The buyout group continues to enhance its debt market activities with closure of its first ever ‘credit liquidity’ fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Istithmar, a Dubai government-owned investment firm, reportedly plans to diversify into venture capital and debt investing as the unavailability of leverage makes larger deals more difficult.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The firm has hired two new managing directors to lead its investor relations activities for its private equity fund of funds and hedge fund businesses in New York and Toronto.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
CVC Capital Partners, the global buyout firm, is consulting investors for its latest fundraising effort while its chairman Michael Smith has reportedly said limited partners as long-term investors are not driven by short-term problems.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has seen an increase in net asset value, though its chairman says problems in the global credit markets will mean a quieter period for draw-downs and distributions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Aureos Capital has become the first recipient of capital from a $1.5 billion fund backed by the Kazakhstan government as it attempts to stimulate private equity activity in the region.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Canadian private equity firm Onex revealed currency-related losses of $77 million during a conference call following the release of its third quarter earnings report.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
New York Life Capital Partners has doubled its capital and LPs for its second mezzanine fund, as demand for mezzanine debt soars amid a credit liquidity freeze.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Dubai International Capital has jointly raised a $300 million infrastructure and energy fund with two other firms as the Middle Eastern investor continues at a frenetic pace.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Canadian private equity firm Onex revealed currency-related losses of $77 million during a conference call following the release of its third quarter earnings report.
1 min read · 12 January 2013