Spain

Deal activity slowed to a crawl on the Friday before the May Day holiday. Other than a pre-SPAC move and a KKR real estate acquisition in Asia, we tracked little of note today.

Marco Sedlmay at Hayfin Capital Management (provided) Marco Sedlmayr has joined alternative investment firm Hayfin Capital Management to head up DACH with a focus on the firm’s Partner Solutions team based in Munich. According to officials, Sedlmayr will work closely ...

The asset management division of Jefferies, Leucadia Asset Management, formed a strategic relationship with a newly formed credit long/short firm ISO-mts Capital Management.

Paris-based Tikehau Capital announced today that it raised a record €3.3 billion ($3.4 billion) for the fifth generation of its direct lending strategy. Tikehau Direct Lending V (TDL V) raised 57% more than the firm’s previous vintage that closed in ...

Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) added a new ESG sovereign local-currency debt strategy focused on emerging markets that meets the requirements of the E.U.'s Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). UBAM-EM Sustainable Local Bond will seek to improve ESG factors by favoring ...

Harrison Street held the final close of its third European alternative real estate fund, raising over €800 million ($918 million) in equity making it the firm’s largest European fund yet. The European real estate strategy dates back to 2015 with ...

The $120 billion alternative asset firm Ardian raised €1.2 billion ($1.36 billion) for its second real estate fund, highlighting the growing interest in the European real estate market as the pandemic brings about seismic changes in work and lifestyle behaviors ...

Starwood Capital launched its latest opportunistic real estate fund at a whopping $10 billion, fueling the firm’s assets under management to just over $95 billion. The Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XII (SOF XII) handily surpassed its predecessor fund that closed ...

A Madrid office building is Ardian's first real estate investment in Spain via a dedicated Italian real estate Sicaf investment platform owned by Ardian and managed by Prelios SGR. The building is located near Madrid’s AZCA, which is its main ...

AXA Investment Managers has tracked significant interest in its new life science strategy that is said to be oversubscribed. The AXA European Life Science Fund is raising €750 million ($896 million) for a minority stake in ELSS, which is a ...