KKR is reportedly among the firms eyeing a $1.5bn deal for a Citi-owned Japanese telemarketer. If agreed, it would mark KKR's first Japanese LBO since opening in Tokyo.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Lower capitalisation levels and shorter hold periods are among the changes to proposed FDIC bank ownership rules offered by a group of private equity firms.
4 min read · 08 February 2013
The listed fund of funds surpassed its target, selling shares at or above its current stock price.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The available capital in the region, and Shariah's spurning of traditional leverage, has made the Islamic fund structuring more popular.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Asian GPs turning to the Middle East for funding may need to consider adopting an Islamic fund structure, writes Jenny Blinch.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private equity firms invested $301m in India’s renewable energy sector last year, a ten-fold increase from 2006. The numbers are expected to keep climbing.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Less than two weeks after buying a Maltese bank, the FIG-focused firm has inked a deal for the invoice financing division of debt-laden subprime lender Cattles.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The New York power-focused private equity firm will acquire power plants and a 15% stake in the major US power generation corporation, now struggling with liquidity issues.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
One of the few Indian companies raising an infrastructure fund that is not a banking conglomerate said it was aiming to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in the sector.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
UK home improvement firm, Focus DIY, is to offer its landlords incentives so its lenders agree to extend the term of its debt facility.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
