When driving operational improvements at portfolio companies, it pays to keep one eye on medium-term goals, writes Neil MacDougall, managing partner of Silverfleet Capital.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Bahrain-based private equity group has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US after failing to agree a $1.1bn debt refinancing with creditors.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
CVC's struggle with the heavy debt of portfolio company Nine Entertainment has prompted the firm to leave Australia, according to reports.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Better than expected portfolio growth propelled John Laing Infrastructure Fund to success in its first year as a publicly-traded business. The fund garnered an additional £157m in capital.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The opportunistic and distressed real estate investment firm has acquired an unfinished residential community in Tennessee, with an expected value of about $750 million, from the bankruptcy trustee.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The $10bn Russian state-backed vehicle and a consortium of investors have acquired a stake in energy company Enel OGK-5, in a deal potentially worth $750m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Silver Lake has added venture debt specialist and Lighthouse Capital Partners co-founder Rick Stubblefield to the oversight committee of its recently launched $75m fund.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Metric Capital Partners has held a first close for its maiden debt fund after eight months on the road, about a third of the way to its €300m target.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The biggest selling point of the UK government’s new pension initiative seems to be that it will allow schemes to invest in UK infrastructure paying no more than 0.5% in management fees.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As part of its strategy to reduce its US assets, the troubled commercial real estate finance unit of Germany’s Commerzbank is seeking bidders for a portfolio of 12 US loans. The move follows closely on the heels of a $300 million US loan portfolio sale to The Blackstone Group.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
