Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has encouraged its investors to increase their allocations to real estate and, in particular, to favour opportunistic investments.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
An Egis/DSC team has signed an agreement with the Indian highways authority to reduce tolls and add lanes to the troubled Delhi-Gurgaon build-operate-transfer road project.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The C$55bn pension’s direct investing arm has hired director Isabelle Pagnotta from Arcapita. OMERS PE has completed three investments in Europe since opening its London office in 2009.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
5 min read · 14 January 2013
Having made two investments earlier this month, private debt fund manager Metric Capital Partners is preparing to close a trio of deals as appetite for new sources of capital grows.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
A second road concession in Spain has filed for bankruptcy protection with a Madrid court after concluding it won’t be able to refinance some €575m of debt later this month. Two other roads in Madrid have also initiated ‘pre-Chapter 11’ proceedings.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The James Zenni-led firm is expected to hold a first close on roughly $200m for its second special situations fund by the end of next month.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Zug-headquartered firm has collected €375m to take advantage of the dearth of credit available in the market as traditional providers continue to reduce their activity.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Paul Deighton (pictured), chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Goldman Sachs executive, has been charged by David Cameron with getting the private sector to fund the government’s infrastructure plans.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Huron Capital’s 6x return from tobacco testing company Labstat shows that new regulation can sometimes actually boost the bottom line, writes Graham Winfrey
3 min read · 14 January 2013
