Cambridge & Counties Bank (CCB), jointly owned by Cambridge University Endowment Fund and Cambridgeshire Local Government Pension Fund, is profiting from a surge in refinancing activity by UK-based SMEs.
2 min read · 02 May 2013
Ken Whitney, who joined Blackstone in 1988, has long led the firm’s investor relations function, but also played a key role in helping launch business lines like corporate debt and real estate.
2 min read · 02 May 2013
Panelists at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles discussed the current state of the credit market, and opportunities for non-traditional lenders and private debt funds.
2 min read · 01 May 2013
US real estate firm Transwestern continues to build its capital markets team with two senior hires: ex Grubb & Ellis head of debt and structured finance Matthew Schnurr and former head of capital markets at Advance Reality Group Gary Sopko.
1 min read · 01 May 2013
Royal Park Investments, a vehicle formed to manage the toxic assets of Fortis after the Belgian bank collapsed in November 2008 has been sold to US private equity firm Loan Star Fund and Credit Suisse.
1 min read · 30 April 2013
Diane Raposio’s appointment is KKR’s second senior Australian hire this year, following the recent appointment of Carlyle Group’s vice-president Leigh Oliver as a principal.
1 min read · 29 April 2013
The deal is Standard Chartered Private Equity’s first realisation of a mezzanine investment in the Middle East.
1 min read · 29 April 2013
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee today revealed changes to the £80bn Funding for Lending scheme, boosting the supply of cheap credit to small businesses.
2 min read · 23 April 2013
Debt fund manager CVC Credit Partners, managed by Marc Boughton, continues to build its team with two senior hires: ex-UBS credit originator Stuart Levitt and former operations head at Chalkhill Partners Julia Agafonova.
2 min read · 18 April 2013
The $205bn asset manager has brought in Susan Kasser to lead its private debt business, which she believes will benefit from the firm’s existing exposure to private equity as an LP and co-investor.
2 min read · 15 April 2013
