With Denmark’s banking system in disarray, Icelandic subsidiaries grinding out sales and pockets of localised distress in Sweden, the Nordic countries are no longer just about being a safe haven. PERE magazine July,August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
After 15 years in charge of GIC Real Estate, Dr Seek Ngee Huat is leaving big shoes to fill. Successor Goh Kok Huat’s credentials suggest he’s up to the challenge. PERE Magazine July/August issue 2011.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
Despite numerous firms formed in the private equity real estate space over the past several years, only a handful are likely to make it and even fewer will become big players. PERE Magazine, July/August 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Amid rumours of Carlyle’s IPO, K2 Advisors would be the Washington, DC firm’s third hedge fund acquisition in the past year.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
EnCap's $792m energy infrastructure fund will commit $100m in equity to US Infrastructure Holdings, a Texas-based company focused on acquiring assets in shale gas developments across the US.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The project, which involves the construction of a 772-bed hospital in downtown Montreal, has reached financial close, marking the largest-ever bond offering for a Canadian PPP.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The New York-headquartered distressed debt investor says it is not closing its Asian operations, a claim put forward by a web site this week.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The private equity firm continues to diversify its holdings, buying into a hedge fund group six months after its first foray acquisition in the space.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
BBVA, CIC, Dexia, Natixis and SG are backing a consortium led by a subsidiary of Bouygues in the financial close for the 30-year contract to build and operate France’s new Ministry of Defence. The €806m loan will start syndication this month to European banks.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
A club of three commercial banks together with the EIB are providing €298m in debt for a 58-kilometre stretch of the A8 highway, the first project in the second wave of Germany’s A-model highways to reach financial close.
1 min read · 15 January 2013