The private equity business is primarily comprised of a series of funds that seek to generate high risk-adjusted returns by making control-oriented investments in cash flow generating, asset based businesses in North America and Western Europe.

Fortress has grown to become a leading private equity investment manager by acquiring attractive businesses and building them in partnership with management. The private equity business focuses on sectors and opportunities where it can (i) acquire assets at attractive valuations; (ii) lock in downside protection in the form of tangible collateral and diversified cash flows and (iii) create significant upside from improvements to the operations, capitalization and growth of the underlying businesses pursuant to strategic development plans. Sectors within which the private equity funds have been active investors include financial services, residential and commercial real estate, senior living, transportation and media/telecommunications.

The funds draw on Fortress’s specialized expertise in asset valuation, structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and restructuring, and the public markets to identify, underwrite and create value in the entities they hold. To find the most compelling opportunities, they pursue a broad range of transaction types. The funds have acquired entities both directly and through the bankruptcy/restructuring process. They have also built businesses from the ground up, assembling assets and management teams, in order to take advantage of unique market opportunities.

The funds routinely access the public capital markets to efficiently capitalize their portfolio companies. The private equity business has considerable capital markets expertise and is regarded as a market leader in securing low-cost, low-risk structured financing. In numerous “first of a kind” securitized transactions, the business has utilized innovative financing alternatives to significantly reduce borrowing costs and increase financing flexibility. To raise growth capital the private equity business has also sponsored the initial public offering of six private equity portfolio companies since 2004. Examples of private equity investments that Fortress has taken public include: Aircastle Limited, Brookdale Senior Living Inc., GAGFAH S.A., GateHouse Media, Global Signal Inc. and Mapeley Limited.

Fortress also manages two smaller “long dated value” funds that take advantage of opportunities to acquire undervalued assets with long dated cash flows. The Long Dated Value family of funds focus on transactions which may be complicated, unique or highly structured in situations where market participants may have limited ability to assess the value of an asset until many years in the future. Examples of investments include rent-stabilized apartment portfolios, residual interests in power plants and oil and gas royalty interests.

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