Anastasia Donde
The New York-based real estate equity and debt firm has raised $145 million for the first close of its third real estate debt fund.
The New York-based firm's credit hedge funds now have $5.4 billion in assets and the credit private equity funds are at $9.7 billion, while total firm AUM has grown to a peak of $63.8 billion.
The $27 million senior debt offering will go toward funding the California investment firm's acquisition of Boeing aircraft from a Brazilian airline.
The New York-based mortgage lender has made its latest senior hire from the German investment bank.
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The Big Apple's pension funds, who have been active investors in private debt funds, are achieving some of the best returns in the past five years, putting their total assets at a peak of $160 billion.
The portfolio of global corporate loans marks the Boston-based credit firm's biggest portfolio acquisition, and its first from a US bank.
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Jessica Egan Thompson will be re-joining Rich Randall on the infrastructure debt team of Aussie manager IFM. Both previously worked together at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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The alternative investment firm's special situations unit is helping one of the largest manufacturers of 'frac' sand recapitalise its entire structure.
Adebayo Ogunlesi, the chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners, will also chair Goldman's corporate governance committee.
The alternative investment firm is in the market with direct lending, infrastructure and special situations funds and plans to deploy most of the new capital outside of the US