The battle for Toys “R” Us was one of the most hotly contested transactions of last year—can the victors walk away unscathed? By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate has turned a 1993 investment in property-backed bonds into a $1.3 billion New York City deal.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
India's ICICI Venture gets into healthcare * GSJBW fund fully invested * Goldman, CDH win Chinese meat auction * LF Asia acquires menswear brands * IDFC lines up Indian stockbroker * Morgan Stanley to acquire Korean trader * Oak revisits India strategy * Carlyle retains Taiwan media focus * ChrysCapital exits via secondary * Allco, DB Capital acquire debt collector * Backing for Kiwi nursery firm * CHAMP consumes food firms * GIC, Olympus go organic in China
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Mike Anderson of Intermediate Capital Group looks at hidden dangers lurking in the capital structure of leveraged buyouts.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
UK serviced office provider Regus has bought back a majority stake in its Regus UK business three years after selling it to UK private equity firm Alchemy Partners.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Danish telecom’s bond issue will help finance a €2.031bn bridge facility following the private equity-backed €10bn buyout of the Danish telecom last November.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Prosecutors in Seoul have indicted the head of Warburg Pincus in Korea on charges of insider trading in LG Card, an investment from which the private equity firm exited in 2003.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Is the distressed pendulum swinging? Investors have recently been looking towards Germany for distressed debt investing—but, according to some in the space, the smart focus for bad debt investing is the US. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The US and UK alternative asset management firm has raised over €1bn for its second mezzanine fund focusing on transactions in Europe.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
European mid-market investor Barclays Private Equity has made an almost 3x multiple on the sale of UK debt business Cabot to Nikko Principal Investments.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
