Cezary Podkul
With announced deal volumes totalling $3bn in the first eight months of the year, the two sectors are proving to be resilient investment targets in a year that has seen Indian private equity deal value drop by 20% through September.
With announced deal volumes totalling $3bn in the first eight months of the year, infrastructure and real estate are proving to be resilient investment targets in a year that has seen Indian private equity deal value drop by 20% through September.
Paul Smith sees increasing interest in co-investment among the firm’s LPs, who have largely upped their commitments for Tenaska’s second US energy fund, TPF II, which closed today on $2.4bn.
Market conditions worldwide are darkening, but the infrastructure asset class will likely be among the first to see the sun, writes Cezary Podkul.
The buyout giant estimates that the value of its private equity investments, $31.8bn as of 30 June, will continue to decline in the third quarter, according to a regulatory filing. It previously recorded a $1.2bn loss on its investments for the first half of 2008.
The buyout giant estimates that the value of its private equity investments, $31.8bn as of 30 June, will continue to decline in the third quarter, according to a regulatory filing. It previously recorded a $1.2bn loss on its investments for the first half of 2008.
Catterton Partners-owned cookie maker Archway & Mother’s is the latest private equity-backed company to file for bankruptcy. Standard & Poor’s estimates that ‘a disproportionate number’ of speculative-grade defaults in the next two years will be private equity-backed companies.
Oivind Lorentzen and Jan Naess, who control investment manager and ship agency Northern Navigation, have closed the company’s debut shipping fund. Northern previously invested in six private equity shipping funds totaling $350m through a joint venture with a German bank.
Difficult financing conditions continued to soften global buyout activity for private equity firms, with deal volumes plunging 72 percent in the first nine months of 2008. The oil and gas and mining sectors as well as Japan, India and the Middle East remained bright spots.
Difficult financing conditions continued to soften global buyout activity for private equity firms, with deal volumes plunging 72 percent in the first nine months of 2008. The oil and gas and mining sectors as well as Japan, India and the Middle East remained bright spots.