The Robert Smith-led firm will target $600m for its first debt fund and likely $500m for its second small-cap vehicle as it comes off a year in which it returned $2bn to LPs.
2 min read · 21 February 2013
CPPIB Credit Investments' in the final quarter of 2012 included a C$400 million high-yield loan to CVC-backed Formula One Group
2 min read · 21 February 2013
The Paris-based asset manager has corralled institutional capital for a senior real estate lending vehicle having set up a platform last year.
1 min read · 21 February 2013
While distressed real estate continues to create some of the firm’s best investment opportunities, Europe has been a lesser source of deal flow than anticipated.
3 min read · 21 February 2013
Buffett partners 3G for $28bn Heinz deal 2013-02-14 Christopher Witkowsky Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has partnered with Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital to buy Heinz in what would be one of the largest-ever buyouts in the global food industry. “It was exciting coming into Pitts
2 min read · 21 February 2013
Fernando Salazar has joined real estate-focused investment banking firm The Carlton Group to lead the bank’s new Frankfurt office.
1 min read · 14 February 2013
Cairn Capital is set to launch only the third CLO fund marketed to European institutional investors since 2008 in what could be a test case for the industry.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
A request for proposals for the Knik Arm Crossing P3 in Alaska will have to wait until the end of the state legislative session in April. The project is angling for better financing.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
The €50bn Connecting Europe Facility has seen its spending capacity cut to €29.3bn after EU leaders last week agreed to the first budget cut in the organisation’s history. The facility will be used to fund the EIB’s project bond initiative.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
The Paris-based manager’s second fund of debt funds is targeting €250 million and will have a broader remit than its mezzanine-focused predecessor.
2 min read · 12 February 2013
