The Italian private equity firm has secured a backer as it embarks on fundraising following a succession of exits ahead of the launch. The Italian bank has an option to acquire BS.
The UK venture firm has changed its management structure to help it raise another materials science and medical technology fund. It will be the firm’s second fundraising this year.
The captive arm of the emerging markets fund manager has tapped increasing demand to invest in emerging markets, nearly quadrupling the size of its previous fund and raising more than 60 percent from new investors.
Apollo Real Estate is the latest firm to join the recent swathe of property investors in Europe setting up a debt fund.
The UK asset management firm is preparing to cross the pond and has appointed Eric Nelson to spearhead sales for US alternatives.
The Los Angeles alternative investment firm has raised the largest ever distressed debt fund, more than three times the size of its previous similar vehicle.
Although panelists at the IFC’s 10th Global Private Equity Conference in Washington DC are sanguine about their deal flow in the emerging markets, some spoke of seeing a slowdown in the pace of fundraising.
KKR has recruited George Bilicic, a Lazard banker, who advised the firm on its $45bn TXU buyout, as it plans to launch a $5bn infrastructure fundraising, according to a report.
The Singapore-based firm is raising a growth capital fund to invest in local SMEs, which other investors neglect.
The debt markets for infrastructure have turned a corner, the CFO of a major infrastructure investor said today at a conference in New York.