The ratings agency has said in a note that the EIB’s proposals to get the capital markets back into infrastructure financing ‘would be capable of credit-enhancing PPP project bonds from low investment-grade to single-A ratings’.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
With Denmark’s banking system in disarray, Icelandic subsidiaries grinding out sales and pockets of localised distress in Sweden, the Nordic countries are no longer just about being a safe haven. PERE magazine July,August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
After 15 years in charge of GIC Real Estate, Dr Seek Ngee Huat is leaving big shoes to fill. Successor Goh Kok Huat’s credentials suggest he’s up to the challenge. PERE Magazine July/August issue 2011.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
After a year-long sale process culminating in a quartet of private equity real estate firms being shortlisted, RBS has agreed to offload a stake in a £1.4bn loan book to a special purpose company controlled by The Blackstone Group.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Despite numerous firms formed in the private equity real estate space over the past several years, only a handful are likely to make it and even fewer will become big players. PERE Magazine, July/August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Lone Star sees its second real estate mega-fund exceed expectations as it works with its existing LPs to accommodate some delayed commitments. PERE Magazine July/August 2011 issue.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange could become a more popular exit route for private equity-backed companies.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
End of an era at the $34 billion global real estate giant as founding member Edward Siskind prepares to retire. His responsibilities as head of the platform will fall jointly to Alan Kava and James Garman.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Hope for the revival of Europe’s CMBS market as Deutsche Bank places ‘DECO 2011-CSPK’ backed by a £302m loan made to The Blackstone Group to buy Chiswick Park in London. GIC is also revealed as the mezzanine lender to Blackstone for its deal.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
UK-listed 3i Group, which established a debt division in February, plans to acquire a US debt manager in the next few months, according to CEO Michael Queen.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
