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For years, Jim Coulter and David Bonderman, the billionaire co-founders of private equity titan TPG, flirted with the idea of selling shares in their own firm to the public.

Carlyle Group LP closed its biggest fund yet, raising $18.5 billion as money pours into the private equity industry from investors seeking the high returns it has historically delivered.

KKR is acquiring country and health club operator Bay Club from York Capital Management along with minority investors JMA Ventures and Roxborough Group.

Advent is acquiring the Jenbacher and Waukesha engine brands, as GE reshapes portfolio.

A list of private equity firms seeking investors, based on Reg D filings.

Rockwell invests in software company PTC; Heineken buys stake in beer brewer; Knauf purchases construction products maker USG.

KKR is buying Envision Healthcare, as the industry ramps with M&A activity from both strategic and PE buyers.

Dyal Capital Partners keeps investing in private equity firms, with Clearlake the latest; KKR snags BMC; while JAB gobbles up Pret A Manger.

Charlesbank and Partners Group buy snack producer Hearthside; Blackstone's stake in Thomson Reuters is among the deals highlighted in report from Berkery Noyes; Arnold Palmer Golf parent acquires agency.