Private Equity
Squadron Capital and Morgan Creek Capital Management Asia are to help the US pension fund to invest in Asia-focused private equity firms.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Lone Star has a plan to keep total control of bankrupt grocer Bi-Lo outside of bankruptcy, while a lending group that includes KKR wants to split control of the company.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
CDC and Norfund are among a group of LPs that want to ensure ‘the next generation of emerging market private equity funds are raised on terms that reflect the principles’.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The firm has for the first time hired a placement agent to help it get access to public pensions, and has decried a potential ban on placement agent activity.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Hudson Clean Energy Partners has scored some big commitments from pensions, including $400m from Danish pension ATP.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Boston-headquartered fund administration group will take on such European clients as CVC Capital Partners, AXA Private Equity and Terra Firma.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Private equity and principal investment firms have invested just $4.6bn in Japanese buyouts this year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
HSBC Private Equity (Asia) sold a 3% stake in Hong Kong-listed Bosideng to IDG Capital Partners.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The parent company of Istithmar – the private equity platform that owns stakes in Barneys New York, Cirque du Soleil and hedge fund operator GLG Partners – has asked creditors to accept a standstill on its $60bn of debt.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Adam Applegarth, who was chief executive of Northern Rock when it was saved by the UK government last year, is reportedly taking up an advisory role at Apollo Management.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
