Infrastructure news from around the world
7 min read · 08 February 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A recent survey has shown Asian private equity has even further to go than thought to build a stable local LP base.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Draft legislation, which would require all private equity, private equity real estate and hedge fund managers with more than $150m in assets to register with the SEC, must now face a test in the Senate.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The US House of Representatives has approved a rule that would force private equity funds managing more than $150m to register with the SEC. The bill now goes to the Senate for a vote.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The bill, which would require all private equity and hedge fund managers with more than $150 million in assets to register with the SEC, must now face a test in the Senate.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Private Fund Investment Advisors Act, which would require all private equity and hedge fund managers with more than $150 million in assets to register with the SEC, must now face a test in the Senate.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Thanks to a C$227.5m recapitalisation of the Dokie Wind Project in British Columbia, the first phase of the 300 megawatt wind farm will resume construction. Work halted on Dokie last year after now-bankrupt developer EarthFirst Canada could not finance the project.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Mansco Perry, the chief investment officer of the Maryland State Retirement Agency, says the pension system views real estate as a long-term asset class, still wants real estate fund managers … but wants fees to come down. By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 08 February 2013
Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Capital, warns the US government's bailout programmes are not needed in today's markets as capital looks to the asset class in the search for yield.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
