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Friday letter: Assets? Yes please. Staff? Not so muchWhile the GE Antares business has potential bidders lining up, suitors of GE Capital’s European leveraged finance operation will want to buy the €6 billion loan portfolio rather than the business itself.
- GE Capital sale in US hots up
The employees of GE’s finance unit look set to lose out as potential buyers are in it for the assets, sources say.
- GE and Ares joint ventures continue lending
The two firms have completed their second deal from the €3 billion European Loan Programme joint venture.
- Wells Fargo eyes $74bn GE unit
The bank is in discussions about acquiring the US commercial lending and leasing operation, according to reports.
- GSO’s assets inch up to a record $75bn
Seventy-five percent of the capital deployed during the first quarter by Blackstone’s credit group went to Europe.
- GE Capital likely to be sold in pieces
The financial unit of US industrial company, GE, has been put up for sale as the bulk of its real estate business is sold to Blackstone and Wells Fargo.
- Plugging the capital hole
Banks and debt funds need not be at loggerheads. But the successful partnerships will be found where capital is lacking.
- GSO strikes lending partnership in Italy with Intesa
The co-operation agreement is focused on mid-market Italian corporate borrowers.
- Chart of the Week: North American Focused Real Estate Debt Funds
Increasing fundraising levels from 2011 to 2013 drop off in 2014 for North American real estate debt funds
- Exclusive: GSO nears final close on European fund
The firm is approaching its €2.5 billion cap for its first dedicated European senior debt strategy and expects to close it within weeks.