Apollo's real estate arm, led by Joe Azrack, charts a new course in the wake of the global financial crisis and its acquisition of Citi Property Investors.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
A preference in Asia for domestic talent over expatriates is one of several key takeaways from PERE’s examination of recruitment and compensation in the private equity real estate sector. PERE Magazine November 2011 issue.
8 min read · 15 January 2013
Those assuming this year has seen only scant and prosaic infrastructure financings as economic woes continue, should think again. Bruno Alves and Andy Thomson identify five groundbreaking transactions
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Poor planning and bickering tainted US parking privatisations. But with the municipal need for cash ever-present, such deals are back centre stage.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Another large French high-speed rail project was influential as project finance activity slowed down in the third quarter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Castilla-La Mancha is nine months behind its agreed shadow toll payments for a road concession awarded to an ACS subsidiary. Moody’s says there is ‘growing evidence that Castilla-La Mancha is prioritising core expenditures ahead of its payment obligations’ to the concessionaire.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Another large French high-speed rail project was influential as project finance activity slowed down in the third quarter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm has agreed to acquire a portfolio of consumer credit debt from Bank of America’s MBNA unit — one of the largest issuers of credit cards. AnaCap is positioning to take advantage of banks’ divestment of non-core assets.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The consortium has paid £105m to buy a transmission link to an offshore UK wind farm from DONG, Scottish and Southern Energy, PGGM and Ampere Equity Fund. The European Investment Bank is backing the deal with £52m of debt.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Five banks are backing the Italian developer to help finance a satellite-based tolling system for heavy vehicles across France. Atlantia suffered a convoluted procurement process for the contract, at one point seeing the tender annulled by a French court.
1 min read · 15 January 2013