Japan’s second largest bank by assets has revealed to PERE it intends to expand its overseas fund commitments from Asia to Europe and the US before the year is out.
2 min read · 28 April 2014
Fifth Street Management’s BDCs exited a combined $235m during the quarter.
1 min read · 23 April 2014
Audrey Howe has joined the Canadian firm to help manage the expansion of its real estate debt platform.
2 min read · 23 April 2014
The investment specialist has signed a memorandum of understanding with UniCredit, Intesa Sanpaulo and restructuring specialist Alvarez & Marsal as a precursor to establishing a vehicle that would house some of the lenders' distressed corporate loans.
1 min read · 22 April 2014
The $30.6bn retirement system’s private equity portfolio includes commitments to mezzanine and distressed debt.
1 min read · 21 April 2014
The real estate division of French insurance giant AXA has been selected by five Danish pension funds for a mandate to make senior property loans in Western Europe, mainly concentrating on the UK.
2 min read · 17 April 2014
The chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland's Irish subsidiary told a government committee that about 35 percent of its SME loan book is classed as distressed.
1 min read · 16 April 2014
Castlelake closed on $1.4bn in March.
1 min read · 15 April 2014
The firm, headquartered in the shadow of London's St. Paul's cathedral, raised 70 percent more than its initial target and has already deployed half the fund since a first close last February.
1 min read · 14 April 2014
US deals averaged a 5.7x debt-to-EBITDA multiple in the two years leading up to the financial crisis.
2 min read · 09 April 2014
