After being recapped by JPMorgan Partners and Ares Management in 2004, House of Blues Entertainment has been sold for $350 million.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
In June, five seasoned media and communications investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan for an on-the-record discussion about opportunities in this rapidly changing market. David Snow reports on a lively exchange of views between these partners and rivals.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Two years after closing EQT IV, EQT Partners is back in the market raising a new buyout fund.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Leveraged loan investor Babson Capital has rolled out its first dedicated mezzanine fund as pricing begins to settle against background of interest rate uncertainty.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Private Equity reclaim almost half of their original equity investment in the rental car company via a debt-financing commitment.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
While groups like New York’s Avenue Capital are seeing distressed opportunities increasing around the world, China is currently grabbing most attention. Andy Thomson finds out why.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
French captive Axa Private Equity is giving Eurotunnel’s restructuring a Gallic seal of approval, assuaging French retail investors and taking the group a step closer to recovery.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Fund manager AMVESCAP is buying WL Ross & Co, a US alternative assets manager, to beef up its product line-up for its clients.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Byeon Yang-ho, managing director and founder of South Korean buyout fund Vogo, is the latest private equity professional to feel the heat from the country’s authorities.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Bedminster Capital Management has reached its original $200m target with the first closing of SEEF II, a new vehicle focused on investments in Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Serbia and Croatia and other south eastern Europe markets.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
