Chelsea Stevenson

Charles Bodie has left his role as a partner at Kelso Place Asset Management to join advisory and investment firm Drayton Park Capital.

New York-based Arlon Group and its subsidiaries focus primarily on investments in the food and agriculture industries.

Paris-based AXA Private Equity has completed its spinout from its insurer parent and will become Ardian, an independent firm led by AXA Private Equity founder Dominique Senequier.

Carlyle co-CEO David Rubenstein is optimistic about investment opportunities in the region despite slowing GDP growth, as the firm raises Asia and Japan-focused buyout funds.

The firm will acquire a minority stake in the headphones and audio accessory company that artist and producer Dr. Dre co-founded in 2008.

The state investment council committed $100 million to Landmark’s fifteenth secondaries fund, amid the pension’s plans to “thin” its private equity portfolio.

The lower mid-market firm held a first and final close on its largest fund to date, which will focus on control investments in the consumer sector.

The firm founded by former Lazard Capital Partners founder Thomas Lynch and a group of former Blackstone private equity executives is seeking $525m for its second fund.

Both domestic and international LPs expect to increase their exposure to the region, particularly investments in Mexico, Colombia and Peru, according to a study from LAVCA and Coller Capital.

The first independent fund raised by the former Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking division's US arm is edging closer to its $2.25bn hard-cap.