An uptick in real estate investment activity by SWFs in 2008 may indicate a long-term investment trend, including helping to fill the debt financing void, according to a Deloitte report.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm is in the process of creating a new unlisted fund that will focus on Mexican infrastructure opportunities. It will be housed within Macquarie Capital and staffed out of the firm’s newly opened Mexico City office.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Fund performance results from the State Street Private Equity Index show a big drop in the fourth quarter of 2008. Despite the grim numbers, private equity continues to outperform the public markets.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
It might be time for GPs to reassess the relationship between portfolio companies and their lenders. Restructuring specialist Andrew Watkins explains why
6 min read · 08 February 2013
With cash flow-based lending on the wane, can asset-based lenders step up to the plate? Christopher Witkowsky investigates
6 min read · 08 February 2013
The credit crunch gave mezzanine a short-lived time in the sun. Toby Mitchenall explains why it has all gone darker
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Some think the secondary market for debt offers better value than the primary market – although the gap may be closing
2 min read · 08 February 2013
There are banks out there willing to lend but only if you can meet certain criteria. Andy Thomson discovers what these are
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Four leading fund investors tell Philip Borel what the global crisis means for private equity, and what the industry must do now to find the right response
10 min read · 08 February 2013
A lawsuit by private equity firm CapGen against two of its limited partners may be a sign of things to come, reports Kevin Ley
3 min read · 08 February 2013
