The private equity firm’s ninth real estate fund – the largest ever private equity real estate fund raised – will take advantage of current market dislocation.
The publicly listed KKR affiliate has agreed to swap $3.5 billion in debt for assets with its asset-backed commercial paper issuers. It will also sell a controlling interest in its REIT subsidiary to Rock Capital 2 and has proposed a rights offering of 20 million shares for ‘general corporate purposes’.
The Swiss alternative asset manager‘s executive chairman Alfred Gantner said 'the time is back when you’ve got to invest'.
The Swiss alternative asset manager‘s executive chairman Alfred Gantner said 'the time is back when you’ve got to invest'.
Having come close to its €4 billion target, the European buyout firm is looking to wrap up fundraising by May.
The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
Having come close to its €4 billion target, the European buyout firm is looking to wrap up fundraising by May.
The unrelenting rise of sovereign wealth and a promising outlook for MENA private equity funds were among the key talking points at PEI’s Middle East Private Equity Forum in Dubai.
CVC, led by chairman Michael Smith, has raised Europe’s largest-ever private equity fund in spite of credit market problems making larger buyouts difficult to achieve.
With $10 billion in fresh powder for global real estate investment, Blackstone is adding to its Asian firepower with a Hong Kong office, president Hamilton James has told PERE.