Regulation & Legal

1991 Charles Hurwitz buys the first portfolio of distressed S&L assets

As firms seek outsized returns, capital keeps finding its way to new, more interesting and sometimes more obscure markets. By Aaron Lovell

Former Doughty Hanson real estate head Marc Mogull has launched a new firm focusing on middle market deals in Europe.

Secondary investor Liquid Realty Partners adds a new director of portfolio management as its business grows overseas.

THE 4 FOOD GROUPS 2006-07-01 Staff Writer <strong>RETAIL<br /> The kids aren't alright</strong><br /> In June, Six Flags announced it was mulling the sale of six amusement parks in Buffalo; Denver; Seattle; Houston; and Concord, California; as well as Magic Mountain, north of Los An

The recently listed KKR Private Equity Investors vehicle creates an immediate pool of nearly $2bn for KKR’s 2006 Fund – a major boost to the firm’s ongoing fundraising effort.

The battle for Toys “R” Us was one of the most hotly contested transactions of last year—can the victors walk away unscathed? By Paul Fruchbom

As private equity real estate funds deploy capital quicker than ever, they are returning to their fundraising trail more and more—but would LPs like to see less of them and more of a track record? By Aaron Lovell

As more money flows into private equity real estate, placement agents, once merely matchmakers, are now finding themselves serving a variety of different functions. By Dave Keating

Ernst & Young has withdrawn its recent NPL report because of concerns about the numbers, but that does not mean China's bad debt woes are gone.