The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The real estate division of UBS Global Asset Management won a tender for a multi-manager mandate from Germany’s Bayerische Versorgungskammer that has a wide range of investment possibilities.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-based firm has made early headway in its capital raising efforts for its second Japan-focused opportunity fund. The ¥100bn Fortress Japan Opportunity Domestic Fund II is expected to be used predominantly for investments in the country’s debt space with a view to taking controlling positions.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The Egyptian private equity firm intends to invest the lion’s share of the capital raised from a US government agency in Egypt – including Egyptian infrastructure – to support the transformation of areas reeling from the Arab Spring.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Egyptian firm intends to invest the lion’s share of the capital raised from a US government agency in Egypt to support the transformation of areas reeling from the Arab Spring.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
A start-up organisation is aiming to loosen resistance to tolling on Capitol Hill. Private investment in public infrastructure would be part of the discussion.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
JP Morgan’s announcement that it is setting up a new team dedicated to infrastructure debt shows that institutional investors are interested in this investment space, especially in a low-interest rate environment.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Bob Dewing, a consultant for JP Morgan Asset Management for the past nine months, has joined the unit to create a dedicated infrastructure debt team. The new team will target ‘seasoned loans with attractive risk adjusted yields originated by project finance banks’.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
Lexington Partners’ founder Brent Nicklas has spent the last 20 years trying to create LP-friendly products – and in doing so, has built one of world’s biggest secondaries managers. In a rare interview, he tells James Taylor that it’s time for private equity to start focusing exclusively on its most important constituency: investors
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Next year, one of these Republicans hopes to replace Barack Obama as US President. With financial regulation and taxation high on the political agenda, who would be the best bet for the private equity industry?
6 min read · 15 January 2013
