Carlyle closes fourth Asia fund (Dealscape

Private equity firm Carlyle Group announced Tuesday that it raised $1.04 billion for a fund that will target high-growth investments in private companies in China, India, South Korea and other key Asian markets.

Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV is nearly 50% bigger than the previous Asia growth fund, which closed at $680 million in June 2006. Carlyle said it raised the funds for CAGP IV from a broad geographic range of investors over 14 months. The private equity firm said investor sentiment toward China and India is improving as the two major economies begin to stabilize, and nearly 40% of the new fund's limited partners are new investors.

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NOT A SUBSCRIBER? Carlyle closes fourth Asia fund Posted on June 30, 2009 12:27 PM Private equity firm Carlyle Group announced Tuesday that it raised $1.04 billion for a fund that will target high-growth investments in private companies in China, India, South Korea and other key Asian markets. Carlyle Asia Growth Partners IV is nearly 50% bigger than the previous Asia growth fund, which closed at $680 million in June 2006. Carlyle said it raised the funds for CAGP IV from a broad geographic range of investors over 14 months. The private equity firm said investor sentiment toward China and India is improving as the two major economies begin to stabilize, and nearly 40% of the new fund's limited partners are new investors. This is a free content preview. Subscribers enjoy access to all stories in full as well as second-to-none market intelligence. Dig deeper, with Pipeline. 263 in-depth reports of PE deals in the Financial Services sector from the past year 125 company pages related to Asia 70 articles related to Carlyle Asia 49 company pages related to Carlyle Group 10 years of news and analysis archives from the voice of The Deal Economy Most searched keywords Deutsche Bank Birds Eye Cadbury AG Agrium Inc. Skadden Arps Revolution Money Tandberg ASA Aisling Capital Ken Lewis Natco		EXISTING USERS Username Password Forget your password? Missing a product?

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