Lone Star Funds
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| Limited partnerships | |
| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters |
Tower at Cityplace Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. |
Key people | John Grayken, founder & chairman |
| Products | Investments, private equity funds |
| Total assets | $45 billion[1] |
| Website |
www |
Lone Star Funds is a US private equity firm that invests in distressed assets both in the US and internationally.[2] The founder of Lone Star established its first fund in 1995 (under a different name) and Lone Star has to date organized fifteen private equity funds with total capital commitments since inception of over $59 billion (as of June 2015).[3] Lone Star’s investors include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high-net-worth individuals.[4] Lone Star Funds has affiliate offices in North America, Europe and Japan.[5]
Hudson Advisors LLC, an approximately 800-person global asset management company owned and controlled by the founder of Lone Star, performs due diligence and analysis, asset management and related services for Lone Star Funds.[6] In this capacity, Hudson Advisors LLC has managed in excess of $95 billion of assets for Lone Star Funds since inception.[7]
History
Lone Star was founded by John Grayken.[8] From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Grayken was Chairman and CEO of Brazos Partners L.P., a joint venture between the Robert M. Bass Group and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,[9] that resolved approximately 1,300 “bad bank” assets resulting from the U.S. savings and loan crisis in the early ‘90s.[10] During this period, Brazos Advisors LLC was formed to provide asset-management and related services to Brazos Partners.
Following Brazos Partners, Grayken organized institutional capital to continue investing in distressed assets, closing Brazos Fund, L.P. in 1995 with approximately $250 million of capital commitments.[11]
Lone Star Opportunity Fund, L.P. followed in 1996, with approximately $396 million of capital commitments.[12] At that time Brazos Advisors, LLC was renamed Hudson Advisors LLC.[13]
After an expansion into Canada in 1995 and 1996, Grayken pursued the launch of a global platform for Lone Star in 1997.[14] Since then, Lone Star has invested extensively in North America, Europe and East Asia.[15] Lone Star invested primarily in East Asia, including Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan, following the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s.[16] In the mid-2000s, following the establishment of the Eurozone, Lone Star increased its investment focus in Europe.[10] And with the onset of the global financial crisis, from 2007 Lone Star was again actively investing in the U.S.[8]
In July 2015, Lone Star acquired the UK property investment and development company Quintain for £700 million.[17]
Investment approach
Lone Star invests in a variety of asset classes, primarily distressed opportunities in developed markets.[18]
Motion picture financing
Through its credit affiliate, LStar Capital (officially LSC Film Corporation), the company entered the motion picture financing sector when they signed a $200 million deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment in April 2014. The deal gives them a financial stake in nearly all of Sony's upcoming films.[19]
Funds investment vehicles
| Fund | Vintage Year |
Committed Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund IV | 2015 | $5.8B |
| Lone Star Residential Mortgage Fund I | 2015 | $1.3B |
| Lone Star Fund IX | 2014 | $7.2B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund III | 2013 | $7.0B |
| Lone Star Fund VIII | 2013 | $5.1B |
| Lone Star Fund VII | 2010 | $4.6B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund II | 2010 | $5.5B |
| Lone Star Fund VI | 2008 | $7.5B |
| Lone Star Real Estate Fund | 2008 | $2.4B |
| Lone Star Fund V | 2005 | $5.1B |
| Lone Star Fund IV | 2002 | $4.2B |
| Lone Star Fund III | 2000 | $2.3B |
| Lone Star Fund II | 1999 | $1.2B |
| Lone Star Opportunity Fund | 1997 | $396M |
| Brazos Fund | 1995 | $250M |
References
- ↑ "Fund Summary".
- ↑ Ellie Pullen (April 29, 2013). "Lone Star and Credit Suisse buy €6.7bn RPI portfolio". Unquote.com.
- ↑ "Kardan sells 27.75% stake in CEE real estate company GTC SA". Property EU. November 17, 2013.
- ↑ Chad Eric Watt (August 22, 2010). "Lone Star selling S.E. grocery chain". Dallas Business Journal.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Lone Star Funds". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ↑ "About Hudson Advisors". Hudson Advisors. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ↑ "Hudson Advisors, L.L.C.". Inside View. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- 1 2 Megan Barnett (April 29, 2013). "Lone Star". Unquote.com.
- ↑ Jenny Anderson (July 30, 2008). "An Investment Firm That Prospered From Past Crises Turns to Mortgages". The New York Times.
- 1 2 Steve Bills (May 30, 2013). "Distress Specialist Lone Star Turns To Europe". Thomson Reuters.
- ↑ "About Lone Star". Lone Star Funds. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Hudson Advisors Successful Track Record". Hudson Advisors. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Brazos Advisors renamed Hudson Advisors; corporate offices relocated". Business Wire. April 9, 1997.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Retirement Board Interdepartmental Correspondence" (PDF). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Retirement Board. August 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Ahold completes Bruno's, Bi-Lo sale". Birmingham Business Journal. January 31, 2005.
- ↑ Keith Russell (April 7, 2002). "Shoney's a typical fit for Lone Star Funds". The Tennessean.
- ↑ Kollewe, Julia (29 July 2015). "Lone Star buys Wembley Arena owner Quintain for £700m". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ↑ Kelly DePonte (May 2010). "An overview of the private equity distressed debt and restructuring markets" (PDF). Probitas Partners.
- ↑ "Sony Nails $200 Million Co-Financing Deal with LStar Capital, Citibank". The Wrap. April 9, 2014.
- ↑ "The Funds". Lone Star Funds. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Flanagan (April 26, 2015). "Lone Star aims for more deals in Europe". Irish Independent.
- ↑ Steve Gelsi (January 5, 2015). "Lone Star's first home mortgage fund beats $1 bln target". Buyouts Insider.
- ↑ Timothy Pollard (January 6, 2015). "Largest closed-end, private real estate funds raised in 2014". Pensions & Investments.
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