A prominent UK-based infrastructure investor since its 2006 participation in the £2.8bn takeover of Associated British Ports, the M&G-managed fund has now completed its fundraising effort ahead of expectations and 60 percent invested on close.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Private equity, real estate and infrastructure are the asset classes most likely to see increased allocations from LPs, according to a trio of recent studies.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The global buyout group has taken another step away from venture capital. It closed its venture-focused Boston office last year.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Lehman Brothers Private Equity Partners, which is unaffiliated with the collapsed investment bank, saw its losses for the year nearly double during the month of October.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A company called PILinvests, which is owned by Australia’s Valad Property Group, is raising a closed-ended fund of funds to invest in the European vehicles of its parent.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The California-based placement agent also estimates that $21.5bn has been raised for infrastructure in the first nine months of 2008, which is less than the $34.3bn raised last year, but more than the 2006 total of $17.9bn.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
The California-based placement agent, Probitas, also estimates that $21.5bn has been raised for infrastructure in the first nine months of 2008, less than the $34.3bn raised last year.
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
The US firm is deploying part of its latest global fund to establish a joint venture with Longbow Real Estate Capital to invest in UK debt and property company recapitalisations.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has purchased a 17% stake in the Nasdaq-listed organic foods grocer, which has struggled amid cutbacks in consumer spending. Leonard Green is investing from its fifth private equity fund, which closed last year on $5.3bn.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
