Fundraising

The US firm finds its $700m fund already oversubscribed after just a few weeks in the market. Meanwhile, $16.8bn in debt tied to its BCE deal is reportedly among the LBO loans lenders hope to sell to buyout firms.

Goldman Sachs, currently raising $7.5bn for infrastructure, isn’t the only investment banking giant looking to capitalise on the increasingly popular asset class.

The private real estate investment firm has increased its latest $1.3 billion fund by more than $700 million.

The country’s private equity industry is helping the region close the gap between Latin America and Asia, market participants said yesterday at an ABVCAP conference in Rio de Janeiro.

The fund’s manager NextEnergy Capital, a renewable energy-focussed merchant bank, is looking to use abundant leverage available for clean energy infrastructure projects.

The asset management arm of the US retirement specialist is targeting core real estate assets across the US with its new property fund.

Despite further gains in its portfolio’s value the fund of funds' discount to NAV is increasing as listed private equity firms continue to suffer.

The Central and Eastern European mezzanine firm has tapped investor demand to invest in the hybrid form of debt as the credit crunch has pushed it centre stage.

The French fund of funds’ fundraising success comes as its core European mid-market remains buoyant despite difficulties in the worldwide credit markets.

An SEC filing reveals the mega-firm’s IRRs to date as well as fundraising status for its seventh buyout fund.