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
Monroe Capital, which launched its healthcare finance affiliate in November, has hired managing director Glenn Flinn to oversee the firm’s new office in Dallas, Texas.
2 min read · 08 April 2013
Ex-rogue trader Nick Leeson, who caused Barings Bank to collapse after completing £827 million of unauthorised trades, has been appointed as a principal at distressed debt advisory firm GDP.
1 min read · 08 April 2013
AXA Private Equity’s co-head of private debt, Cécile Mayer-Lévi, has left the firm after it announced it would spin off from parent company AXA in the coming months.
1 min read · 03 April 2013
Alternative asset manager AXA Private Equity, an active provider of unitranche financing in recent years in tandem with its buyout activities, has finally agreed to spin out from its insurer parent in a deal valuing the firm at €510 million.
1 min read · 22 March 2013
The €500 billion of new non-core loans issued during 2012 offset the €600 billion of loans sold or run off over the same period, confirming the European deleveraging process is far from over.
2 min read · 22 March 2013
The president and CEO of the Canadian pension giant argued for the need for long-term thinking when investing in real estate, as well as other alternative assets, in an address to the Canadian Australian Chamber of Commerce.
3 min read · 21 March 2013
