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Toll road ace tapped for Blackstone infrastructure armThe New York firm has asked Macquarie Securities' Trent Vichie to lead its newly unveiled developed-infrastructure business. Vichie, an Australian national, was instrumental in the Chicago Skyway transaction, a landmark US toll road privatisation.
- Appealing to LPs
Fortress' and Blackstone’s second quarter earnings results offer a glimpse into how firms are responding to a slowing fundraising pace, writes Matt Levin.
- TXU parent company posts $3.3bn loss
Energy Future Holdings has attributed most of the loss to the effect of fair value accounting rules on its fuel-hedging activities. Concessions made by TPG, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs in the $45bn buyout last year also played a part.
- The end of history
All the arguments have ended, it would seem, and the multi-asset-class business model has won, writes David Snow.
- TXU sells $1.25bn stake in electricity distributor
TPG, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs have sold a minority stake in the electricity distribution arm of portfolio company Energy Future Holdings, formerly TXU. The sale is the first since the record $45bn buyout closed in October 2007.
- Navigating NAV
Is the market too bearish on listed private equity funds? Philip Borel examines the issue.
- Apollo hires NYSE Euronext exec as IR head
Gary Stein has moved over to the Leon Black-led alternative asset manager to enhance the firm’s visibility ahead of an expected $418m float on the NYSE.
- Cinven takes a slice of European debt boutique
The London-based private equity firm has diversified its buyout business with the purchase of 50 percent stake in Indicus Advisers.
- Oregon commits $250m to Apollo debt fund
The Oregon Investment Council has also retained its target allocation to private equity at 16 percent.
- The hand that feeds
Buyout firms have long been labour union targets. As LPs fall into their sights, it would behoove public pensions to extol private equity’s advantages, writes Amanda Janis.