The latest European investment report from the London-based real estate services firm suggested that foreign investors are eager to go into core and opportunistic funds, but tend to ignore the middle ground.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
In a new research paper, Nori Gerardo Lietz throws the spotlight on the staggeringly low number of women in senior investment and finance roles at private equity real estate firms. The hope is that going public with the issue will change the industry for the better.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The extraordinary tale of a huge Dutch real estate fraud, a warning by the country’s Central Bank over property valuations and how the Dutch office market could be hardest hit by the unwinding of German open-ended funds.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
In its annual fund trends survey, law firm Nabarro says that 77.8 percent of investors require a reduced management fee for committing to a first close of a fund.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
New research from Clairvue Capital Partners reveals that, in an illiquid market, opportunities in two forms of special situations investments – recapitalisations and secondaries – are rising. PERE Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 issue.
7 min read · 18 January 2013
Investors’ top priority when committing to new funds is not track record, but hard to quantify management performance measurements such as succession planning and depth of talent bench, according to a private equity focused survey by Green Peak.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Institutional investors say they are willing to trade lower returns for less risk. However, is the current push for core full of hidden risk?
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Competition for core assets is pushing prices higher and cap rates down, however with little prospect for growth is the sector becoming increasingly risky?
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity industry accounted for 73% of UK M&A activity in the first half of the year, its highest proportion on record.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Investors eyeing the US should not expect outsized performance in the asset class, amid warnings a lackluster jobs market will dampen the country’s overall economic recovery.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
