Opalesque Private Equity Briefing » Fund Launches http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing Private equity funds under management totaled $2.918 trillion at the end of 2011. According to David Rubenstein, co-founder of Carlyle Group LP there are nearly 5,000 private equity funds in the world. Private equity, one of the alternative asset classes offering diversification from stocks and bonds, has traditionally been about leveraged buyouts - where the buyer funds the purchase price through borrowing, using the target company’s assets as collateral, says a Reuters report. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Axa Private Equity to buy 11 fund investments from OMERS http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:37:05 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=27>Article Link</a> Axa Private Equity, the investment arm of French insurance group Axa, said it would buy a portfolio of 11 private equity fund investments worth about $850 million from the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=27 Carlyle’s Sunoco deal casts glow over private equity http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:35:08 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=20>Article Link</a> Private-equity shops have been portrayed as villains this year in the run-up to the presidential election. But today, Carlyle is being cast something of an American hero in its deal to take over a Sunoco refinery in Philadelphia. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=20 Private equity RRJ Capital raising US$5 bln for second Asia Fund; Secured $3bln already http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=19 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=19#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:34:51 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=19 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=19>Article Link</a> Private-equity firm RRJ Capital Ltd. is raising $5 billion for its second Asia-focused fund, and has already secured more than $3 billion in commitments from investors, according to a person familiar with the matter. The fund is targeting a first-close of September, the person said. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=19 Zell said to seek $1 bln for new private-equity fund http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=18 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=18#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:34:39 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=18 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=18>Article Link</a> Billionaire Sam Zell’s Equity Group Investments LLC is seeking $1 billion for its next distressed private-equity fund, said two people familiar with the matter. (more…)

]]> http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?feed=rss2&p=18 CapitaMalls Asia sets up $1.27bln China private equity fund http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=17 http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=17#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:34:26 +0000 admin http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=17 <br> <a href=http://www.opalesque.com/private-equity-briefing/?p=17>Article Link</a> CapitaMalls Asia, the shopping malls arm of Singapore’s CapitaLand, said on Monday it has set up a US$1 billion (S$1.27 billion) closed-end private equity fund that will invest in Chinese malls. (more…)

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