Bridget O’Connell
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Helical Bar execs double their money
FINANCE: Helical Bar executive pay ?doubled across the board in the last financial year with chief executive Mike Slade topping the table with a £3.3m package. The…
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Savoy partners seek £300m refi
FINANCE: The owners of the Savoy hotel have started searching for £300m of fresh finance just one year after completing an extensive debt-and-equity restructure.
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Private equity on track for record 2014
FINANCE: Private equity firms are set to have their strongest fundraising year since the financial crisis after raising $56bn globally in the first half of 2014.
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Urban Exposure plans £500m IPO
FINANCE: Specialist residential lender Urban Exposure is planning to raise £500m through an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.
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ICG-Longbow raids Hammerson
FINANCE: Investment manager ICG-Longbow has poached Hammerson veteran Kevin Crowley to build up business for its debt funds.
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Q&A: DTZ’s John Forrester
Fresh from its agreed sale by UGL to a TPG-led private equity consortium, DTZ is readying itself for the future. Its EMEA head, John Forrester, is upbeat
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C&R takes over Mall Fund
Capital & Regional plans to become the UK’s newest REIT after taking control of the £684.7m Mall Fund. The specialist retail company is positioning…
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Quintain’s Kempner in 35% pay hike
Quintain executive director Nigel Kempner received a 35% bump in remuneration last year
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GIC makes debut Laxfield loan
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has provided its first loan under its £1bn tie-up with Laxfield Capital.
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Finance briefs 28 June 2014
Gatehouse in debut loan
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DTZ: to go private for a while is healthy
John Forrester is a happy man. One week on from UGL clinching the A$1.2bn (£675m) sale of DTZ to private equity suitors, the property services firm’s head…
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Cerberus and Pimco into round two
Cerberus Capital Management and Pimco are through to the second round in National Australia Bank’s £674m Project Chestnut loan sale process.