The alternative investment giant’s $930 million purchase of GSO Capital, a leveraged finance-focussed alternative asset manager, assuages what Stephen Schwarzman called one of the firm’s big regrets: having years ago spun off BlackRock.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
The alternative investment giant’s $930 million purchase of GSO Capital, a leveraged finance-focussed alternative asset manager, assuages what Stephen Schwarzman called one of the firm’s big regrets: having years ago spun off BlackRock.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Connecticut-based Drum Capital, led by Scott Vollmer, will commit capital to distressed debt, turnaround and restructuring funds.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number four – sovereign wealth funds have become major forces in global real estate investing.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
PERE looks back at the year just passed for the trends that mattered most. Today we look at trend number four – sovereign wealth funds have become major forces in global real estate investing.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The French retailer has pulled out of the bidding for Migros, as buyout firms such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and BC Partners are set to table bids tomorrow for the Turkish company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Latest numbers from CMBOR confirm the third quarter marked a high point for UK buyouts as fourth quarter figures show an 80% decline without a transaction of the scale of Alliance Boots.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Asia Alternatives goes large * China sovereign fund dampens foreign fears * Dubai's HBG nears $200m target * Ex-Temasek executives fundraising for China * First close for Sharia vehicle on $200m * Aureos backed by Kazakhstan FoF
4 min read · 12 January 2013
Guido Gamucci is chairman of Permira's operation in Asia. Previously responsible for the firm's Milan office, he relocated to Japan in 2005 and is poised to move to Hong Kong when the UK buyout group opens its second office in the region next year. In October, Permira made headlines for doing not just one, but two large deals in Asia. First came an $838 million investment for a 20 percent stake in Galaxy Entertainment, a Macau-based casino operator; then followed a $2.2 billion secondary deal to acquire Arysta Lifescience, a Japanese agrochemical company, from Olympus Capital. For Permira, it was the first investment in Japan since its arrival two years ago.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
In the past, private equity-backed Chinese companies often listed in London and New York. Now the smart money is on well-designed "onshoring" strategies instead, writes Robert Abbanat.
9 min read · 12 January 2013
