The Municipal and Infrastructure Assurance Corporation, capitalised by Macquarie at $75m as of September 2008, will be able to obtain its licenses to provide bond insurance in all US states and territories more quickly as part of a pilot licensing program.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The debt-laden REIT says it is examining its future, including potential bankruptcy protection, as it struggles to refinance billions of debt in a stalled refinancing market. The REIT is reportedly in default on loans secured by two malls in Las Vegas, including the Fashion Show Mall.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The real estate investment trust arm of JE Robert Companies has undertaken a 1-for 10 reverse stock split after its average share price dipped below $1 in violation of the New York Stock Exchange’s listing requirements.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A management group from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners will spin-out to become Tenaya Capital. The firm will have $750m in capital and 45 portfolio companies and retain all the third-party limited partners from Lehman’s venture funds. A decision on Lehman's real estate operations is expected in the next month.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices was down 18.2% in 2008. Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco were among the worst areas affected.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Réal Desrochers has ended his 11-year reign as the director of alternative investments at the US' second largest public pension, leaving veteran portfolio managers Margot Wirth and Seth Hall as interim co-directors. Desrochers did not disclose future professional plans in a farewell email sent to friends and colleagues.
4 min read · 21 January 2013
Station Casinos’ proposed debt restructuring has met with anger from some bondholders. A lawsuit alleges the plan is 'ungentlemanly', favouring a limited number of senior note holders. Station said the lawsuit was 'without merit'.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The joint head of the firm’s North American social infrastructure and transportation group led the firm’s bidding for some of the most prominent asset sales in North America, including the Indiana Toll Road and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The market for commercial mortgage backed securities was killed off in 2008, but five issues worth $9.4bn have been seen in Europe. However, the issues are rumoured to be a means of gaining access to European central bank funding.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The $64bn of money allocated to infrastructure spending includes multiple pockets of discretionary spending that contractors and developers could compete for, lawyers at McKenna, Long and Aldridge explained to listeners during a conference call.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
