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Amalgamated builds up PE lending arm

The 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.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

ABS Capital hits $500m hard-cap in six months

After only six months on the market, the Baltimore- and San Francisco- based firm has closed its seventh fund, which offers LPs an attractive ‘European-style’ distribution.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

Ex-AtriA pair re-emerges with own venture

Thibaut de Chassey (pictured) and Edouard Thomazeau, two former partners at AtriA Capital Partenaires who left the group in April, have launched their own firm, Atlon Capital Partners.

1 min read · 06 January 2013

Buyout pair mulls options after £5.2bn ISS sale collapse

EQT and Goldman’s sale of Danish services group ISS has collapsed after shareholders in G4S, the acquirer, vetoed the £5.2bn deal.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

Wayzata to launch third distressed fund

The firm is understood to be pre-marketing its third vehicle, which will target slightly less than Wayzata’s second fund that raised $3.3bn in 2008.

1 min read · 06 January 2013

German tax feud results in uncertainty for LPs

A German tax case has raised questions around the tax treatment of foreign funds.

3 min read · 06 January 2013

NYC to make $2.5bn in annual commitments

CIO Larry Schloss (pictured) and private equity head Barry Miller are working to re-position the $120bn system's programme to commit more money to fewer managers.

3 min read · 06 January 2013

CDC takes £50m step into India’s poorest states

Financial development institution CDC is the anchor investor in a new fund dedicated to India’s eight poorest states. The Pragati Venture and Incubator Fund is the first ever to concentrate on the country’s poorest areas.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

Matrix, Foresight make 32x return on software spin-out

UK-based Matrix and alternative asset manager Foresight Group have generated a 32x return on their investment in software company App-DNA, which was spun-out from one of its other portfolio companies.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

New Jersey makes huge bet on TPG

The New Jersey Division of Investment has committed $300m to TPG Capital, a longstanding relationship for the pension, and $200m to three other managers.

2 min read · 06 January 2013

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