The Carlyle Group has acquired the company which owns Italian womenswear brand Twin Set Simona Barbieri in a deal understood to be worth between €250m and €300m.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The French fund manager is the largest shareholder in the consortium that has just closed the €2.28bn Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail line – the last PPP in France’s ambitious high-speed rail programme – backed by a club of 13 banks.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
After Moody’s delivered a thumbs down to European transport yesterday, fellow ratings agency Fitch has today given a thumbs up to Latin American infrastructure, hailing its stability and resilience. But it could still be derailed by the global economy, financial volatility or government interference.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
US advisory firm says foreign buyers of distressed loans will eventually enter Spain, but they will continue to wait on the sidelines until evidence that banks and Spanish regulators are willing to accept ‘market realities’.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
James Bennett (pictured) has joined Kiewit Development Company as senior P3 executive. Bennett had headed North America for John Laing.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Ecosystem Investment Partners has raised $180m to invest in wetlands restoration, a niche strategy that combines conservation with mid-teen return expectations.
4 min read · 14 January 2013
A Baltimore-based investment firm has raised $180 million to invest in wetlands restoration, a niche strategy that combines conservation with mid-teen return expectations.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The state investment board wants to reduce its exposure to the largest funds in the market and is selling stakes in funds managed by KKR, Charterhouse, Carlyle and Blackstone.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Girard Miller will be tasked with overseeing the Orange County Employees Retirement System’s $9.6bn portfolio as it implements a new asset allocation mix.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
The New York-based private equity giant has teamed up with US Bancorp and Wells Fargo to purchase a portfolio of US property loans valued at $760 million from Eurohypo.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
