Carlyle chases €5bn for fifth European buyout fund
Carlyle Group plans to raise €5bn for a Europe-focused buyout fund, which will launch later this year or early in 2018. The French buyout firm PAI Partners is targeting €4bn for a similar fund. (FN)

Greece returns to market with €3bn bond
Greece has raised €3bn by selling five-year bonds at a yield of 4.625%, marking the country’s first sovereign debt issuance in three years. (WSJ)