President Barack Obama’s recent proposal to lower corporate tax rates and streamline the US tax code could drive down returns for mainstream private equity and private equity real estate firms and their portfolio companies.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Chicago-based real estate investment management firm has made a large exit from its third Asia opportunity fund. The fund is currently in asset management and exit mode after its investment period expired last year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The New York-based private equity and real estate giant has clinched an additional $4 billion in commitments since January and is expected to raise a total of $12 billion by year’s end.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Despite market conditions causing 2011 to be a “roller coaster ride”, the Canadian institutional fund manager’s real estate portfolio generated positive returns last year.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Private equity interest in high-end London residential projects continues as The Carlyle Group acquires a 250 year head lease to a central London block.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The $110 billion state pension plan has committed $15 million apiece to Admiral Capital and CityView’s latest funds on behalf of its emerging manager programme. The pension plan also has committed $50 million to a fund by Hawkeye Partners that provides seed money to emerging managers.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
A large majority of GPs are under pressure from investors to contribute more capital to their own funds – but most may be unwilling or even unable to do so, according to a new Investec survey.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Record secondary deal volume is giving GPs the opportunity to broaden their investor base, according to panelists at Harvard Business School’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The lowering of the capital overhang will place the advantage on the buy side, the Terra Firma Capital Partners founder said at Harvard’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Reduced market competition, a wide spectrum of investment opportunities and cheaper borrowing costs have led to ‘one of the best opportunities to set up a team’.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
