The European Union is planning to spend some €1.5trn to interconnect the continent’s transport networks over the next 20 years. With national budgets stretched to the limit, the private sector is a natural port of call. But investors are sceptical.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
A club of 12 banks is providing a seven-year loan to fund the team’s recent acquisition of GDF Suez’s Italian gas grid and re-leverage two other local gas grids bought over the last two years. AXA/F2i is now Italy’s second-largest gas distributor.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
By requesting a $200m bond to participate in a $5bn roads privatisation, the Turkish government is indicating that only serious bidders need apply. It will now face pressure to run a quick and efficient tender process, maintains Bruno Alves
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Julian Carreras, who left Palamon Capital Partners in 2006, has re-joined after stints at Cinven and Thesan Capital, as the firm looks to bolster its Spanish coverage.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The two groups will provide an initial $400m to invest in Turkey and the surrounding region, and may raise a further $600m next year.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The $26.2bn system has committed $750m to a ‘strategic partnership’ with TCW spin-out Crescent Capital Group. South Carolina previously set up a $759m separate account with Apollo Global Management in 2009.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
UK opposition leader Ed Miliband singled out private equity this week as an example of 'bad business'. The argument may have been weak, but the sentiment is significant.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms have taken to filling the large, deep void left by commercial banks and other traditional real estate lenders. PERE Magazine, October 2011 issue
10 min read · 15 January 2013
There is hidden distress in the German real estate market, and private equity real estate firms are gearing up in creative ways in their quest to uncover it. PERE magazine October 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Julian Mash, founder and CEO of Vision Capital, buys private equity-backed companies en gros. It’s a complex technique – and according to Mash, as David Hawkins and Philip Borel learned in September, the private equity industry needs it more than ever
10 min read · 15 January 2013
