Deals

As investment banks spin out their LBO units, what does the future hold for their captive private equity real estate arms?

Do it yourself 2005-09-01 Staff Writer One of my favorite bits of jargon in the financial world is “disintermediation”. Not only does it make its deliverer sound smart, it also tends to be used when someone is claiming to enjoy an advantage that runs exactly counter to the prevailing trends.<br /> <

Synergy with Entrepreneurs, a new venture led by Gianfilippo Cuneo and Benedetto de Benedetti, has held a first close of an equity fund dedicated to backing Italian entrepreneurs.

The New York-based buyout firm is poised to complete its second major European theme park deal in rapid succession.

Hermes has made 2x cash on the £102.5m sale of Merlin as the US buyout giant takes a first step towards building a consolidated European theme park business.

Yates Group, the UK wine bar chain, is being acquired by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz just nine months after being backed by private equity firm GI Partners.

The US private equity firm has acquired the Danish-headquartered theme park operator, its second major European theme park deal in the last two months.

Pleasure principals 2005-07-01 Staff Writer MHS Capital Partners is bullish on love, specifically the kind that can be measured in hourly increments. For the last year, the real estate investment firm has been acquiring Japanese “love hotels”, many of which, following a construction boom in the 1980s and ear

A new condo every 15 minutes? 2005-07-01 Staff Writer In an August 1981 entry in his now-published diary, Andy Warhol wrote: “It's a beautiful building, but buying it would be like buying a beautiful piece of art... I could put in hot air and toilets and it would be an artist's space.” The building he was ta

Things are looking up in the hotel business - travelers are back, supply is down and hot-stone spa treatments are in. But strong fundamentals alone don't make hospitality a walk in the park. By Aaron Lovell