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Investcorp hires fundraising chiefThe Bahrain-headquartered investment firm has hired former Morley Fund managing director and Morgan Stanley executive James Tanner as its placement chief, a role previously filled by retiring Investcorp veteran Zahid Zakiuddin.
- Colony closes debt fund on $900m
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm spent one month raising capital for its distressed credit fund, raising a total of $900m from existing investors. The fund is expected to invest in distressed property debt and operating companies with strong real estate components.
- Investcorp income plummets, fundraising soars
The Middle East- and London-based investment manager has reported its second strongest year even as net income declined and the pace of private equity deals slowed.
- Wellspring registers Dave & Buster’s for $170m IPO
The arcade and dining franchise will use the fresh capital to pay down debt, roughly two years after Wellspring purchased the company in a $375m take-private. Wellspring will retain a controlling interest in the company.
- Investcorp buys Italian pump and valve maker
The Middle East firm is buying CEME Group from Barclays Private Equity in a mid-market secondary buyout. Management is rolling over its investment.
- Publicis acquires Kekst and Co.
All of Kekst’s private equity clients, which include KKR, General Atlantic and Warburg Pincus, will stay with the firm.
- Report: Apollo launches European property debt drive
Apollo Real Estate is the latest firm to join the recent swathe of property investors in Europe setting up a debt fund.
- KKR crescendo
For most of its 30 years in business, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has been a dominant force in the private equity market. Following some intense introspection and retooling in the late 1990s, the New York-based firm is poised to again become the industry's heavyweight champion as it expands product lines, offices and head count around the world. David Snow takes a measure of the firm that invented, and reinvented, the big buyout.
- Blackstone sells €242m German glass maker stake
The publicly traded US firm has exited its remaining stake in Gerresheimer after the share price has fallen off its initial public offering level last year.
- GMT reaps return from credit information company
GMT’s sale of Finland’s largest credit information company to Investcorp provides the first exit for the communications specialist’s €350 million fund raised last year.