Private Equity
The real estate arm of insurance firm Prudential has hired Jack Taylor, Steven Plust and Stephen Alpart as it builds its debt investment operations. Taylor will be head of PREI's global high yield debt business.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Guy Hands’ firm is in discussions with Citi about restructuring the $5.5bn debt burden weighing on EMI. The music group – home to such stars as Coldplay and REM – accounts for 30% of Terra Firma’s two latest buyout funds.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The $63bn public pension’s council held discussions last week about drafting a request for proposals to hire a secondaries programme manager.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The Guy Hands-led firm is one of several investors interested in PD Ports, the UK port operator owned by Babcock & Brown Infrastructure. CVC, HgCapital, Carlyle and Star Capital are also reportedly interested in the asset.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
A consortium led by the firm has revised its earlier proposal to buy Energy Developments at an amended price of A$430m. Should the deal complete it would be Archer's first in the renewable energy sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The alternative asset manager has secured €25m in project financing for a solar project in Puglia, Italy. WestLB and Barclays acted as mandated lead arrangers on the transaction, which represents Foresight’s third deal in the sector so far this year.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
London-based 17Capital has inked its debut deal, providing €30m of mezzanine finance to Altamir Amboise, a French-listed vehicle linked to Apax Partners France.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Xenon Private Equity has garnered €113m from LPs such as RWB and Capvent for the Italian mid-market.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The European mid-market player is close to making the first investment from its latest fund. It is in exclusive talks to seal German business Kalle in what would be a tertiary buyout.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The emerging markets giant has hired Ngozi Edozien, who last year founded the Equity Vehicle for Health in Africa.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
