Carlos Robles Gil, managing director at Boston Infrastructure Investments (B2i), examines the prospects for Mexican infrastructure during Peña Nieto’s administration.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Europe’s bad fortune has been Asia’s opportunity, as infrastructure players from the region have risen to fill the funding gap. Japanese organisations have been at the forefront of this change, writes Mirzaan Jamwal
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The Hong Kong-based private equity real estate firm has opted to finish capital raising before reaching its original $500 million target in order to focus its efforts on taking advantage of current, attractive market conditions, particularly in China.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
CFO Jonathan Schmugge and general counsel Martin Auerbach are two of the four professionals named senior managing director-partner. The promotions come as Z Capital targets $500m for its second special situations fund.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Nordic region is largely free of the macroeconomic issues afflicting the rest of Europe, so it’s attracting an ever greater share of the region’s private equity capital. But these small, export-driven economies are still exposed to the problems further south, which is constraining dealflow. And in Sweden, the threat of swingeing tax hikes – not helped by an ongoing image problem – is putting the entire future of the local industry under real threat. James Taylor went to Stockholm in October to ask five leading players how they’re adapting to the changing world
10 min read · 14 January 2013
With its unusual deal sourcing model and its willingness to back entrepreneurs throughout the cycle, US-based growth investor Summit Partners continues to plough a profitable furrow in a crowded segment, writes Christopher Witkowsky
10 min read · 14 January 2013
The New York-based insurance giant is expanding into asset management on behalf of third parties. PERE Magazine, November 2012 issue
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm, in which TPG Capital owns a 5% stake, beat its $800m target and closed on $997m. The fund is one of a number of distressed vehicles focusing on opportunities in both the US and Europe.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Longtime Sankaty LP University of Michigan has committed $40m to the Bain credit affiliate’s latest offering, which is targeting $3.5bn.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
A five-strong banking group has replaced previous financing which was put in place in 2005. The UK's Bristol Airport is owned by Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
