Julian Mash, founder and CEO of Vision Capital, buys private equity-backed companies en gros. It’s a complex technique – and according to Mash, as David Hawkins and Philip Borel learned in September, the private equity industry needs it more than ever
10 min read · 15 January 2013
A painful debt hangover continues to hamper Spain’s and Portugal’s economic recovery, not to mention the banks’ willingness to lend. But the turbulence is also throwing up opportunities from distressed sellers and previously reluctant family-owned companies, reports Nicholas Donato
8 min read · 15 January 2013
The real estate investment arm of Morgan Stanley and The Witkoff Group have purchased 1107 Broadway from Lehman and plan to infuse $100 million into the property to convert it to luxury condos.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm has made four investments in Europe this year and is more active in the region than in the US, says president Tony James.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The private equity firms will invest $50m each in Amalgamated Bank for a shared 40% stake in its common stock.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The UK-listed firm has hired leveraged finance veteran Rob Reynolds to lead its credit-focused fund.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As distressed investment managers around the globe prepare for opportunities in the sinking markets, PAG has closed its first-ever distressed fund for Asian assets from distressed sellers.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As distressed investment managers around the globe prepare for opportunities in the sinking markets, PAG has closed its first-ever distressed fund for Asian assets from distressed sellers.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Private equity in Turkey has been on the up for a few years now, without ever quite taking off. But stars seem to be aligning in its favour.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The PR-22 deal is the debut PPP from the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, not to mention the first brownfield toll roll project in the US since 2006.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
