News Source: The Independent
| 9 months ago
The estate agent Countrywide, which also operates under brands including Faron Sutaria, Gascoigne-Pees and John D Wood, has had to bring in three new co-owners after drowning under the £740 m of debt used in its 2007 acquisition by buyout firm...
News Source: Times Online
| 9 months ago
Oaktree Capital Management, a specialist investor that targets heavily indebted companies owned by buyout groups, has sealed its first big investment in Britain. The American-based Oaktree, which has just under €1.8 billion (£1.6 billion) to spend...
News Source: Times Online
| 9 months ago
Oaktree, the US specialist distressed investor, is about to seal its first major British investment with a cash injection into Countrywide, the estate agency chain, in a deal that may signal the bottom of the property market. Oaktree is close to...