Two former White & Case lawyers have joined the law firm's real estate practice group.
2 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
Former Divco West asset manager Melanie Gangel has joined the real estate investment advisor's San Francisco office to help bolster its West Coast portfolios.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has purchased an 80.1% position in an Australian logistics joint venture with ASX-listed Australand, the developer part-owned by Singapore’s CapitaLand.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Entree to Europe for Kennedy Wilson as the California-based firm takes over the property investment management book of troubled Bank of Ireland. The deal means the value of Kennedy Wilson’s global real estate assets under management will grow to almost $10 billion.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The New York-based real estate fund manager has acquired a 4.5m square foot portfolio of warehouses from Pattillo for $170m.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The C$148 billion pension fund has bought big again, this time acquiring a 50 percent stake in the Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne from a private Australian real estate investment company.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The $113bn pension has issued a request for proposal for a firm to run a sale of private equity and possibly real estate fund interests on the secondaries market. Proposals are due 21 June.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The investment and asset management division of global insurance giant Aviva plans to attract UK pension funds to the vehicle which will be used to make investments in ‘principal and mature markets’ in Europe ex-UK, North America and Asia Pacific.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The European Parliament’s decision this week to hold firm on the incoming European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) was a kick in the teeth for Europe’s property managers. But, there’s still time to fight its stipulation that derivative trades must be cleared via a central counterparty.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
