Patrick Kanters, managing director of global real estate at APG Asset Management and recipient of the 2011 Global PERE Award for European Industry Figure of the Year, will replace current chairman Michael Morgenroth, effective late next month.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Luxembourg-domiciled Aeriance, which is sponsored by a Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund, has revealed at MIPIM that it plans to bring to market a €500 million-plus senior debt fund.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Banks and other financial institutions were the most active sellers of fund interests last year, according to the latest findings from Landmark Partners.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The global real estate investment management firm has hired Enda Farrell as its representative in Ireland. The hiring of Farrell is part of Forum’s plan to expand its presence in the European debt space.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Texas-based private equity firm and the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund told delegates at PERE’s panel at MIPIM today how a “profound” and “unprecedented” rush to core real estate has led them to seek opportunities in Europe’s secondary markets.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The Los Angeles-based real estate investor and developer has completed an investment in a new homebuilding joint venture in the Southern Republic.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Korea’s largest non-life insurance company reveals to PERE that it has devised an investment strategy for 2012 that, for the first time, includes putting its capital to work via funds alongside its main focus on direct investments in core property markets.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The London-based real estate services firm said major lenders in the UK commercial property market have become more active in the past five months.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A London-based co-investment platform has formed a new pool of capital through which family offices can invest together in commercial real estate in Europe.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
With senior debt in tight supply, mezzanine funds may face challenges in deploying capital this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s European Real Estate Lending Survey, which was released at this year’s MIPIM conference.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
