London-based Mountgrange has teamed up with partners at residential specialist Pluto Capital for a fund aiming to supply £50m of mezzanine loans to help finance residential developments in London and the South East of England. The firm said that the vehicle was the first of its kind in the residential sector.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Private equity professionals are a competitive bunch. But many were likely toasting Cinven’s sale of Phadia this week as further evidence that boom-era buyouts can prove profitable.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
They have many names: 'Family Enterprises', 'Family-backed Investors', 'Family Offices' and 'Family funds under management'. The credit crunch has resulted in major changes to the way large families who run their own investment vehicles think and how they invest their money, writes Mike Reid, managing partner of Frog Capital.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm is looking to Brazil as it sources new deals in the homebuilding sector, as well as a potential investment with a local hospitality group.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The US firm, through a subsidiary, has injected A$90m in ailing CMA. The capital infusion will go to restructuring its operations while marking KKR's second round of funding in the company this year.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The US firm, through a subsidiary, has injected A$90m in ailing CMA. The capital infusion will go to restructuring its operations while marking KKR's second round of funding in the company this year.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
A combination of abundant natural resource and government support has made Latin America – and Brazil and Mexico in particular – increasingly attractive to infrastructure funds eyeing renewables. Alexandra Atiya reports
6 min read · 15 January 2013
The Dallas private equity firm was the biggest riser in the 2011 PERE 30 ranking, thanks to successful capital-raising for its second real estate fund. Meanwhile, consolidation, business exits and strategic shifts among bank-sponsored platforms began to manifest themselves in this year’s ranking.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm told LPs at its annual meeting that it will hit the fundraising trail in about 18 months and target $3bn with a hard-cap of $4bn, putting it in line with others managers now raising smaller funds than predecessor vehicles.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
KKR’s China Growth Fund hit the $1bn mark in March, but the firm’s existing Asia portfolio was the main attraction at its first-ever investor day.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
