PIMCO is among a wave of US firms with deep pockets beefing up in Europe in order to buy into distressed real estate and private equity-style deals. PERE Magazine October 2012 issue.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Private property funds struggling to refinance or access the debt markets must be jealous of Europe’s listed property companies, which continue to tap the capital markets with ease. PERE Magazine October 2012 issue.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
‘New’ PFI will probably be similar to ‘old’ PFI. The UK government must try to persuade us that it isn’t.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
A deal to acquire a German maker of plastic processing machinery will be the first European-based investment from the firms’ $4.7bn third fund.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
An Egis/DSC team has signed an agreement with the Indian highways authority to reduce tolls and add lanes to the troubled Delhi-Gurgaon build-operate-transfer road project.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The C$55bn pension’s direct investing arm has hired director Isabelle Pagnotta from Arcapita. OMERS PE has completed three investments in Europe since opening its London office in 2009.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
As banks take a step back from providing debt in the market, opportunities are rife for private equity firms to set up special credit funds.
5 min read · 14 January 2013
Having made two investments earlier this month, private debt fund manager Metric Capital Partners is preparing to close a trio of deals as appetite for new sources of capital grows.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
A second road concession in Spain has filed for bankruptcy protection with a Madrid court after concluding it won’t be able to refinance some €575m of debt later this month. Two other roads in Madrid have also initiated ‘pre-Chapter 11’ proceedings.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Paul Deighton (pictured), chief executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a former Goldman Sachs executive, has been charged by David Cameron with getting the private sector to fund the government’s infrastructure plans.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
