Turkey’s $5bn-plus highway and bridge privatisation package may represent a unique opportunity for investors wanting to offset their exposure to Europe’s slower-growing territories, writes Bruno Alves.
6 min read · 15 January 2013
A debt-for-equity swap has given the Connecticut-based private equity and real estate firm a substantial stake in the former New York Times headquarters.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Infrastructure news from around the world
7 min read · 08 February 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Abu Dhabi has committed $10 billion to help neighbouring Dubai meet is debt obligations, including its $4.1 billion Islamic bond, which matured today.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Less than a month after reports of a possible $300m investment in Japan's national airline, TPG and American Airlines have offered to invest up to $1.1bn in the struggling carrier.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
TPG is once again targeting a struggling airline, having teamed with American Airlines on a joint bid to restructure JAL. Rival US-based carrier Delta is also bidding.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The firm founded by Sam Kaneko brought a very un-Japanese style of investment to Asia’s largest market. This allowed daVinci to grow into Japan’s largest private equity real estate firm but, according to market insiders, was partly to blame for the dire problems the firm faces today. PERE magazine, Dec 2009-Jan 2010 issue
10 min read · 08 February 2013
The Middle East investment firm will acquire a 20% interest in Gulf Cryo to help accelerate the company’s growth.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Four veterans of the Asia real estate market gather in Singapore to compare notes. For the third year, PERE organised a roundtable discussion about the Asia real estate investment opportunity, this time in Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. Our four Asia old-hands spoke optimistically about the forward fundamentals of many Asian countries, but voiced caution about the fragility in the west. PERE November issue.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
