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Florida invests nearly $500m in private equity in Q1The $113bn pension committed to GI Partners, FS Equity, Hellman & Friedman and Charterhouse Capital Partners in the first quarter of 2009.
- UK pub boss blames private equity for industry woes
The founder and chairman of UK pub group, JD Wetherspoon, has warned that private equity and property investment groups have had a “pretty disastrous” effect on the British pub industry after piling large debt loads onto some companies, according to a report.
- Report: GI’s Orchid feels the pressure
Restructuring specialists have been called in to help Orchid, a pub and restaurant chain with nearly 300 UK locations. Since GI Partners paid £571m for the company in 2006, trading conditions for the UK pub sector have significantly worsened.
- Towerbrook, GI Partners launch $1bn commercial real estate 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.
- Illinois Teachers’ commits $150m across three funds
The $38.3bn pension has committed $50m apiece to Blackstone, GI Partners and Edgewater. The fund also said it is cooperating in a federal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme.
- CalPERS commits $600m to Carlyle funds
Confronting an increasingly overweighted private equity portfolio, CalPERS has made $920m in commitments to four private equity funds. Last week, fellow pension giant CalSTRS addressed the denominator effect while disclosing more than $1bn in fresh commitments.
- GI buys into caravan parks
US buyout firm GI Partners has backed a £440 million secondary buyout of Park Resorts, a UK mobile home park operator owned by ABN AMRO Capital.
- FUNDRAISING SPECIAL
The implications of the liquidity crisis remain unclear, but confidence is high that investors will not lose their appetite for private equity – and even the larger funds finding it difficult to finance new deals don't seem to be losing support. Andy Thomson reports.
- A leisurely approach to buyouts(3)
Amid reports that the Blackstone Group is considering a flotation of restaurant group Tragus, a new report reveals that private equity firms are now the most active investors in UK leisure property.
- A leisurely approach to buyouts(2)
Amid reports that the Blackstone Group is considering a flotation of restaurant group Tragus, a new report reveals that private equity firms are now the most active investors in UK leisure property.