U.S. private equity firms hunting for German acquisitions
American private equity firms are now buying German ships and lending money to German shipping companies, writes Bloomberg. The decrease in liquidity from German private investors and the German banks’ exit from ship financing has created space for new financiers.
BY JAKOB VESTERAGER
The shipping crisis in Germany has prompted new financiers to show an interest in the country’s shipping industry. American private equity firms such as BlackStone Group, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Oaktree Capital Group, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, and Delos Shipping have all started to buy new and used German ships as well as taking stakes in German shipping companies, writes Bloomberg.
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