The Luxembourg-based steel producer has launched two funds targeting cleantech and carbon credit-producing investment opportunities. The cleantech fund has made its first investment in solar company Miasolé, injecting $20m into the company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Global Infrastructure Partners and energy company Fortistar have acquired bankrupt Texas power generation plant Channelview after US courts approved the deal last month.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Olivier Piani, GE Real Estate’s chief executive in Europe, is leaving his post to head up Allianz’s new business. Piani, who is credited with building GE's real estate investments in Europe after a decade with the firm, will take up his new post with Allianz in October.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Ernst & Young veteran Howard Roth will lead the firm’s global real estate practice, succeeding Dale Reiss who retired in June this year. The group is focusing in the near term on infrastructure, sustainable investing, the credit dislocation and new reporting standards.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Mark Preston succeeds Jeremy Newsum as chief executive officer of British property group Grosvenor, owned by the Duke of Westminster. Preston was former head of the firm’s UK operations and fund management business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Mark Preston succeeds Jeremy Newsum as chief executive officer of British property group Grosvenor, owned by the Duke of Westminster. Preston was former head of the firm’s UK operations and fund management business.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Nabil Triki is a managing director and head of private equity at Swicorp. He joined the firm in 2003 after spending several years as a project leader with the Boston Consulting Group in Paris. He has also worked as a project manager for Honeywell in Los Angeles and in corporate development for Unilever in New York. Swicorp was founded in 1987 as a boutique investment bank. The firm now operates three principal businesses: financial advisory services, principal investment, and private equity. It launched the private equity business in 2004 and currently manages three funds with $1.5 billion in total assets, with a fourth fund being marketed right now.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Despite seeing little private equity activity since late last year, industry professionals in New Zealand are optimistic about the country's prospects. Many have pinned their hopes on the mid-market, reports Siddharth Poddar reports.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Chinese companies coping with economic volatility and regulatory reform are now looking to upgrade their operations, creating the right climate for restructuring opportunities. Rob Kotecki reports.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
Limited partners are wrong to think that Asian private equity portfolios should deliver a premium over Western markets because the risk is categorically higher. It is not.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
