Commercial Intelligence, which focuses on buying distressed debt and then recovering value through litigation, recently held a first close on Global Distressed Alpha Fund III at $18m and will seek opportunities in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Commercial Intelligence, which focuses on buying distressed debt, recently held a first close on Global Distressed Alpha Fund III at $18m for investments in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Buyout firm Montagu Private Equity's fundraising team led by Vince O'Brien has put the finishing touches to its latest capital raising effort, closing its fourth fund at its hard-cap of €2.5bn
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The $150bn pension will consider more opportunities for internal management of investment assets as it looks for ways to cut costs.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Blackstone’s $10.9 billion mega fund is roughly 90 percent invested in the wake of its $9.4bn acquisition of Centro Properties’ US assets. Was the mega deal evidence of a rush to close the fund or Blackstone simply exerting its unrivalled equity muscle yet again? PERE magazine April 2011 issue
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The mega-deals struck in the boom period of 2005 to 2007 look set to confound the critics and outperform the market, writes Skandia Life’s head of buyouts, Adalbjorn Stefansson.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Several firms have successfully attracted capital from limited partners in an uncertain fundraising environment. Success in closing their funds on or above target – in relatively short periods of time – has to do with several factors, but the common denominator is always performance. Here, we look at a few of the groups finding favour with limited partners. Christopher Witkowsky reports
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Daniel Mudd will challenge a ‘Wells notice’ served by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the federal agency investigates the conduct of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the run-up to the financial crisis.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Daniel Mudd will challenge a ‘Wells notice’ served by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the federal agency investigates the conduct of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the run-up to the financial crisis.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Daniel Mudd will challenge a ‘Wells notice’ served by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the federal agency investigates the conduct of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the run-up to the financial crisis.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
