Hilco UK has acquired more than 140 HMV stores in a deal reportedly valued at £50m. The firm acquired the music and film retailer’s Canadian business in 2011.
2 min read · 05 April 2013
A DLA Piper study has found that financial institutions expect private debt funds to take a larger role in arranging debt for European acquisitions in 2013.
2 min read · 05 April 2013
GSO’s $150m investment in Beazer Homes will allow the company to tap into the improving US housing market.
2 min read · 03 April 2013
AXA Private Equity’s co-head of private debt, Cécile Mayer-Lévi, has left the firm after it announced it would spin off from parent company AXA in the coming months.
1 min read · 03 April 2013
As demand for US CLOs continues to surge, American Capital and The Carlyle Group announce more than $1bn in combined new issuance.
2 min read · 02 April 2013
Gulf Capital is on course to hold a final close of its first credit fund at a hard cap of $300m by the end of the year, having launched fundraising in 2011.
2 min read · 02 April 2013
M&G has partnered with the European Investment Bank to provide debt finance to a new children’s hospital project in the UK.
1 min read · 28 March 2013
Alternative asset manager AXA Private Equity, an active provider of unitranche financing in recent years in tandem with its buyout activities, has finally agreed to spin out from its insurer parent in a deal valuing the firm at €510 million.
1 min read · 22 March 2013
The €500 billion of new non-core loans issued during 2012 offset the €600 billion of loans sold or run off over the same period, confirming the European deleveraging process is far from over.
2 min read · 22 March 2013
Carlton Group has arranged a £35 million ($53 million: €41 million) loan to help refinance a UK property owned residential developer Dorchester Group.
2 min read · 22 March 2013
