A dearth of available credit for lower mid-market businesses has attracted new debt vehicles, but fundraising remains difficult even for managers with strong track records.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
Blackstone chief Steve Schwarzman took time to attend New Jersey’s State Investment Council meeting this week to give his macro view of the market.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
CPPIB will commit $50m to MerchCap Solutions, a joint venture with KKR and Stone Point Capital, and has additionally earmarked up to $2bn for investments in mid-market debt transactions.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
London-based ICG-Longbow Real Estate Capital is getting closer to reaching the halfway mark for its latest credit vehicle as it looks to cement £500 million of commitments.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
Intermediate Capital Group has closed its new fund three months ahead of schedule, having increased its investor base in the US and Asia Pacific.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
Barclays Private Equity has closed its second deal in a week with the management buy-out of UK-based delivery company Nightfreight.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has closed a new E450m leveraged loan fund, Promus I, despite difficult market conditions and a downturn in results.
1 min read · 11 January 2013
Deals worth less than E10bn were completed, down sharply from the E21bn invested in Q2.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Back To Basics 2001-09-19 Staff Writer As the French say, plus ça change, plus ç’est la meme chose ('the more things change, the more they stay the same'). In 1988, when I wrote my first treatise on venture capital, I mentioned a phenomenon which had been apparent to me and other experienced players in this
5 min read · 11 January 2013
Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity is backing another management team bid for the troubled ship builder.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
