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  • HarbourVest to open in Tokyo
    Siddharth Poddar- 5 January 2013

    The private equity investment firm has hired Tatsuya Kubo from Fortress Investment Group to head what will it be its second Asian office.

  • Fortress asks LPs for money to pay down debt
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The Wes Edens-led firm is approaching LPs in a 2007 $1.2bn co-investment fund for money to pay down debt in the portfolio.

  • Colony bails out photographer Leibovitz
    Zoe Hughes- 5 January 2013

    Colony Capital will become Annie Leibovitz’s sole creditor and help her market her library of photographs.

  • Defending the Fortress
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    How Fortress founder Wes Edens faced up to the scrutiny of a major LP

  • Edens ‘crazed’ at fund underperformance
    PEI Staff- 5 January 2013

    The co-founder of Fortress Investment Group admitted to Oregon's investment council his firm’s most recent fund was challenged.

  • Year-End Spotlight: GPs spot an exit route
    Toby Mitchenall- 5 January 2013

    A long-awaited chance to realise some investments was presented to financial sponsors when the public markets bubbled back to life.

  • Fortress mulls fee reduction for Oregon
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    The Oregon Investment Council has asked Wesley Edens, principal and co-chairman of Fortress Investment Group, to review the firm’s fee structures.

  • Fortress eyes IPO for mortgage servicer
    Christopher Witkowsky- 5 January 2013

    Wesley Edens, the firm’s co-chairman, said Fortress portfolio company Nationstar, a mortgage servicer, was a candidate for a possible IPO.

  • SEAVI Advent- and Apollo-backed company plans $250m IPO
    Yvette Choo- 5 January 2013

    Shengli Oil & Gas is the latest in a series of private equity-backed companies planning to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

  • FEATURE Tranche warfare
    Zoe Hughes- 5 January 2013

    There are many parties at the table in CMBS workout situations. It is still far from clear who the winners will be, if any. PERE November issue.