Private Equity
The bank has raised CHF300m for its dedicated green property fund, which will be listed on the Swiss exchange by 2013. The fund will target real estate in Switzerland only.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Luke Johnson's Risk Capital, which bought the book seller for £20m in 2007, has sold Borders UK to Hilco affiliate Valco Capital Partners.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Lower mid-market firm Key Capital Partners has invested £6m in the deal alongside debt from Yorkshire Bank and vendor loan notes. The investment in UK-based soup and food supplier TSC was made from the Key Capital’s £100m debut fund, which closed in 2007.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Due to its proliferation of leveraged buyout activity during the credit boom era, the UK is home to more distressed assets than any other European country, according to Close Brothers Corporate Finance.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
CAPE III is already larger than Lagos-based African Capital Alliance’s previous private equity vehicles, thanks in part to commitments from DFIs and Nigerian institutions. Up to 40 percent of the fund, which is targeting as much as $500m, may be invested in the energy sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US firm is teaming up with a subsidiary of Italian bank UniCredit in the hope of offering a range of real estate fund products in the country and amassing €5 billion of assets under management.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Mega-firms with dry powder are breaking the LBO mould to get deals done, writes Toby Mitchenall.
4 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK turnaround specialist has bought a 71% stake in Vasanta Group, which has had its £200m debt burden slashed by 75%.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Swiss gatekeeper will manage the Korean sovereign wealth fund's nascent secondaries programme.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A United Nations initiative has drafted guidelines to help LPs ask the right questions of their GPs on the subject of environmental, social and corporate governance.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
