In its second such deal, the UK pension fund is providing £95m of 20-year class B inflation-linked financing to Affinity Water, owned by Infracapital and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 07 February 2013
Southern Europe continues to face huge economic challenges – challenges so great that they may yet bring down the entire Eurozone. But although investing within the region is more difficult than ever before, local managers say there are still good deals to be found
9 min read · 15 February 2013
The UK is one of the world’s most established private equity markets, long a magnet for talent and capital. But given its stuttering domestic economy, thanks in no small part to the troubles of the neighbouring eurozone, are there still opportunities for private equity to make great returns? We gathered three of the UK industry’s leading lights in London in January to ask them about the outlook for 2013
10 min read · 15 February 2013
The appointment of Robert ‘Bo’ Ramsey to replace Bob Clone as chief of private equity at Indiana Public Retirement System raises yet more questions about what’s going on with its private equity programme – questions that the pension fund seems disappointingly reluctant to answer
4 min read · 15 February 2013
A rush to invest remaining CLO capital and improved leveraged loan markets will aid buyout activity in the first half of 2012, predicts debt advisory group Marlborough Partners in its latest report.
2 min read · 01 February 2013
Plymouth County Retirement Association is hunting for managers to oversee two debt programmes, focused on emerging markets and domestic high yield bonds.
1 min read · 30 January 2013
European mezzanine loan issuance increased 30 percent to €1.3 billion in 2012, although senior debt remained the instrument of choice for most types of private equity deals, according to research by investment bank Baird.
2 min read · 28 January 2013
Private equity firms and service providers will be pleased to see a £5 million bank bond requirement erased from Jersey’s LLP law.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
Blackstone chief Steve Schwarzman took time to attend New Jersey’s State Investment Council meeting this week to give his macro view of the market.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
The Blackstone chief took time to attend New Jersey’s State Investment Council meeting this week to give his macro view of the market.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
