London-listed European mezzanine provider ICG is growing rapidly – despite being more selective on deals than ever. Robert Venes reports.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
European mezzanine provider Intermediate Capital Group also put a record amount of capital to work in the fourteen months to 2005, arranging or providing £899m of debt financing.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Washington, DC-based firm has closed its first mezzanine fund after making eight initial investments.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
New Jersey-headquartered GSC Partners has closed its second European fund in a month, raising €420m of commitments for GSC European CDO Fund III.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The San Francisco-based real estate secondary firm has acquired a UK portfolio of assets for $775m, believed to be the largest secondary transaction to date in the private equity real estate sector.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
With its high rates of growth and large, increasingly affluent populations, Central and Eastern Europe is becoming an ever-more important element of private equity portfolios. But while there is much cause for optimism, some reservations still remain. Andy Thomson spoke to representatives of three limited partner groups – Leon Hadass, vice president at Pantheon Ventures; Ray Maxwell, managing director in the private equity division at Invesco Asset Management; and Peter Wilson, managing director at HarbourVest Partners – to glean their views on the region's prospects.
6 min read · 12 January 2013
What's an “emerging” market? Be clear that some are definitely more emerged than others, David Rubenstein argued at last month's IFC/EMPEA conference in Washington.
4 min read · 12 January 2013
India's ICICI Venture gets into healthcare * GSJBW fund fully invested * Goldman, CDH win Chinese meat auction * LF Asia acquires menswear brands * IDFC lines up Indian stockbroker * Morgan Stanley to acquire Korean trader * Oak revisits India strategy * Carlyle retains Taiwan media focus * ChrysCapital exits via secondary * Allco, DB Capital acquire debt collector * Backing for Kiwi nursery firm * CHAMP consumes food firms * GIC, Olympus go organic in China
8 min read · 12 January 2013
The US and UK alternative asset management firm has raised over €1bn for its second mezzanine fund focusing on transactions in Europe.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
AnaCap Financial Partners, a new pan-European private equity firm focusing on the financial services sector, has raised an oversubscribed €300m vehicle.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
