Secondary platforms are helping smaller investors to engage with this burgeoning market. However, some GPs are concerned about the potential risks, writes Sam Sutton.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Those assuming this year has seen only scant and prosaic infrastructure financings as economic woes continue, should think again. Bruno Alves and Andy Thomson identify five groundbreaking transactions
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Poor planning and bickering tainted US parking privatisations. But with the municipal need for cash ever-present, such deals are back centre stage.
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Dexia’s second bailout underlines how hard (and expensive) it will be for banks to lend long term to infrastructure in the future.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Another large French high-speed rail project was influential as project finance activity slowed down in the third quarter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
A joint venture between the New York-based private equity firm and the Palm Beach, Florida-based hotel REIT has acquired the 64 hotels owned by Innkeepers for $1.02 billion. Innkeepers subsequently has emerged from Chapter 11.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Another large French high-speed rail project was influential as project finance activity slowed down in the third quarter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Write-downs may not be linked to the divorce rate, but they are a fact of life in a difficult economic environment, writes Nadim Meer, partner at law firm Dundas & Wilson.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm has agreed to acquire a portfolio of consumer credit debt from Bank of America’s MBNA unit — one of the largest issuers of credit cards. AnaCap is positioning to take advantage of banks’ divestment of non-core assets.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The global firm will buy Burger King’s New Zealand operator from Anchorage Capital Partners.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
