Carlyle to invest $970m in Japan testing equipment maker Rigaku

Carlyle to invest $970m in Japan testing equipment maker Rigaku

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group will invest about 100 billion yen ($970 million) in Rigaku, a major Japanese manufacturer of analytical instruments, offering funding access and management know-how to pave the way for an initial public offering within the next...
ATN outbids private equity to take Alaska Comms for $332m

ATN outbids private equity to take Alaska Comms for $332m

US telecoms group ATN International has beat private equity investors to buy Alaska Communications. Massachusetts-based ATN put in an all-cash agreed bid of US$332 million for the company, beating a previous offer from Macquarie Capital and GCM Grosvenor, worth just...