The Africa-focused firm has acquired 25% of an insurance and banking group in the Cote d’Ivoire in a deal worth just under $50m. ECP is currently raising its third pan-African fund with a target of $1bn.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Why the auction of the John Hancock Tower marks a very public end to Broadway Partners’ debt-driven strategy, and the start of a new era of bargains.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Indonesian Infrastructure Financing Facility will provide financial assistance in the form of long-dated debt instruments, equity or guarantees for infrastructure projects in the country.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Leverkusen-based TMD Friction, which for six years was owned by UK buyout firm Montagu Private Equity, has now been bought out of bankruptcy by UK-based asset management firm Pamplona, saving 3,800 jobs.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
CapDyn’s choice to acquire HRJ expands its products, while helping the fund of funds out of hot water, writes Amanda Janis.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The UK-listed mezzanine house is the latest firm to close a Tokyo office after having found the Japanese market difficult to penetrate. It will instead bolster its team in Sydney, where it has seen more deal flow.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
In its third lawsuit in six years, Levine Leichtman has claimed Apollo failed to mark down assets used to collateralise its debt.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
SK Capital is purchasing assets including manufacturing plants from St. Louis-based Solutia for $50m.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Jack Chandler spent nearly a decade in Asia for global fund management firm LaSalle Investment Management, building a $12bn business with more than 200 staff across six offices. He's not done building. Chandler spoke recently with PERE about his ambitions in the region, why he's not convinced on India and the importance of selling the merits of a deal before the elevator reaches the ground floor. PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
10 min read · 08 February 2013
PERE Magazine, April 2009 issue
3 min read · 08 February 2013
