The value of cancelled deals globally has broken the $200 billion mark in 2007, easily surpassing last year’s total.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
European mid-market firm Bridgepoint has sold Alliance Medical to Dubai International Capital, as the investment firm continues a flurry of acquisitions.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Three Delta has withdrawn its bid for Sainsbury’s citing the problems in the credit markets and an equity increase demanded by the UK supermarket’s pension trustees.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Dubai International Capital, the Middle Eastern investment firm, has bought Almatis in a secondary deal, with loans at more than six times EBITDA provided by Swiss bank UBS.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Cinven has carried out the third largest secondary transaction since the credit market difficulties began, acquiring Coor Service Management. The seller, 3i, doubled turnover and profits at Coor over three years.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Friends in high places 2007-11-01 Staff Writer A giant residential complex now involved in a real estate controversy was home to a far more scintillating controversy. Dolphin Square in Pimlico near the Thames River in London is a great hulking mass of a building. It was built between 1935 and 1937 by a Briti
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The principals of Chicago-based Walton Street Capital, the private equity real estate firm founded by JMB Realty head Neil Bluhm, has been investing in Mexico for more than a decade – the firm did its first property investment in the country in 1998. Walton Street's Mexico operations are headed up by Sandor Valner, who was formerly the chief executive officer of VALOR, a real estate merchant bank he founded in 2001. Prior to this, Valner had leadership roles with M&A advisor EMVA and Credit Suisse in Mexico. Walton is raising its sixth global fund, which has exposure to Mexico. In addition, the firm is raising a dedicated Latin America fund, with a target of $350 million and a majority allocation to Mexico. Between the two funds, Walton Street will have around $700 million to invest in the region, with 75 percent of the capital going to Mexico. Last year, the firm opened an office in Mexico. Valner took a few minutes to speak with PERE about the attractions of Mexican real estate.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
