punches in PERE Forum opening speech
Nori Gerardo Lietz told delegates at this week’s PERE Global Investor Forum in Amsterdam, that sovereign wealth funds had become competitors to fund managers, and the denominator effect was dangerous as it made investors over-allocated to real estate.
- Market timing
Despite the poor stock performance of its private equity rivals, the time may be ripe for Carlyle to go public.
- AREA, Delancey agree terms for £202m Minerva takeover
London-focussed developer Minerva says ‘yes’ to private equity buyers in a deal set to become the first take-private since 2007.
- PSERS approves $500m of commitments to Blackstone, Carlyle
Public documents of The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System reveal commitments totalling $500 million to the next private equity real estate funds of titans Blackstone and Carlyle. PSERS also revealed the current performances of the latest funds to be closed by each firm.