Ernst & Young’s Dean Hodcroft says it is hard to argue that the real estate sector can ‘live’ without the private equity and opportunity funds. PERE Magazine December 2009- January 2010 issue
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Mansco Perry, the chief investment officer of the Maryland State Retirement Agency, says the pension system views real estate as a long-term asset class, still wants real estate fund managers … but wants fees to come down. PERE magazine December 2009-January 2010 issue.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The UK student accommodation operator says it has already received £133 million from major third party institutional investors to aide its expansion
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The state-owned ports and real estate conglomerate at the centre of Dubai’s current economic crisis has announced it is focusing the restructuring of its debt obligations towards itself and its real estate subsidiaries Nakheel and Limitless. It also confirmed that asset sales could form part of the process.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Charles Valdes, a CalPERS board member, received illegal campaign donations, some from affiliates of Alfred Villalobos, head of placement agency ARVCO.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Marathon Asset Management recently held a first close reportedly on $400m for PPIP, leaving Oaktree as the last firm to reach the benchmark.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Voting is now open for the fourth annual readers’ poll hosted by PERENews.com and PERE magazine. Who will clinch industry figure of the year? Which firm mattered the most in 2009?
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Warnings in 2006 that Dubai would be a property disaster just like Texas in the 1970s have proved prescient. But few expect quick opportunistic deals to come out of the stricken emirate today. By Robin Marriott
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The alternative asset manager is the latest firm to hold a first close on its PPIP fund, reportedly raising $400m. Oaktree is the only manager yet to announce a first close.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The New York-based firm has formed a $108m joint venture with Kennedy Wilson to target debt and equity interests in residential condo projects.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
