Lord Stern, who produced a landmark report on climate change, is part of a group of nine advisors appointed by the government to help 3i’s Sir Adrian Montague set up the UK’s Green Investment Bank.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
PE Asia recently caught up with Michael Shone, chief executive officer of Commercial Intelligence. The Swiss-headquartered firm raises closed-ended funds, typically with a three- to five-year life, focused on emerging market debt recovery.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
As the infrastructure asset class matures, two quite different types of investment are emerging. Former Allianz Capital Partners chief executive Thomas Putter explains why an understanding of this is so crucial
7 min read · 15 January 2013
PERE Magazine September 2011 issue.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Fortress Investment Group is getting its hands dirty salvaging value from a real estate opportunity with an estimated value of $2 trillion. Through its credit business, the firm believes it has the right team and resources for the job. PERE Magazine September issue 2011.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Southeast Asia-focused Kendall Court has plans to expand its assets under management and its network of offices, bringing its growth capital-style of mezzanine financing to more of the region’s up-and-coming companies. Managing partner Chris Chia tells Hsiang-Ching Tseng why the 7-year-old firm believes strongly in a niche that has yet to really take root in Asia
7 min read · 15 January 2013
The secondaries market has come a long way in a relatively short space of time. Since a handful of pioneers carved out this specialist niche back in the early 1990s, the industry has grown to such an extent that the merry band of early prospectors now looks more like a gold rush.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The best way to deal with constant regulatory change is to embed a compliance culture throughout the organisation – and the impetus has to come from the top, writes Peter Moore of The IMS Group.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Does the sovereign debt crisis represent a clear and present danger to the future of European private equity? Or is it creating the most promising market conditions in 20 years? It depends who you ask, writes James Taylor
10 min read · 15 January 2013
The country’s Privatisation Administration is looking for a private partner to operate and maintain some 2,000km of roads – including Istanbul’s two suspension bridges, which are said to comprise up to 80% of the deal’s total value. Interested bidders will have to post a $200m bond to participate.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
