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Credit Suisse spin-out to advise private equity GPs and LPsDavid Hodes and Doug Weill have left the investment bank's real estate placement group to create their own firm, Hodes Weill & Associates. The pair co-founded the real estate placement agent in 2000 with Bill Thompson, who remains at Credit Suisse along with other senior management.
- Report: Former Credit Suisse banker joins Fortman Fund
Chinese government-backed private equity firm Fortman has reportedly appointed Arthur Zhu as its CEO. Zhu was earlier expected to set up his own private equity firm.
- TowerBrook, GI Partners launch $1bn commercial RE lender
UBS’ former head of global commercial real estate will head Ladder Capital Finance, while Alan Fishman, CEO of Washington Mutual until its collapse in September, will serve as chairman.
- LPs struggle to tell placement agents from finders
As events in the US draw the conduct of placement agents into the limelight, research conducted by PEI Media shows that many LPs find it hard to tell the genuine article from the so-called 'finders'.
- Pomona collects $1.3bn for seventh secondaries fund
The New York- and London-based firm spent about a year fundraising for a vehicle that ended up ‘substantially oversubscribed’.
- ICG to stockpile £826m in dry powder
The listed debt investor has launched a fully underwritten rights issue and has raised €475m for its 2008 Recovery Fund.
- Promises, promises
The outcome of Huntsman's lawsuit against Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank could cause lenders and private equity sponsors alike to be choosier about closing conditions, writes Jennifer Harris.
- Permira mulls bid for Just Retirement
The mega-firm confirmed today it may purchase a majority stake in the London-listed life assurance company.
- BofA to ‘downsize’ Merrill placement platform
The bank, which inherited the placement agent business following its merger with Merrill Lynch, will use a smaller team to manage its current clients, but will not take on any new clients.
- Madison Dearborn chief administrator to leave firm
David Mosher has led the firm's back office and investor relations activity since Madison Dearborn was established in 1992. In May, Madison's chief financial officer, Thomas Goldstein, left to seek "more of a challenge".