The firm’s Europe debt head Jim Blakemore (pictured) says fundraising for the regional vehicle was ‘a lot easier’ than it was for its first UK debt product thanks to investors being more comfortable with the strategy nowadays.
3 min read · 13 December 2017
DRC Capital has closed its third mezzanine and whole loan fund on £600 million (€682 million).
2 min read · 12 December 2017
Innovation in the industry will require debt providers to rethink how they underwrite certain properties.
3 min read · 07 December 2017
The latest figures compiled by our data team show there are 29 Europe-focused debt funds with known targets above €100m currently fundraising.
1 min read · 07 December 2017
Henderson Park’s Nick Weber is targeting value-add opportunities in a late-cycle market. Europe’s wall of debt maturities is helping to create them.
10 min read · 04 December 2017
Spanish bank BBVA has sold an 80 percent stake in its domestic real estate business to US private equity firm Cerberus for €4 billion.
2 min read · 29 November 2017
LaSalle Investment Management has closed its third mezzanine and whole loan fund on £804 million (€903 million).
2 min read · 20 November 2017
Brookfield Asset Management has held a $3 billion final close for its fifth real estate debt fund, Brookfield Real Estate Finance V, through which the firm has the ability to lend up to 20 percent in Europe.
4 min read · 15 November 2017
The Northern Irish government has launched a £100 million (€111 million) fund to address the shortage of development finance.
1 min read · 15 November 2017
Alternative debt provider Man Global Private Markets is working on plans to enter the UK residential market. The global private markets business of Man Group, which launched last year after the acquisition of property investment manager Aalto Invest, has so far financed residential assets in the US market and in Ireland and is now considering […]
2 min read · 13 November 2017
