Private equity firms are buying into the debt structures of troubled operators that are rich in real estate, with Toys R Us and General Healthcare Group currently being evaluated. PERE Magazine July, August 2012 issue.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
James Garman, co-head of real estate at Goldman Sachs, told delegates at the PERE Summit: Europe how the bank is gearing up for a European debt fund, how it just struck its first equity deal in three years and how it is approaching life under the Volcker rule. PERE Magazine July, August 2012.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
How should the Nordics be characterised by international investors? According to those operating on the ground, the answer is as one bloc, but with key differences. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
How should the Nordics be characterised by international investors? According to those operating on the ground, the answer is as one bloc, but with key differences. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
How should the Nordics be characterised by international investors? According to those operating on the ground, the answer is as one bloc, but with key differences. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Two US loan portfolio sales this year mark the beginning of the end for Eurohypo. PERE Magazine, July/August 2012 issue
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The Carlyle Group has acquired the company which owns Italian womenswear brand Twin Set Simona Barbieri in a deal understood to be worth between €250m and €300m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The French fund manager is the largest shareholder in the consortium that has just closed the €2.28bn Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail line – the last PPP in France’s ambitious high-speed rail programme – backed by a club of 13 banks.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Eurohypo, a notable lender to private equity real estate firms in Europe, is pulling out of real estate lending, its parent company Commerzbank has said. The decision is a blow to borrowers, but at the same time underlined the void in real estate finance which private equity platforms plan to fill.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
US advisory firm says foreign buyers of distressed loans will eventually enter Spain, but they will continue to wait on the sidelines until evidence that banks and Spanish regulators are willing to accept ‘market realities’.
4 min read · 15 January 2013