Metric Capital Partners has put together a high-powered team from the private equity world to try and tap into credit opportunities in the European mid-market. By Oliver Smiddy
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Dividend recaps are undeniably controversial. But they’re a perfectly legitimate way for managers to get much-needed capital back to their LPs – as long as they’re done right
4 min read · 15 January 2013
PwC’s Richard Abadie thinks PF2’s greater emphasis on equity will make projects more expensive, while DLA Piper’s Liam Cowell argues there ‘is nothing ground breaking’ in Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Profit sharing, public sector equity stakes, less leverage, greater transparency, flexible soft facilities management contracts and faster procurement times are the headline features of PFI Mark II, the aptly named PF2 procurement framework.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Bryan Martin, who joined New Jersey last year to head up real estate and real assets, has joined an insurance agency in Nebraska.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Many of the European companies that have already defaulted on leveraged loans may do so again, the ratings agency warns – although there are signs of progress in certain industries.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Bryan Martin, who joined New Jersey last year to head up real estate and real assets and helped design the system’s innovative separate accounts business, has joined an insurance agency in Nebraska.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Baird Capital Partners Europe managed to grow a financial services recruitment business substantially during the downturn – thanks largely to some savvy repositioning
8 min read · 15 January 2013
The company, led by CEO Ron Clarke, bought back a portion of its shares from the two firms. To date, Summit’s total return on its FleetCor investment is more than 10x.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Turkish airports operator TAV has secured €250m in debt from the EBRD, Unicredit, Siemens Bank, Denizbank and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank. Expect the long-running $1.2bn Eurasia Tunnel Project to also reach financial close this week.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
