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JPMorgan pro to launch GSO Capital's Asian operationsTim Donahue, former head of JPMorgan's Asia Pacific leveraged finance group, will start Blackstone-owned GSO's Asian credit business.
- Monarch launches first private equity-style fund
The hedge fund manager has launched a distressed debt fund ‘with private equity features’, targeting up to $600m; Blackstone has reportedly launched its own debt vehicle seeking $1.5 billion.
- Report: Daido Life to boost alternatives allocation
One of Japan’s first institutional investors to embrace private equity will reportedly augment its investment in private equity and hedge funds by some $500m.
- Carlyle exec defects to Bloomberg
Former Time editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine, who joined Carlyle in 2006 to advise on media deals, has left the private equity firm to scout growth opportunities for Bloomberg news.
- RBS writes down £1.36bn of LBO debt
The UK bank has written down £5.9bn in leveraged loans, structured credit vehicles and US residential mortgages, as it embarks on a £12bn rights issue and looks to shore up its weak balance sheet.
- Quadrangle names CIO of new arm
Alice Ruth, the former Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation CIO, will lead the newly launched Quadrangle Asset Management.
- Carlyle closes CLO fund on $450m
The global buyout firm has closed one loan fund while reportedly fundraising for another, as it looks to capitalise on credit market turmoil.
- Report: TPG eyes 40% stake in Japanese lender(4)
TPG Capital, the US-based private equity firm, is reportedly keen to acquire up to a 40 percent interest in Japan-listed NIS Group, a Tokyo-based lender to small businesses.
- Report: TPG eyes 40% stake in Japanese lender(3)
TPG Capital, the US-based private equity firm, is reportedly keen to acquire up to a 40 percent interest in Japan-listed NIS Group, a Tokyo-based lender to small businesses.
- Report: Nomura to raise $495m fund of funds
The Japanese securities giant will invest in Asia-Pacific private equity funds as the Asian buyout boom continues.