Private Equity

Western Europe

West Midlands pension commits $150m to Asia

One of the UK’s largest pension funds has awarded Capital Dynamics a discretionary mandate to focus on investments in Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Tenon to raise £20m turnaround fund

The AIM-listed accountancy firm has launched a fund management business, TenonCap.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

PE, RE lawyers to advise US government on bank deals

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, the law firm for private equity and real estate heavyweights like Blackstone, KKR and JC Flowers, will guide the government as it spends up to $250bn purchasing equity stakes in banks.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

ACS-led group wins $1.8bn Florida toll road bid

The Spanish construction company will finance, design and build additions to Florida's I-595 corridor in the next five years and then operate and maintain it for an additional 30 years. The State of Florida will control the toll rates and collect tolls.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Relishing youth

Having spent the last few years positioning itself as a rapidly maturing market, Spain may yet be thankful for its youth, writes Toby Mitchenall.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Macquarie to launch A$1bn infrastructure fund of funds

The world's largest owner of infrastructure assets will now raise third-party capital to back infrastructure GPs around the globe.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Hypo fallout could fuel 'wait and see attitude'

The bailout of the German commercial property lender, Hypo Real Estate - which is partially owned by private equity firms JC Flowers and Grove International - could prompt investors to wait for further distress to enter the market, according to ING Real Estate's European chief investment officer Will Rowson at ExpoReal.

3 min read · 05 January 2013

Silverfleet lures European Capital associate

After losing three senior investment team members already this year, European Capital has lost investment team associate Johannes Huttunen to the former captive private equity arm of Prudential.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

CalPERS approves $809m in re-ups

The public pension has committed to Carlyle’s fourth Asian growth fund, Welsh Carson’s 11th buyout fund, First Reserve’s 12th energy fund and Clessidra's second Italy-focused fund. Together these four funds are targeting more than $22bn.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Pechel closes Fund III on €165m

The French growth investor has closed its third fund after eight months in the market. About 60 percent of the commitments came from existing investors.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

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