The real estate division of Bahrain-founded Investcorp has started to invest its latest US debt vehicle by acquiring $210m of junior and mezzanine loans.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
A consortium of Dallas- and Houston-based private equity investors, including Charter Private Equity, White Oak Capital Partners and Capital Point Partners, has acquired the casual dining restaurant chain, known for its fish tacos and shrimp dishes.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The $67bn Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is branching out into alternatives and seeking up to three private equity and real estate advisors to manage a $5.5bn alternatives ‘pot’.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Boston-based private equity firm could lose almost half its investment in US discount clothing store Steve & Barry’s after hedge fund Bay Harbour submitted a stalking horse bid. The retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection last month, two years after TA Associates paid a reported $320m for roughly half the company.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is seeking up to three private equity and real estate advisors to manage its new $5.5bn alternatives ‘pot’. The pension fund, which represents 44 million US citizens, is branching out into alternatives in a bid to reduce its $14bn deficit.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The new vehicle , already 20 percent invested, will invest in high specification commercial premises in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and China.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Deutsche Bank is selling the performing loan book backed by assets in Germany as interest in debt investment continues.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
GE’s former managing director for the UK will be heading up the firm’s equity investments in the Americas, including its investments in Canada, Mexico and South America.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The property investment arm of the Government of Singapore has purchased a minority stake in Mexico Retail Properties, an affiliate of Denver, Colorado-based private equity real estate firm Black Creek Group.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The number of recent private equity investments in wind farms has been head-spinning.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
