The presence of a large number of family offices in the Middle Eastern LP base underlines the importance of relationships in the region, writes Siddharth Poddar.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
Zoe Hughes reviews the best quotes from the first day of the annual PREA conference, taking place in Beverly Hills.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Investing in a club structure, with a handful of like-minded investors, is preferable to the limited partnership model, according to a panel of large pension plans and sovereign wealth funds.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The reported $4bn sale of Kosmos Energy to ExxonMobil comes as institutional investors show increasing appetite for natural resources.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The sovereign wealth fund of Singapore looks to alternative assets, including real estate, private equity and infrastructure, to mitigate against further losses after its portfolio shrink by more than one fifth in the past year.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The Chinese sovereign wealth fund has held talks with BlackRock, Invesco and Lone Star as it looks to the US real estate market and distressed mortgage securities, according to the Wall Street Journal.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund says it will work more closely with the companies in which it has investments after changing its charter for the first time in seven years.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The Libyan Foreign Investment Company has become the latest sovereign wealth fund to invest in London commercial real estate directly.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The UK-focused vehicle attracted more than 30 investors and hopes to take advantage of depressed valuations.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The chief executive of Mumtalakat, the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has outlined the fund’s strategy of expanding its investment horizons to areas including real estate. Investments will be made with third party fund managers and be done directly.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
