Bear Stearns Merchant Banking has sealed its first deal, paying an undisclosed sum for two Latin American consumer finance businesses.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Madison Dearborn, CVC and Cinven look to float packaging firm Smurfit Kappa in 2007.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The transaction means a solid exit for New York-based Behrman, which bought WII Components for $145m in April 2003.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
AIG Global Investment Group hires two into European leveraged loan group
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The publicly traded merchant bank has committed $30m to Stroz Friedberg, which will use the money for employee incentives and to expand its geographic reach.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Whole business securitisations of water utilities can attract better ratings, which means cheaper debt, according to Standard & Poor’s. Nicholas Lockley explains how.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Lloyds Development Capital’s failing music retailer Music Zone is looking for buyers after entering administration as competition with online sales stiffens.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Inside one of London's most striking towers, four European bankers recently gathered to discuss the liquidity in the debt markets, the requests of their clients and why Europe is more sophisticated than the US. By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Neil Cable, the head of European real estate for Fidelity, is busy hiring as the US firm gears up for direct property investing.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Chinese regulators appear to be toying with the emotions of private equity firms through a mixture of pronouncements – some interpreted as good, some bad, others virtually impossible to interpret in the first place. On the whole, though, things seem to be moving in the right direction for general partners. Andy Thomson reports.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
