Dennis Lopez, head of real estate at asset-backed shop Cambridge Place, has joined an emerging markets firm owned by India's Khemka family.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
GMT’s sale of Finland’s largest credit information company to Investcorp provides the first exit for the communications specialist’s €350 million fund raised last year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The buyout fund could set a European record, as a parallel fundraising from employees nears completion. Rival CVC Capital Partners is also hard on the heels of record holder Permira.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The transaction also gives DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners – the private equity real estate arm of Credit Suisse – a seat on Anthracite’s board of directors.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
In line with one of its sector focuses, the firm is opening a Californian office so its its telecoms, media and technology executives have a base in the heart of the US technology centre.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The global mid-market buyout firm attracted interest nearly double its planned €5bn target, but it scaled back the fund giving existing limited partners priority.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The global bank has cut half the members of its 27-strong team. Deal fees from private equity have collapsed on the back of the credit crunch, as banks have pulled back from larger buyout deals.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Industry figures have come out in defence both of financial engineering and the range and diversity of the asset class saying it does not depend on leverage for returns.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Google luminary Douglas Merrill has been recruited by Terra Firma to oversee EMI’s digital music strategy in a newly formed digital music division, as the UK buyout firm’s cost-cutting continues apace.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The pension’s overall annual return of 4.5 percent – its lowest return in five years – was boosted by alternatives. Teachers’ annual report said real estate was the highest performing asset class returning 14.7 percent.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
