Limited partners’ heavy appetite for mezzanine strategies helped Blackstone’s GSO team raise billions to take advantage of a historic opportunity for non-bank lenders in the uncertain markets, especially in Europe.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Sovereign debt has once again become a key risk indicator for private equity investors, but this time around Asia is in good shape
3 min read · 14 January 2013
The firm has sold a business line of UK engineering company Tomkins, the largest private equity buyout of 2010 at $4.7bn, to Madison Dearborn Partners for $505m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The European private equity real estate firm has begun fundraising for its latest opportunistic fund aiming to match Orion European Real Estate Fund III in terms of total equity commitments.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Expro International, the oilfield services portfolio company of Arle Capital Partners, has sold off its manufacturing business to Siemens for $630m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Austrian developer has successfully diversified its funding sources, raising €40m more than the €100m it had originally anticipated due to what it described as ‘high investor demand’.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based investment and advisory firm has agreed to take control of €100 million of real estate loans from French bank Société Générale, which last year signalled a retreat from the sector.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Better than expected portfolio growth propelled John Laing Infrastructure Fund to success in its first year as a publicly-traded business. The fund garnered an additional £157m in capital.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The $10bn Russian state-backed vehicle and a consortium of investors have acquired a stake in energy company Enel OGK-5, in a deal potentially worth $750m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Metric Capital Partners has held a first close for its maiden debt fund after eight months on the road, about a third of the way to its €300m target.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
