ABP and PGGM have ended months of speculation regarding NIB Capital by selling the Dutch merchant bank to private equity firm JC Flowers for €2.1bn.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Massachusetts’ public pension fund chalked up a 13.4 percent return for the last fiscal year, putting it among the best performing pensions in the country.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Private investment firm Oaktree Capital Management has acquired an ownership stake in two Las Vegas casinos.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Debt and distressed player GSC Partners is launching a hedge fund – and picking up two distressed pros to help. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The UK mid-market specialist has made four times its money on its investment in Fosbel via a secondary disposal to American Capital Strategies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Halifax booked a four-times equity return on its investment in Soil Safe.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Taking cues from private equity funds, distressed players with experience in property assets are increasingly looking towards real estate investment trusts as a new way to raise capital. By Aaron Lovell
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The involvement of George Soros in private equity is coming to an end after a career that touched the industry in many different ways. By Jonn Elledge.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
MVision's Paula Chester points to ten things in private placement memoranda that will keep investors from reaching for their guns.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Superannuation funds have made a major contribution to the development of private equity in Australia. Now, they face a new challenge: to diversify their portfolios internationally. Andy Thomson reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
