The Central and Eastern European mezzanine firm has tapped investor demand to invest in the hybrid form of debt as the credit crunch has pushed it centre stage.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The French fund of funds’ fundraising success comes as its core European mid-market remains buoyant despite difficulties in the worldwide credit markets.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Dennis Lopez, head of real estate at asset-backed shop Cambridge Place, has joined an emerging markets firm owned by India's Khemka family.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
An SEC filing reveals the mega-firm’s IRRs to date as well as fundraising status for its seventh buyout fund.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Apollo, TPG and Blackstone are reportedly close to a deal to buy assets including leveraged loans linked to the firms’ own portfolio companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GMT’s sale of Finland’s largest credit information company to Investcorp provides the first exit for the communications specialist’s €350 million fund raised last year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The buyout fund could set a European record, as a parallel fundraising from employees nears completion. Rival CVC Capital Partners is also hard on the heels of record holder Permira.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TPG co-founder David Bonderman will rejoin the troubled Seattle-based savings and loan.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
TPG's $800m pure equity stake in the country's biggest pharmaceutical distributor should allow the global buyout firm to tap into the fast-growing Russian market.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The transaction also gives DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners – the private equity real estate arm of Credit Suisse – a seat on Anthracite’s board of directors.
1 min read · 12 January 2013