The Shanghai-based investment firm will invest $30m for a 25 percent stake in a joint venture with Chinese developer, China Housing & Land Development, to build a 79-acre mixed-used project.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
A panel of private equity insiders, including DLJ Merchant Banking chair Nicole Arnaboldi and Carlyle's Jonathan Colby, agreed the buyout industry is in for more pain but sees US deal activity regaining momentum sometime next year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Swiss fund of funds investor, which is not a subsidiary to insurance giant AIG, has sold stakes in Avista and Sun Capital at a discount of nearly $7m.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Charlie Bott, chairman of Goldman’s European financial sponsors group, is regarded as the first private equity-dedicated banker. He is replaced by John Waldron, previously co-head of leveraged finance.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The $147bn pension has responded to the denominator effect by increasing the amount it is allowed to invest in private equity to 15% of total assets. CalSTRS has similarly bumped its real estate allocation.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The $147bn pension has responded to the denominator effect by increasing the amount it is allowed to invest in private equity to 15% of total assets. CalSTRS has similarly bumped its real estate allocation.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
When Barack Obama is sworn into the White House in 2009, private equity firms can expect some changes, among them likely increases to capital gains and carried interest taxation. However, his election also could prompt a greater willingness by overseas investors to invest in the US.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Though the results reflect a slowed investment pace constrained by bank lending, the listed infrastructure fund headlined £50.3m in profits. Managing partner Michael Queen said 3i Infrastructure wants to be part of a Gatwick Airport deal.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco- and Hong Kong-based firm has closed its second fund $100m higher than its initial target, but slightly shy of the $1bn close anticipated. The fund will focus on fund investments in China, Japan, Korea and India.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Though the results reflect a slowed investment pace constrained by bank lending, the listed infrastructure fund headlined £50.3m in profits. Managing partner Michael Queen said 3i Infrastructure wants to be part of a Gatwick Airport deal.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
