The pension has approved a $90m commitment to GSO Capital Solutions II, which will provide capital to companies need financial support.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Following the record $13.3bn close for its global real estate opportunity fund, the New York-based private equity and real estate giant is now targeting another major real estate capital raise, this time in the debt arena.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Europe has a problem with PPPs – there aren’t many. Even the UK’s shiny new procurement model may struggle to find applications
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The Spanish bank has bought 90% of the A$250m Taralga Wind Farm from RES for an undisclosed sum. Australian renewables group CBD Energy owns a 10% share in the project.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Meridiam Infrastructure has closed its Meridiam Infrastructure North America Fund II. A total of $1.05bn is invested in the fund and a co-investment programme.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Allied World Assurance's investment in the Mark Patterson-led firm follows Florida SBA's purchase of an interest in Providence Equity Partners last month.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Oxfam and Symbiotics’ innovative new fund hopes to stimulate job creation in developing countries by funnelling investor money to financial intermediaries, writes James Taylor
5 min read · 14 January 2013
Private Equity firms can add value to mergers and acquisitions by taking an issues-based approach to due diligence rather than a purely financial one, argues Ernst & Young's Michel Driessen.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
Oaktree’s NPL securitisation points to a new financing option for private equity real estate firms, as well as the potential resurgence of US real estate finance in general.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Buying equity is not the easy way of making control investments in Indian companies
3 min read · 14 January 2013
