The property services firm has hired Amy Barklam to co-ordinate the distribution of its global indirect funds.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Oklahoma-based Laredo, seeded by Warburg last year, has used equity financing from the New York-based firm to make acquisitions and continue drilling in the ‘mid-continent’ region of the US.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
New LPs accounted for half the commitments to the London- and New York-based firm’s second fund since spinning out of hedge fund group Soros Fund Management.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Oregon Investment Council has made a $100m commitment to Guggenheim Fund IIA. The investment was conditional on the vehicle raising $300m, including at least $50m from new capital sources.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Peter DiCorpo joins the Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm as chief operating officer. It follows CBRE Investors' appointment last month of former GE Real Estate executive, Shaun O’Connor.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The $37bn university endowment will make substantial cutbacks to its private equity portfolio, which one secondary investor calls a 'sophisticated' move to sell before other LPs do the same.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
How much confidence do LPs have in private equity? They’re begging GPs to slash valuations and scrambling to throw more cash at the asset class, writes David Snow.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Jesús Olmos Clavijo, former CEO of Spanish utility Endesa, will report to Marc Lipschultz, KKR’s global head of energy and infrastructure and work alongside Simon Hipperson, managing director in its European infrastructure team in London.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Former chiefs of Blockbuster, PepsiCo and Pizza Hut will manage the fund for the Texas mid-market firm.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Newly launched First Investment Bank is reportedly targeting deals ranging from $50m to $1bn, according to CEO Jamal al-Hazeem. Kuwait-based Gulf Investment House and Boubyan Bank, as well as Abu Dhabi-based Noor Capital, were part of the investor group in the Islamic bank.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
