The joint managers of the European Property Investors Special Opportunities fund have completed the sale and leaseback investment of more than 10 Eroski retail units in Spain.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Richard Cohen has joined the New York-based firm as managing director to help the real estate investment firm raise capital from US investors.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The newly unveiled PEI 300 ranks Goldman Sachs Principal Investment Area as the largest private equity direct investment programme in the world, just ahead of Carlyle and KKR. The 300 firms on the list have collectively raised less capital over the past five years than in previous years’ rankings.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
PEI Media, publisher of PERE, has raised nearly £3,400 for charity Downsed at this year’s London Marathon. Paul McLean, one of two runners to represent the company, recorded a personal best time of 3hrs 53mins.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
TPG Capital and Caruso Capital Partners have formed a joint venture that will invest as much as $750m of debt and equity in retail centers and mixed-use properties in the western US.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Atlanta-based Invesco has held a final close for its Mortgage Recovery Fund on $1.46bn of commitments. The fund is part of the US Treasury’s Public-Private Investment Program.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based Credit Suisse spin-out is expanding beyond its equity advisory capabilities to include debt restructuring and debt recapitalisation.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-headquartered private equity firm will acquire 25% of Eastern European restaurant operator AmRest.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
According to INREV, the European association for investors in non-listed real estate, fund managers raised €5.9 billion last year, down from €14.8 billion in 2008.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
In this fourth annual ranking of the world’s largest private equity firms you will find many familiar names and placements but also some notable shuffling in the ranks, reflective of a dramatically changed fundraising market as well as the rise of specialist and emerging markets strategies.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
