The senior debt facilities have a 13-year tenor and will yield about 10.5% annually.
2 min read · 15 April 2013
Harbert European Growth Capital Fund, managed by Johan Kampe (pictured) and David Bateman, is hoping to raise €200m to invest in European technology companies.
2 min read · 12 April 2013
The chief investment officer of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies says that, because of improving fundamentals, there’s good reason why more money is coming in to commercial real estate debt.
2 min read · 12 April 2013
The New York-based debt fund manager has acquired a $27.8 million mortgage using its seventh opportunistic/value-add fund.
1 min read · 09 April 2013
Lending by western banks to emerging markets-based companies fell by $67bn last year as the banking crisis in Europe reduced appetite for riskier credits.
2 min read · 08 April 2013
Ex-rogue trader Nick Leeson, who caused Barings Bank to collapse after completing £827 million of unauthorised trades, has been appointed as a principal at distressed debt advisory firm GDP.
1 min read · 08 April 2013
Head of infrastructure debt Deborah Zurkow says the group might also invest in AllianzGI’s debt funds.
2 min read · 10 April 2013
Hilco UK has acquired more than 140 HMV stores in a deal reportedly valued at £50m. The firm acquired the music and film retailer’s Canadian business in 2011.
2 min read · 05 April 2013
A DLA Piper study has found that financial institutions expect private debt funds to take a larger role in arranging debt for European acquisitions in 2013.
2 min read · 05 April 2013
German insurance companies and pension funds are increasingly turning to real estate debt, attracted by a loophole in the Solvency II and Basel II/III capital requirements, according to iii-investments.
1 min read · 03 April 2013
