Leon Black’s firm is close to the halfway mark as it seeks to raise $2 billion to invest in non-performing loans across Europe.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The founder of Terra Firma predicted more pain for the buyout industry as neither banks nor financial sponsors are willing to ‘come clean about their mistakes’ made during the credit boom era.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The troubled private equity real estate firm has lost control of 120 Howard Street to mezzanine note holder, Prudential Real Estate Investors. PREI financed $23.2m in mezzanine loans at the time of the deal in May 2007.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Temasek Holdings, in which Singapore’s finance ministry is the sole stakeholder, also booked a net profit of S$6bn, a threefold decrease from last year.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The sovereign fund, whose portfolio recently recouped some of the value it had lost in the past fiscal year, has not made clear how its private equity investment strategy may shift.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The troubled firm has now received almost $900m in proceeds from a string of exits in the last 12 months.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
A new private banking service is a vote of confidence in the asset class, writes Toby Mitchenall.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm has agreed to buy up to 148 properties from Sunwest, which filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 reorganisation plan in August. The SEC sued Sunwest for fraud in March after it almost devolved into a Ponzi scheme.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private Equity Manager sought out feedback from several different private equity players with regard to 'Private Equity Principles' just released by the Institutional Limited Partners Association. The LP-friendly suggested partnership terms are seen by some non-LPs as less than perfect.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
The Tokyo-based firm is looking likely to lose control over the $2.2 billion Pacific Century Place as it struggles to pay back its debt.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
