The New York firm has closed Fortress Japan Opportunity Fund II (FJOF II) at its hard cap, and says the country will continue to provide heightended levels of deleveraging and non-core asset sales.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has invested with Stonepeak Infrastructure. The pension plan will put $100m with the North America fund manager, co-founded by Michael Dorrell (pictured).
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Carlyle Group's Global Market Strategies team, helmed by Linda Pace in the US, has raised four CLO funds this year with the latest closing on $620m this week.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
ICG’s listed real estate debt investment subsidiary has appointed Jack Perry as chairman of its new UK-focused investment vehicle.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Almost 200 private debt funds are chasing combined commitments of $124 billion, according to PEI research, as managers look to exploit credit opportunities created by banks’ partial retreat from the market.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Fresh data has arrived confirming LPs no longer want to be controlled. By Robin Marriott. December 2012/January 2013 issue.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm’s first energy mezzanine fund collected nearly double its $750m target and has already made six investments in both power generation and oil and gas assets.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Philippe Benaroya, Chris Wrenn and Gilles Lengaigne – who worked together at Blackstone/GSO for over 10 years – are launching BlackRock’s European infrastructure debt Investment unit in London. The team will target investment grade infrastructure debt investments for insurers and other investors.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
In addition to its $90m in commitments across two distressed funds, the State Treasurer also is considering a $50m commitment to Court Square Capital Partners’ $3bn third vehicle.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The special situations firm’s latest pan-Asian vehicle was oversubscribed and has now deployed around one-third of its capital.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
