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GSO nets $400m million CalPERS mandateCalPERS has allocated $400m to GSO Energy for opportunities in the energy-related credit sector.
- Highland bolsters presence in Asia
Jun Park has joined Highland Capital’s Korea office to help develop the firm’s operations in Asia.
- Strategic Value Partners recoups Klöckner investment
Distressed specialist Strategic Value Partners (SVP) is poised to recoup its investment in Klöckner Pentaplast by refinancing existing debt with new-issue PIK notes.
- Blackstone bags Oregon separate account
The Oregon Investment Council has approved a $250m separate account with The Blackstone Group, which will invest in credit, private equity and real estate strategies.
- Whitney to retire from Blackstone
Ken Whitney, who joined Blackstone in 1988, has long led the firm’s investor relations function, but also played a key role in helping launch business lines like corporate debt and real estate.
- The Fate of Big Buyouts
In the 2009 film ‘The Hangover’, the protagonists begin their apocalyptic, eve-of-wedding bender at Caesars Palace. The fallout from their exploits proved predictably catastrophic.
- GSO launches new European CLO
GSO's €403.7 Grand Harbour I is said to be the largest European CLO since the crisis.
- Blackstone’s Nash sees more opportunities in debt
The chief investment officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies says that, because of improving fundamentals, there’s good reason why more money is coming in to commercial real estate debt.
- TPG hires Douglas Paolilo to run CLO business
US private equity firm TPG Capital has hired Doughlas Paolilo to run its new collateralised loan obligations (CLO) venture, the firm confirmed.
- GSO provides $150m to US homebuilder
GSO’s $150m investment in Beazer Homes will allow the company to tap into the improving US housing market.