In a bid to improve its fundraising and structuring capabilities, the Hong Kong-based firm has appointed George Agethen from Australia’s Macquarie Capital Advisors.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
A panel of property valuation experts this week bemoaned the dislocation in the real estate market and the difficulties of finding fair value where willing sellers are few and far in between.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
An investment firm part-owned by the Kuwait Investment Authority is eyeing China for returns of between 15%-19%.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Hong Kong-based boutique SC Lowy has been established by the former heads of Deutsche Bank's Asian Distressed Products Group. Targeted opportunities to include real estate.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
PERE's European editor Robin Marriott has just returned from Munich with some interesting notes on the secondaries market, and a briefing sheet from Landmark Partners.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
SJ Berwin’s Adrian Brown examines the continuing saga of the proposed AIFM Directive.
3 min read · 21 January 2013
The UK holiday park operator’s lenders will take an equity stake in the business, in exchange for extending it a new £25m facility.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
Starwood has teamed up with TPG and other investors to buy a $4.5bn portfolio of loans and real estate from failed Chicago-based Corus Bank.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
In a push to increase its investor base and list of joint venture partners, the Greensboro-based firm has hired placement agent Brian Bode from UBS.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
PERE's European editor Robin Marriott denotes the mood at European fund management firm, Europa Capital, after its purchase of a portfolio of banks in Spain.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
