Buying ING REIM would make CBRE Investors, led by Matt Khourie, the largest property management firm in the world – but not the largest opportunity fund manager globally.
4 min read · 18 January 2013
Dallas-based Lone Star is reportedly among a group of lenders which are seeking to take over Tokyo Star, the Tokyo-based bank currently owned by private equity firm Advantage Partners.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The real estate investment arm of the insurance giant is launching an industrial development vehicle focused on Brazil and retail development fund targeting China. The funds could be limited to a small number of large LPs.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
An informal survey taken at PEI Media's CFOs and COOs Forum in New York last week revealed GPs plan to contribute between 2% and 5% to their own funds going forward to better align interests with LPs.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
Led by former Investcorp co-head John Fraser, the group will target US opportunistic deals.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Hong Kong private equity real estate firm has attracted a further $50m to its $373.5 million Gateway China Real Estate Fund III. The fund’s focus is on Greater China although the vehicle does have an allocation to Southeast Asia also.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
With just under four days of voting left to go, industry executives are voting on the deal strategy of 2010: recaps or platform takeovers
2 min read · 18 January 2013
After suffering heavy losses on its real estate investments in 2008 and 2009, the bank reported gains of $431m in its merchant banking operations thanks, in part, to fund investments.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Private equity real estate firms are reportedly interested in bidding on a mixed real estate portfolio in Japan owned by Tokyo-listed bank Risa Partners.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The two California pension giants’ real estate portfolios began the long road back to health generating 0.01% and -5% returns, the latter being the smallest decline since the start of the financial crisis.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
