PolyTechnos invests in NascaCell; Picsel Raises £7.7m; ePlanet raises E101m; FISPE buy into bonmarché; InStranet Raises $14.7 Million; Picochip secures $7m
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The European LBO pipeline is building up, warn bankers. Although LBOs made up 10 per cent of total deal volume in the first quarter, the reluctance of institutionals to embrace this type of deal is limiting liquidity. Euroweek reports.
6 min read · 11 January 2013
Mezzanine is becoming more and more common in LBO debt structures.
4 min read · 11 January 2013
The European Union-focused fund manager is part of a joint venture with Suez Environnement subsidiary SITA Polska which has been named preferred bidder for a landmark deal in the Polish city of Poznan.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
Separately managed accounts, which have become much more visible in the industry recently, are helping to set new standards in the GP/LP relationship, writes Tara Blackburn of Hamilton Lane.
5 min read · 15 February 2013
Goldman Sachs is preparing to launch a $2 billion US and European real estate debt fund this month, providing further evidence of the way managers see an opportunity in credit.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
The Los Angeles- and New York-based firm has raised more than $785m for Fund III, nearly twice the size of its $410m second fund that closed in 2010.
2 min read · 15 February 2013
The New York firm has closed Fortress Japan Opportunity Fund II (FJOF II) at its hard cap, and says the country will continue to provide heightended levels of deleveraging and non-core asset sales.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has invested with Stonepeak Infrastructure. The pension plan will put $100m with the North America fund manager, co-founded by Michael Dorrell (pictured).
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Investors in Sterling Group’s $470m second fund, which closed in 2005, have been paid back all called capital, says partner Kevin Garland.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
