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Amalgamated builds up PE lending armThe bank’s transition into asset-based lending for private equity-backed deals could be part of a niche financing trend for medium sized banks, says Amalgamated investor Wilbur Ross.
- KKR talks to ‘hundreds’ of potential LPs
The firm has a ‘direct line of sight’ to a ‘sizable’ first close on its 11th North American fund, which is targeting between $8bn and $10bn, according to the head of global capital and asset management group Scott Nuttall.
- ARC Financial launches C$850m fund
The Calgary, Canada-based firm is raising its seventh fund to target oil and gas exploration in Canada, a strategy the firm hopes will differentiate it from broader-based energy investors.
- Bank looks to PE to shore up balance sheet
Warburg Pincus, KKR and Centerbridge Partners have injected $1bn into Santander Consumer USA, a car financing subsidiary of Grupo Santander.
- Morgan Stanley gets active with mezzanine
The bank's $956m dedicated mezzanine vehicle, which closed in January, provides financing for private equity deals in which it can also make direct equity investments and co-investments.
- Pessina: ‘The disease of debt has gone too far’
The executive chairman of KKR-owned Alliance Boots praised PE's ownership model but argued the global economy had to cure the ‘disease of debt’ at the BVCA Summit in London on Thursday.
- First Reserve in $100m shale deal
The Connecticut-based energy investor has formed a gas gathering joint venture with Energy Corporation of America in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.
- Investors settle Del Monte lawsuit
Shareholders in the food group have won an $89.4m settlement that challenged the buyout of Del Monte Foods.
- NewSpring hits $200m on mezz fund
The firm beat its $150m target for its second mezzanine fund, capitalising on a growing strategy amid a slowing credit market.
- GSO raises billions in hot mezz market
Blackstone-affiliate GSO Capital Partners has collected more than $2bn for its second mezzanine fund. GSO's fund will compete with other mega-firms that have raised capital to take advantage of the tight credit markets.