Private equity real estate firms are seeing ‘many, many billions’ of dollars in potential equity and debt investments arise from the distress of the Latin American nation’s cash-strapped public homebuilders. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Two US loan portfolio sales this year mark the beginning of the end for Eurohypo. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has acquired the company which owns Italian womenswear brand Twin Set Simona Barbieri in a deal understood to be worth between €250m and €300m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The French fund manager is the largest shareholder in the consortium that has just closed the €2.28bn Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail line – the last PPP in France’s ambitious high-speed rail programme – backed by a club of 13 banks.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Eurohypo, a notable lender to private equity real estate firms in Europe, is pulling out of real estate lending, its parent company Commerzbank has said. The decision is a blow to borrowers, but at the same time underlined the void in real estate finance which private equity platforms plan to fill.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The SEC will not meet its 5 July deadline to finalise rules implementing the JOBS Act, which eliminates the ban on general solicitations by private equity managers.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
In an era of constrained availability of capital for deals, mezzanine lenders have stepped in to fill the void, and limited partners have taken notice of the strategy's return potential and risk profile, writes New York Life Capital Partners chief executive officer Thomas Haubenstricker.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
With necessary but controversial privatisations underway, Australian states are looking to the Superannuation funds to prove their commitment to their home market
3 min read · 15 January 2013
After Moody’s delivered a thumbs down to European transport yesterday, fellow ratings agency Fitch has today given a thumbs up to Latin American infrastructure, hailing its stability and resilience. But it could still be derailed by the global economy, financial volatility or government interference.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
US advisory firm says foreign buyers of distressed loans will eventually enter Spain, but they will continue to wait on the sidelines until evidence that banks and Spanish regulators are willing to accept ‘market realities’.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
