Progress is steady rather than spectacular, but the Central Asian and South Caucasus region is starting to open up to infrastructure developers and investors. Stephen Wermert of the Asian Development Bank explains some of the opportunities and pitfalls
6 min read · 14 January 2013
The Carlyle Group picked up four management contracts from Highland Capital Management in its first European CLO deal.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Australian group, together with France’s Eiffage, has obtained a €2.8bn, five-year loan in addition to a €720m revolving credit facility. Moody’s deemed the refinancing ‘moderately credit positive’, but warned the toll road network’s Baa3 rating might be revised in the future.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Australian Infrastructure Fund has divested its 35% stake in Victoria’s largest regional port for A$25m. The buyers were RREEF Infrastructure – which picked up 15%, increasing its ownership of the port to 50% – and Asciano, the port’s operator, which purchased the remaining 20%.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Australian Infrastructure Fund has divested its 35% stake in Victoria’s largest regional port for A$25m. The buyers were RREEF Infrastructure – which picked up 15%, increasing its ownership of the port to 50% – and Asciano, the port’s operator, which purchased the remaining 20%.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Australian Infrastructure Fund has divested its 35% stake in Victoria’s largest regional port for A$25m. The buyers were RREEF Infrastructure – which picked up 15%, increasing its ownership of the port to 50% – and Asciano, the port’s operator, which purchased the remaining 20%.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The extraordinary tale of a huge Dutch real estate fraud, a warning by the country’s Central Bank over property valuations and how the Dutch office market could be hardest hit by the unwinding of German open-ended funds.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
The bank’s Strategic Partners team sweetened terms on its fifth secondaries fund, including not only committed capital, but fees and expenses that must be paid back to LPs, plus an 8% return, before the GP collects carried interest.
4 min read · 14 January 2013
The $288 billion National Pension Service of Korea is poised to commit $300m to Blackstone’s latest opportunity fund as part of a strategy to increase its exposure to higher return investments. A beauty parade to select two more opportunity funds is expected to follow.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Korea's $288bn national pension is poised to commit $300m to Blackstone’s latest real estate fund as part of a strategy to increase its exposure to higher return investments.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
