The London-based boutique fund manager has raised €640 million so far for a pan-Europe opportunity fund, but expects to close out next week on more as the finishing touches are made to final commitments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The years leading up to 2007 generated rising returns for private equity firms, as investors made use of highly favourable conditions in the credit markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Carlyle Group’s majority stake in intermodal operator ITS Technologies & Logistics represents the latest deal in a growing trend of private equity real estate firms targeting the industrial and logistics space.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The captive arm of the emerging markets fund manager has tapped increasing demand to invest in emerging markets, nearly quadrupling the size of its previous fund and raising more than 60 percent from new investors.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based real estate firm will focus on undervalued and distressed assets in the US, Europe and Japan with its latest real estate vehicle, Westbrook Real Estate Fund VIII.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A Goldman Sachs-led consortium lost out to Citi Infrastructure Investors and Spanish infrastructure operator Abertis Infraestructuras in what is potentially the largest toll road privatisation in US history.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate has plugged a gap in its European property coverage by acquiring a specialist debt company in London and now plans to raise a $1 billion fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
XOJET has secured nearly $2.5bn in debt and equity financing from investors, including private equity firm TPG, at the same time as agreeing a separate joint venture with Tasameem Real Estate to establish a presence in Abu Dhabi.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The New York-based private equity firm has recruited former Lazard banker George Bilicic – who advised KKR on its $45bn TXU buyout – as it plans to launch a $5bn infrastructure fundraise.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Abu Dhabi's largest property firm by market value is eyeing acquisitions in the US and Europe.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
