The New York-based private equity firm has taken the unusual step of suing two of its smaller LPs – Chalice Fund and WK CG Investments – for allegedly defaulting on capital contributions to three funds.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Fortress shares doubled after the US Treasury outlined plans this week to buy up to $1trn in toxic assets by combining public and private equity. Blackstone and Och-Ziff have also seen their stocks rise.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Recently voted best law firm for fund formation in Europe in the Private Equity International Awards 2008, SJ Berwin has identified China and East Asia as 'critical markets for the future', according to senior partner Jonathan Blake. The firm will open its 10th office in Hong Kong – its first outside Europe.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private funds and investors are essential to the US Treasury’s plan to rejuvenate credit markets with the purchase of banks’ real estate-related toxic assets.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Vivek Paul, a former TPG Ventures partner and CEO of Wipro Technologies, has set up his own private equity firm and has reportedly started raising capital for a $400m fund.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private funds and investors are essential to the US Treasury’s plan to rejuvenate credit markets with the purchase of banks’ toxic assets.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The UK government’s safety net, which now contains around £400bn of banks’ risky assets, could delay refinancing procedures and cause lenders to encourage corporate defaults.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The San Francisco-based secondary specialist estimates some $5bn in venture secondary assets are up for grabs.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Will the US' Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility be the kickstart the commercial real estate industry hopes it to be?
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Private investors are abandoning road and rail building partnerships in Russia after the Duma slashed its transport infrastructure budget by 90%
1 min read · 08 February 2013
