The real estate, infrastructure and real resources investment platform of Franklin Templeton Investments has recruited two new real estate-related staff, including its first real estate hire in London.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The senior management team behind one of the largest French real estate deals of all time, the IPO of Germany’s first REIT and the largest sale and leaseback in Italian history, has bought itself out from a French bank to launch Captiva Capital Management.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
SC Management, the Hong Kong and Singapore-based private equity real estate firm has already put approximately $60 million of the fund’s capital to work, acquiring a controlling position in a J-REIT and a Thai office-led property from the estate of Lehman Brothers.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The transfer comprises 11 investments with over 90 assets in two funds covering 8 current jurisdictions.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The curtain has come down further on the real estate principal investments division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Real Estate after Asia head Martin Seol tendered his resignation. He will enter non-compete and gardening leave periods before seeking a new role in real estate investment.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
RREEF Real Estate could be heading to New York and Chicago-based Guggenheim Partners as the latter enters exclusive talks to buy parts of Deutsche Bank Asset Management put up for sale last year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A bright spot in disappointing fourth quarter results as New York REIT, Vornado Realty Trust, says it has $416m of unfunded commitments left of its $800m private equity real estate fund, Vornado Capital Partners.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
London-based Tristan has closed its debut core-plus fund on €420m of commitments, deciding to end its marketing efforts below a €500m hard cap in order to focus on its pipeline and manage its existing portfolio.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
John Gray of New York’s Blackstone Group has been promoted to the main board of directors. His ascension to the top table comes shortly after he became sole head of the firm’s real estate platform.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The French insurer said it had raised €2 billion of fresh commitments on behalf of a strategy to make debt investments across Europe backed by prime property.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
