Article: Distressed debt funds preparing to pounce.(services and statistics of investment companies)

Article: Features: Private equity - Distressed ...
epn: European Pensions & Investment News;  November 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... several years. Now we are seeing private equity being used for a range of asset ... not just buy- out funds but distressed debt, real estate and other types ... was one of the few sectors of private equity to deliver positive results for ...

Article: Alternatives: European banks new target for distressed ...
Pensions & Investments;  February 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... shrinking, U.S. private equity and real estate ... banks for their distressed debt portfolios ... go after the distressed debt market in Germany ... European banks. The private equity investment unit ... places to buy distressed debt are Asia and ... Star and other ...

Article: Florida fund diversifies into private equity and ...
Financial News;  January 6, 2003 ;     489 words ... ... looking for private equity managers for ... as well as distressed debt managers for ... capital and private equity groups. Among ... criteria on the private equity side is a firm ... From the distressed debt candidates ...

Article: Private Equity Firms Look to Distressed ...
PR Newswire;  May 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... PRNewswire/ -- Why are private equity players investing in distressed debt? First, the opportunity to purchase distressed debt at significant discounts ... sector compels another look at distressed debt asset class. Based on these ...

Article: Key Tax Issues For Private Equity Investments In ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  April 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... redeem their own debt at discounts to face, but also by unrelated investors who are raising funds to acquire third-party distressed debt, often with an eye towards ultimately obtaining ownership of the underlying collateral. These transactions have the potential ...

Article: Distressed debt in Hong Kong: an insolvency primer ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  November 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... issues sharply back into focus. For some hedge funds and private equity funds, insolvency has come unwelcome in the form of the ... insolvency law concepts and outline debt recovery options. A private equity fund or hedge fund facing the possible or actual insolvency ...

Article: Private equity: In the showroom; Cash-rich, ...
Pensions & Investments;  September 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Arleen Jacobius DEARBORN, Mich. - Private equity firms flush with cash but short ... large public companies fodder for private equity funds, said Michael A. Wilson, managing director of private equity firm TA Associates, Boston. Some ...