Davidson Kempner

US investor to offload Cork’s Blackpool Shopping Centre at heavily discounted €49.5m

Varde Partners paid €115m to secure ownership of 300,000sq ft scheme as part of wider retail investment portfolio in 2014

Wed May 29 2024 - 06:00

Eir paid out dividends of €1.85bn since French billionaire takeover

Telco said its fibre broadband customer base increased by 2 per cent year on year to 852,000 customers

Tue Aug 29 2023 - 07:35

Sports Direct to open for business at Athlone Towncentre

Retailer to occupy newly created 19,000sq ft anchor unit on ground floor at Midlands scheme

Wed Feb 15 2023 - 05:40

Kennedy Wilson secures three blue-chip tenants at 20 Kildare Street

Dentons, Aircastle and Davidson Kempner sign long-term leases on offices at newly refurbished scheme in heart of Dublin’s traditional business district

Wed Oct 19 2022 - 05:30

US investor Davidson Kempner puts retail park portfolio on the market for €67.5m

Sale of schemes in Letterkenny, Tullamore and Killarney offers 8.72% net initial yield

Wed Mar 09 2022 - 00:01

Eir’s biggest backer in line to reap major dividend

Seen and heard: Broadband subsidies, private housing gloom and Kingspan’s Grenfell recall

Sun Jan 30 2022 - 12:02

Stream BioEnergy secures €60m in investment

Investment to be used in part to acquire Tully I, a 3MW operational plant in Antrim

Tue Jun 01 2021 - 19:51

Eir sees earnings rise amid €350m bond sale

Moody’s estimates that sale will save Eir about €6m a year in interest costs

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 20:17

Two US hedge funds to share €300m special dividend from Eir

French billionaire Xavier Niel firms, which control Eir, not to take dividend at this time

Tue Apr 23 2019 - 09:06

CBRE appoints Kyle Rothwell as head of investment properties

Rothwell has completed over €1.5bn of transactions for firm since 2015

Wed Apr 03 2019 - 00:45

Hedge funds hike Smurfit Kappa positions amid takeover deal hopes

Two US funds use derivatives accumulated combined 4.74 per cent interest

Sat May 12 2018 - 04:45

Davy fund buys full ownership of MacDonagh Junction in Kilkenny

Investor said to spend €20m buying out Davidson Kemper stake in shopping centre

Wed May 09 2018 - 05:30

French billionaire to complete Eir takeover ‘within weeks’

Companies controlled by telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel set to complete takeover in €3.5bn deal

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 15:55

How US funds are using IPOs to boost Irish property returns

Ireland has catching up to do building up warehousing infrastructure

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 07:15

Eir to sell two-thirds stake to French billionaire’s firms

Xavier Niel to pay about €1bn in deal that will involve CEO Richard Moat stepping down

Wed Dec 20 2017 - 08:42

Burlington Loan Management’s Irish holdings fall to 5%

Assets drop to $6.93bn at Dublin-based firm set up by Davidson Kempner

Fri Nov 24 2017 - 06:55

Eir shareholders in talks with investor eyeing ‘significant’ stake

US hedge fund Anchorage Capital owns 42% of Eir’s equity

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 09:34

Eir’s shareholders weigh trade sale to foreign buyer instead of IPO

Telecoms group considers alternative to listing on stock market

Thu Sept 14 2017 - 06:15

Eir IPO ‘won’t be chance’ for hedge funds and Singapore to exit

Any IPO must be used to pay down debt rather than as an investor exit, says Eir chief

Fri Apr 28 2017 - 06:51

DIY buy: Woodies retail complex on the Naas Road for €26.5m

Prime single-let facility with initial yield of 6.95% likely to attract long-term investors

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44

Investors pull out of two shopping centre purchases

Navan Town Centre and Mullingar’s Fairgreen lose out on sales to US companies

Wed Mar 29 2017 - 06:30

‘Vulture funds’ unwilling to opt for return of less than 20%

Private equity firms and hedge funds had smelt blood in 2010 as State entered bailout

Mon Jan 09 2017 - 19:34

Shopping centres emerge as the hot property of 2016

In the first nine months of 2016, investors spent a record €1.5bn on retail assets

Wed Dec 07 2016 - 05:00

Foreign investors still dominating Irish real estate market

Overseas buyers look set to account for over 70% of the total spend

Tue Dec 06 2016 - 14:00

US investment firms buy shopping malls in Navan and Mullingar

Davidson Kempner acquires Navan Town Centre while Oaktree buys Fairgreen Centre

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 06:00

Eir chief says flotation is more likely than a sale

Company was grappling with years of declining revenues when it made an abortive attempt to float two years ago

Sat Nov 19 2016 - 11:15

Eir seeks ratings upgrade to spur fresh talks with lenders

Telco reports Q1 revenues up and is on course to meet full-year guidance

Thu Nov 03 2016 - 16:38

Market nervous as Noonan eyes tax avoidance structures

The ‘come for the rock-bottom prices, stay for the tax breaks’ pitch lured vulture funds to Irish property

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 06:48

Merchants Quay Shopping Centre expected to sell for €12.5m

Landmark Cork centre comes with planning approval for redevelopment of retail units

Wed Sept 28 2016 - 05:50

Brexit fuels debate over State’s minimum wage

Business groups seize on UK vote and Low Pay Commission dissent to oppose hikes

Fri Aug 19 2016 - 08:56

Why do minimum wage earners pay more tax than billionaire investors?

Cantillon: ‘No minimum profit’ requirement allows SPVs pay little tax in Ireland

Tue Aug 16 2016 - 11:37

Huge US hedge fund uses Dublin hub to avoid tax on global assets

Davidson Kempner houses billions of dollars of loans in Irish companies, paying litttle tax

Tue Aug 16 2016 - 05:48

Apollo said to lead bidders vying for €650m Harcourt loans

Loans also drew Oaktree bid and joint offer from Davidson Kempner, Deutsche Bank

Fri Jun 03 2016 - 05:10

Key Drogheda business park site for €900,000

Land adjoins St Oliver Plunkett’s GAA club

Wed May 11 2016 - 06:20