Blackstone debt fund holds final close

August 28, 2013

Blackstone debt fund holds final close

The Blackstone Group has raised an additional $406 million in equity commitments for its Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies II (BREDS II), according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://www.irei.com/blog/?p=1089

AMP Capital Raises $300 Million For Infrastructure Debt Fund

Aug 26, 2013
ASIA

AMP Capital Raises $300 Million For Infrastructure Debt Fund

By GILLIAN TAN

Australian investment manager AMP Capital has raised an initial US$300 million for its AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II from investors in Europe and Asia.

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/08/26/amp-capital-raises-300-million-for-infrastructure-debt-fund/

Investment opportunities in debt fund strategies

Investment opportunities in debt fund strategies
Thu, 04/04/2013 - 11:13
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BNP Paribas

By James Williams – Prior to the global financial crisis the ability for European corporates to finance themselves via leveraged loans was dominated by a prevalence of collateralised loan obligations (CLOs): in 2007, at its peak, the CLO market bought up two thirds of the USD166billion of leveraged loans issued that year, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.

http://www.hedgeweek.com/2013/04/04/182608/investment-opportunities-debt-fund-strategies