Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The John Laing Infrastructure Fund, which raised £270m through an initial public offering in London towards the end of last year, has seen steady growth in the opening quarter of this year, with portfolio value up 2.9%.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
BBVA, Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank and Natixis have been mandated to arrange £236m in senior secured credit facilities associated with the SITA South Tyne & Wear waste-to-energy Private Finance Initiative.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Former Towerbrook Capital Partners managing director John Sinik has launched a debt fund management business which is hoping to raise at least €300m for its maiden vehicle.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Portugal will have to look into its PPP contracts with a view to ‘reduce the government’s financial obligations’ as part of the €78bn EU/IMF bailout provided to the country. The bailout also encourages the government to try and reduce feed-in tariffs for existing renewable contracts.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Can the debt markets handle the $800bn of outstanding LBO loans?
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Limited partners have been slowly opening up to new VC relationships now that the industry has shrunk and top managers are back to courting investors
9 min read · 15 January 2013
The National Audit Office has issued a report calling in strident terms for alternatives to the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to be considered. PFI, which is the UK’s standard method of procurement for infrastructure projects, has come under increasing fire for allegedly failing to provide value for money.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Buyout firm Montagu Private Equity's fundraising team led by Vince O'Brien has put the finishing touches to its latest capital raising effort, closing its fourth fund at its hard-cap of €2.5bn
3 min read · 15 January 2013
In a last ditch attempt to placate creditors, the ailing diagnostics business will reportedly submit a proposal to convert about A$890m of bank debt into equity.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
