Private Equity
The firm has moved a private equity executive over to a newly formed unit that will focus on turnarounds, distressed debt, bankruptcy loans and rescue financing.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity firms need to be honest with themselves about their ability to tranform portfolio companies and derive the highest value from their investments, writes Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm is targeting at least $500m for the vehicle.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity firms and pension funds are to be allowed to own a larger share of voting rights in Korea's banks as the government seeks ways to boost their capital base.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The fund, with a target of around $1.5bn, will focus investments primarily on Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Colony is raising its second debt fund. Meanwhile founder Tom Barrack says no ‘meaningful’ distressed capital has yet been deployed in the industry. PERE March 2010 issue
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The private equity firm has failed on two previous attempts to sell its controversial 51% holding in the Korean bank.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Marco Ho, chief financial officer of Citi Property Investor in Asia, becomes the latest senior executive to leave the business as the sale by Citigroup continues to drag on.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Larry Ellman, Citi Property Investors’ head of North American investments, has quit the firm as its sale enters the final week. Ellman's responsibilities now fall to CPI's asset management head, Robert Scoville.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Apax, KKR, Oaktree and H&F were among the long-established firms taking top honours in the highly regarded Private Equity International Awards 2009.
3 min read · 05 January 2013