Graham Winfrey
The $74.5bn pension committed to Carlyle’s US-focused Fund VI, which closed Monday on $13bn.
The number of private equity deals in Canada has slowed in 2013, however fundraising through Q3 has already surpassed the total raised in 2012.
Dave Calhoun will lead 21 operating professionals as the senior managing director and head of private equity portfolio operations, a new position.
The firm’s hiring of Gene Lockhart as a special advisor focused on financial services follows three other additions to its group of operators this year.
The firm will sell commemorative product manufacturer American Achievement for $486m.
The firm will sell oil and gas assets in southern Texas nearly three years after forming a joint venture with exploration company GeoSouthern Energy.
The firm has hired Karen Gordon as a New York-based managing director in its portfolio operations group.
LPs are still dissatisfied with GP communication and private equity’s poor public reputation, a new study suggests.
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The firm took about 18 months to raise its third secondaries fund, which had a $1.6bn target.
The firm is nearing its $500m target for the fund, which held a first close on $41m in January.