The Blackstone Group affiliate GSO has collected $1.5bn for its second mezzanine fund, which is targeting between $3bn and $3.75bn.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The tie-up between the real estate investment arm of insurance giant Prudential Financial and Paris-based developer Groupe Hoche forms part of its strategy of partnering local operators in markets it believes offer value creation.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Claudio Phillips has joined MB Global Partners as a managing principal in New York.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
In a rare in-depth interview, KKR co-founder George Roberts discusses both the firm’s and private equity’s ongoing evolution as they move past credit crisis ‘hiccups’ and closer to maturity.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
'The last time we fought was when we were about eight years old – and that was over a bicycle,' says KKR co-founder George Roberts of cousin and fellow co-founder Henry Kravis.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The $6.5bn pension fund’s $500m commitment to AlpInvest is the fund of fund’s first since being acquired by The Carlyle Group in January.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
KKR invested ‘hundreds of millions’ in a partnership called Weld North in 2010, which has made its first acquisition for a reported $50m.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Carlyle had reportedly been in talks to acquire the New Jersey-based energy-focused firm, which closed its $4.3bn second fund in 2010.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The $154bn pension system will also work to decrease holdings in opportunistic and value-add investments and reduce leverage in the portfolio.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
