U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group LP said on Thursday it has acquired 49 percent and effective control of China's Mandarin Hotel Holdings Ltd for an undisclosed sum.

Charterhouse is close to selling French engineering group Fives to AXA Private Equity Charterhouse is close to selling French engineering group Fives to AXA Private Equity, people familiar with the deal said, potentially the second big sale for the British private equity firm in just one week.

British bid vehicle Tungsten Corporation will make a second attempt at floating on the London Stock Exchange in the autumn.

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings TEM.UL is looking to acquire assets in Europe and plough more money into energy and commodities after doubling its exposure to the sector.

Private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC is pushing ahead with a $4 billion sale of Getty Images Inc.

One Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase & Co's private investment arm, will buy technology services firm M*Modal for about $1.1 billion in cash.

Australian regulators are probing the withdrawn A$1.65 billion ($1.7 billion) takeover offer for David Jones by a little-known Britain-based firm.

Shareholders in South Korea's Hi-Mart Co Ltd (071840.KS) have rejected a request by private equity fund MBK Partners to extend its exclusive negotiating rights to a majority stake in the electronics retailer.

U.S. investment manager BlackRock (BLK.N) is buying Swiss Re's (SRENH.VX) European private equity arm

The subtext of JPMorgan's landmark deal to buy crude and sell gasoline for the largest oil refinery on the U.S. East Coast was barely disguised.

Micron Technology Inc is to buy failed Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc for about $750 million in cash.

Sunoco Inc (SUN.N) and private equity firm Carlyle Group LP (CG.O) have reached an agreement to keep the largest refinery on the East Coast in operation.

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Centerbridge Partners, which previously extended its offer to buy P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc three times, said 83.7 percent of the restaurant chain's shares had been tendered when the offer expired

Australian private equity firm Champ Ventures said on Monday it had raised A$475 million ($487 million) for its seventh and largest fund so far, above its target close of A$450 million.

In an otherwise dismal year for Asia's investment banking industry, a ray of hope has appeared from the most unlikely of places: Malaysia.

Australia's David Jones (DJS.AX) said a little known UK-based private equity fund had pulled a A$1.65 billion ($1.7 billion) takeover approach for the department store chain.

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A sleepy fishing village just three decades ago, the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen last year hosted more IPOs than New York, Hong Kong and London combined.

Australia's No.2 department store chain David Jones (DJS.AX) said on Friday it had received an unsolicited $1.65 billion bid from a consortium led by Britain's EB Private Equity.

Private equity firm 3i is axing more than a third of its staff and closing offices from Barcelona to Shanghai.

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Nestle (NESN.VX), the world's biggest food group, has been talking to banks about raising a new 7 billion euro ($8.7 billion) syndicated loan to help fund its $11.85 billion takeover of Pfizer Nutrition,

Two Italian private equity funds said on Wednesday they would be tabling a renewed offer for insurer Fondiaria-SAI (FOSA.MI)

Speakers at the conference said renewable energy projects were too bound by red tape to be an attractive destination for the huge sums which private equity firms allocate.

East Capital Explorer is expected to receive in total EUR 7.3m from the East Capital Power Utilities Fund in the coming days.

Institutional Venture Partners said it had raised a $1 billion fund. Institutional Venture Partners said it had raised a $1 billion fund, IVP XIV, underscoring the ability of a small group of venture firms to raise outsize funds amid a broader environment of lackluster returns.

British lender HSBC raised about $430 million after selling its holdings in India's Axis Bank and Yes Bank on Thursday.

Hong Kong Exchanges Clearing Ltd (0388.HK) (HKEx) is forming a joint venture with mainland Chinese exchanges to develop index-linked and equity derivatives products in a sign of growing cooperation in the region.

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