A social phenomenon is taking place in Poland as residents trade up from Soviet-style homes to Western apartments. Private equity real estate investors are following the trend, in Warsaw and beyond. By Robin Marriott
8 min read · 12 January 2013
After seven years running Doughty Hanson's real estate arm Marc Mogull left last year to set up his own firm, Benson Elliot. Here the 20-year industry veteran discusses his family ties to the business, his long career in Europe and why he doesn't like talking to the press. By Robin Marriott
10 min read · 12 January 2013
Global buyout firm’s central European team buys ULTIMO to capitalise on burgeoning personal credit market in Poland.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
According to a report an Investcorp-backed printing company may write off up to £300m of its debt as part of a restructuring.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity firm and the merchant bank have teamed up for a second time for this $56.2m effort.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Ian Cash, who heads up Alchemy Partners’ new £250 million distressed debt vehicle, Alchemy Special Opportunities, talks to Robert Venes about the fund’s focus and the future of distressed debt in Europe.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Ian Taylor is leaving the firm he transformed to play more golf and to work on his property interests.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
HarbourVest, Lexington Partners and Partners Group have invested in the Nasdaq-listed buyout firm’s new fund.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Paris-listed private equity manager invested €1.165 billion in buyouts in the year to 30 June 2006, including its acquisition of Europcar from Volkswagen.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The lender of first resort 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jacques Attali became the “lender of first and only resort” for property investors in Eastern and Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Without his leadersh
1 min read · 12 January 2013
