Real estate, mezzanine debt and expansion into public equities are on the agenda for KKR, according to an investor presentation released in conjunction with the firm’s plans to go public.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain-based investment firm is betting on China’s alternative energy sector through a joint venture with India’s Tanti Group. The deal is Arcapita’s first in China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms globally raised $40bn during the first half of 2008, according to proprietary data from sister publication PERE Magazine. This tally puts GPs on course to raise more than the record-breaking totals of last year.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Former Bank of America executives will help the real estate investment firm's newly launched division to target investments in public infrastructure bonds.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The energy investment unit of Starwood Capital Group has raised its first fund targeting investments in the energy and power sectors in North America.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Carlyle Group’s $1.1bn infrastructure fund has done its second deal and joined the growing trend of private equity firms targeting the logistics space.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Private equity firms Colony Capital and Eurazeo plan to increase their stake in the hotel group Accor, which owns the Pullman and Ibis hotel chains, to 30 percent.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Former Goldman Sachs managing director Joseph Stecher is tasked with heading Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ new real estate fund of funds business.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Benetton-backed entity that owns Aeroporti di Roma and controls Italian highway manager Atlantia has said it will sell a 3 percent stake to the sovereign fund as it raises capital for infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The US- and Europe-focussed private equity firm is banking on the experience of restaurant and bagel-chain guru Anthony Wedo as it explores the sector's opportunities.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
