Lone Star's search for an exit from KEB resumes, following a year of regulatory hurdles and court cases that held up the HSBC deal. This is the second time Lone Star has had a deal for its KEB stake fall apart.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Middle market specialist Kohlberg & Company has agreed to pay between $185m and $205m million in equity and assumed debt for Connecticut-based Centerplate.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The selection of John Koskinen to lead the seized mortgage giant brings to three the number of private equity pros asked this month to head up troubled financial services companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The selection of John Koskinen to lead the seized mortgage giant brings to three the number of private equity pros asked this month to head up troubled financial services companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The selection of John Koskinen to lead the seized mortgage giant brings to three the number of private equity pros asked this month to head up troubled financial services companies.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Edward Liddy, an operating partner with the New York buyout firm, is expected to return to Clayton Dubilier when he is finished with his duties at AIG, which yesterday entered into an $85bn government bailout. Liddy has been with the firm for about a year.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The private equity firms are reportedly in discussions to buy Lehman’s investment management unit, which includes its $30bn private equity portfolio. The price of the investment management arm, around $5bn last week, may come down after Lehman’s bankruptcy filing yesterday.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Amid the turmoil of its parent company, AIG's investment arm continues its Asian expansion with the hiring of Michael Chae. The fate of the firm’s substantial private equity and real estate businesses remains uncertain.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The London- and Paris-based secondaries shop has closed its latest fund and is looking forward to the ‘attractive opportunity’ for the secondaries market caused by credit market dislocation.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The troubled Australian mall owner has confirmed a $714m agreement to sell 29 of its 30 assets to a private real estate investor has collapsed. The company says the investor ‘elected to terminate the agreement’ but insisted talks were continuing.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
