What's an “emerging” market? Be clear that some are definitely more emerged than others, David Rubenstein argued at last month's IFC/EMPEA conference in Washington.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The battle for Toys “R” Us was one of the most hotly contested transactions of last year—can the victors walk away unscathed? By Paul Fruchbom
9 min read · 12 January 2013
Apollo Real Estate has turned a 1993 investment in property-backed bonds into a $1.3 billion New York City deal.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
India's ICICI Venture gets into healthcare * GSJBW fund fully invested * Goldman, CDH win Chinese meat auction * LF Asia acquires menswear brands * IDFC lines up Indian stockbroker * Morgan Stanley to acquire Korean trader * Oak revisits India strategy * Carlyle retains Taiwan media focus * ChrysCapital exits via secondary * Allco, DB Capital acquire debt collector * Backing for Kiwi nursery firm * CHAMP consumes food firms * GIC, Olympus go organic in China
8 min read · 12 January 2013
Is the distressed pendulum swinging? Investors have recently been looking towards Germany for distressed debt investing—but, according to some in the space, the smart focus for bad debt investing is the US. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
AnaCap Financial Partners, a new pan-European private equity firm focusing on the financial services sector, has raised an oversubscribed €300m vehicle.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
General Motors has agreed to sell a 51 percent stake in its General Motors Acceptance Corp to private investment groups affiliated with Cerberus and Citigroup in a $14 billion deal that is designed, in part, to help restore the financing unit’s credit rating.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The profile of senior secured debt continues to increase in Europe and the UK as private equity firms target distressed opportunities. By Aaron Lovell.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
In April, Private Equity International gathered together a group of leading European private equity professionals to reflect on deepening liquidity in the leveraged finance market. The rise of the institutional investor was a major talking point, reports Andy Thomson.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
WL Ross & Co.'s head and namesakeWilbur, Ross, is poised to strike each time an industry enters a downturn. Ken MacFadyen sat down with him to hear what lies on the horizon for one of the best-known trouble-seekers in the investment industry.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
