Swiss fund of funds manager Adveq recently demonstrated that succession planning and its execution needn't be a painful exercise
5 min read · 08 February 2013
PEI Asia’s inaugural ranking of the 30 largest private equity firms from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific.
8 min read · 08 February 2013
As real estate investors go back to cash flow fundamentals, lenders are going one step further in underwriting loans by reviving the debt yield test.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Pine Brook Road Partners, along with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, PartnerRe and Renaissance Re, has pumped $500m into Essent – a new private mortgage insurance company targeting US residential loans.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
Four Democratic representatives have introduced a bill that would authorise the creation of an entity to fund infrastructure projects ‘of regional or national significance’. It would be funded with up to $250bn of federal dollars that would enable $625bn of lending capacity.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
An expected slump in returns and exit activity has done little to shake confidence in long term growth expectations for India, China, the MENA region and Latin America.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The listed income fund has successfully refinanced $162.5m of credit facilities. The fund will also have the opportunity to expand the facility to $200m, subject to securing additional commitments.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
With LPs increasingly seeking safety amid quality, core real estate assets, Falcon Real Estate president Jack Miller said it’s essential for all sides to have an honest debate about the type of returns they can realistically expect from real estate in the coming years.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Debt and declining consumer demand has sent Australia's Riviera Group into receivership. It marks the second private equity-backed yacht investment to sink in 2009, the first having been Candover- and Permira-backed Ferretti in February.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The New York-based real estate firm, which was originally targeting investments primarily in Latin America, is now targeting the US. The firm is also raising an agribusiness vehicle targeting agricultural land in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
